Ringwood Old Thumper (USA)

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in English pint

UPDATED: SEP 27, 2006 [bottle and cask] Amber color, with a short head. Malty, sweet caramel flavors. slighty corny, bitter finish. Always available in my area, its drinkable, but not outstanding.

Karamell och svagt av lime i aromen, det samma i smaken. Inte särskilt bitter alls, något vattnig.

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2012 Color:Slightly readish brown Aroma: Sweet caramel and a hint of butterscotch Body: Big maltyness, lightly sweet, hardly no bitterness Finish: Slightly hoppy and dry. Some grain. Some skunkyness Mouth-feel/Over-all:Heavy:Filling, light in carbonation, not very pleasant. I have had this beer for a while and it might have gone bad.

Pours amber with a rather thin off-white head. Nose is malt with a faint smoky background. Some of the malty character is caramel, but not in a good way. Sweet flavor, no hops character. Medium body, watery mouthfeel. Rather mundane.

I do not consider this an esb. Very malty, no hops. Strong caramel nose and mouth. I like it.

Pours light brown with mild carbonation. Aroma of sweet flower and banana. Taste is sweet with a biscuit like flavor and a rich but subtle earthy bitnerness in the after taste. Mellow but crisp in the finish. I like this beer an want to have more if the style.

This was ok for the style. Aroma & taste: hops, malt, spice... but also a little too watery. Medium-ish body.

Sparkling amber,large beige head,intense minute bead.Nose is carmel malt,light fruit.Carmel fore,watery mid, medium hop end. Poorly balanced

UPDATED: SEP 22, 2011 Six pack. Very English, or perhaps New English. Skews more malty than hoppy, earthy hops, under-attenuated. One bottle in the sixer was poorly capped and a bit flat.