3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Pi in DC. Served in a nonic pint glass.
Pours a moderate caramel-copper color with a good white head and some nice lacing on the way down. The nose carries a nice bit of floral and earthy hops with some light breadiness behind that. Flavor was nice and hoppy and had a good backbone, though the latter wasn’t too heavy. Light-medium body with a semi-dry finish. Quite good.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a lightly hazy, light copper amber with a fairly tall off-white head that dropped to about 1/4". The aroma was mostly caramel malt with a milder citrus aroma of apricot/tangerine. There were lots of carbonation bubbles rising up in the glass. The beer was malt forward with lots of caramel malt flavor with a good balance of citrus, but without much hops bite. All in all a very mellow, easy drinking beer with a slight hops bite on the finish.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orange-ish tan and slightly hazy, had is so-so, as is lace. It’s very malt forward in every way, but also has plentiful hops character. This is more pronounced in the taste than the smell. It’s very tasty and easy to drink, well carbonated and relatively session-y in overall character. I quite like this beer, it’s really nice.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
THOUGHTS: Decent beer, but not all that wintry. A good amount of citrus. It almost seemed more summery, but I guess it’d be a little thick in the summer. If you told me it was an orange beer, I’d believe you. Not very complex, but what’s there is nice. Even easier to drink than the ABV would suggest.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a light to medium, orangey amber with an average to large, off-white head that kept a nice sheet and left good lacing. There were also tiny particles of a thick density floating in the body. The aroma had light caramel; moderate to heavy orangey hops; and other citrus fruits. The initial flavor was light to mod sweet and lightly acidic; while the finish was moderately sweet, moderately acidic; slightly bitter; and ever so slightly sour. There was a little caramel, tons of orange, spicy rye and other citrus.The slightly more than medium body was a little syrupy with fairly soft carbonation and a slightly metallic and ever so slightly astringent finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours coppery amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is spicy, floral, citrus hops with some caramel underneath. Flavor is well-balanced with some dank, spicy English hops and doughy caramel malt. Very drinkable and tasty. Really well done.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured an copper/amber color with a small foamy white head. Some sediment floating around. Aroma has tangerines and some dough. Taste has more tangerines with bread and some hops. Taste is pretty crisp and flavorful. Kinda unusual tasting, but the flavors work well and the balance is there.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle - average size foamy head, medium amber color, nice hoppy aroma, very good balanced flavor with a decent amount of hops
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
12oz bottle - pours murky copper with modest off white head and light lacing. Nose is hops (pilsner type) and light smoke. Aroma is spicy (pumpkin?) - I suppose that is the rye flakes. Taste is mainly bitter ending with a faint sweet/malty aftertaste. Light to medium body and slick texture. Tastes like pumpkin pie or something else off of the Thanksgiving dinner table that I taste, but decline seconds. I can’t compare this to any other ESB I’ve had before due to the rye flakes.
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