3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz can from Molly. Rating #204. Clear amber pour with a sticky off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma, a good amount of sweetness actually with a light toast. Nice little hop bite initially, followed by more sweet caramel malts. Nice stuff. (2140)
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(canned) Pours hazy golden orange with a small white head. The aroma holds canned pears, sweet, cherry candy, malt, light cheese, light roses/tulips, honey and marzipan. The flavour is light sweet and light bitter with notes of bread, honey, light cheese mild spicy/tiny citric hops and fruity. The mouthfeel clean and light watery with a light carbonation. Mild bitter and pale malty finish. Light to medium bodied.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours clear copper with a thin head that quickly fades away, leaves a skin. Aroma is sweet caramel malt, toasty biscuit. Taste is caramel, biscuit, and some fruity woody hop notes to balance. Body is medium, chewy, low carbonation, dry fruity finish. Overall, pretty decent; this is exactly the flavor and aroma profile that I think of when I think of an ESB. Very English.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz can. Pours a clear redish copper color with a frothy light tan head. Aroma is light and spicy with notes of caramel and a bit of citrusy hops. The taste is lightly sweet up front, and finishes with a mellow short lived bitterness. Very refreshing flavor, light to medium body, crisp and clean.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Although the aroma is not impressive (malts and mulch), this brew has other redeeming qualities. It tastes like a rustic English-style ale, full of earthy, woodsy flavors. It has a rich, satisfying mouthfeel. And it provides a sessionable balance of sweetness and herbal hoppy bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz can. Pours a deep golden color with a small white froth. Aroma has a light tropical fruit character, a bit of caramel and some nutty bready notes. Flavor starts with some sweet biscuit and bready maltiness, picking up some light fruity character before a slight metallic twinge and a grainy lightly bitter finish. medium body and a soft carbonation. Disappointing finish to an otherwise decent beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very bready in aroma with hops and fruit in there as well. The flavor is tropical fruit, possibly pineapple, along with a solid maltiness balanced out a decently bitter finish. Cleans up pretty well.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
0.355l can @ Henrik, Bergen. A near clear orangish beer with a nice medium sized heavy lacing off-white head. The aroma is caramellish with some butterscotch and some light grassy hints. Average carbo levels and a mild oily mouthfeel. Nice and rounded flavors. Malty without being malty. Does that make sense? Nice and light bitterish flavors and it’s missing that english-boring esb character that often can be, yeah, a bit boring. Nice hoppy flavors with quite a bit of sweetness as well. Dry mouth in the aftertaste. Solid!
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