 jhumphries69 (523), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
Oct 5, 2007
12 oz. bottle. Pours a slightly hazy auburn - a touch of brown with highlights of orange and red. The head pours thick and soft, and it leaves tons of lace on a pint glass. The aroma is a pleasant mix of fruit, caramel and bready malts, and herbal, perfumy hops - almost like a spicy fruit-cake drizzled w/ caramel (diacetyl?). The flavor starts similarly - a soft, slightly toasted, slightly fruity, bready malt flavor with a touch of herbal English hops. A little bit of dark toast and caramel enters on the sides of the tongue about halfway back. Here also enters a touch more of spicy, dry hops. The finish is well-balanced and somewhat dry with a blend of light, delicate malt with just a drop of earthy hops. The mouthfeel is very light and creamy - and not particularly carbonated (which is great because I always dislike how many bottled bitters seem overly carbonated to me). So the texture is a little bit closer to that of a nice cask-conditioned pint due to the low levels of CO2. Overall, this is pretty much exactly what I was hoping for when I saw it and picked it up - much closer to the English style of bitter than most American breweries tend to get. Very decent, and a good session beer (as long as its not too long of a session).
porter4porter (29), Florida, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Another good offering by Stoudts. Pours amber with a white head and nice floral hops with an earthy malt backing. Well balanced. I recommend a try.
MaltDawg (369), Richmond, Virginia, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Off Taps Capital Ale House - Downtown Slight malt aroma with floral hop notes. Clear amber golden with small frothy white head. Floral and grassy hop notes in flavor with moderate bitterness. Grainy toasty biscuit like malt notes and light fruitiness. Light body and mouthfeel. Clean dry bitter finish.
Fruitfly (55), , Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Aroma of sweet and deep malt like fresh, moist earth. Very soft hop redolence only slightly offsets the carmely malts. The large bubbled head is patient. The lacing is tenacious. Carefully rounded but sweet flavor. Very relaxing.
Beerman6686 (780), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Poured a reddish amber color with an off white head. Aroma was nice and malty, but balanced by the floral hops. Flavor was a lot more bitter from the hops than most esb’s but in a good way. This one is prety enjoyable.
peter (350), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 20, 2008 CASK- Great noble hop flavours. Quite floral with a decent body. Malts are present and well baanced.
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