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Surly Bitter Brewer

Surly Bitter Brewer

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Surly Brewing Company

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

bottled
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on tap
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983.62/5.03.61/5.0Special4.2%97.9 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Brewed with lots of Golden Promise and Pale Ale malts with a touch of Oats and light hazy gold in color. Ultra crisp bitterness from Warrior hops, with Glacier hops adding the peach,orange and apricot aroma. We dry-hopped this one because...we like hops.

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 chicagodri (421), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20

Apr 27, 2008  
On tap at Dark Lord Day 08. I thought this beer was decent and it helped to have a break from the Darklord. Pours a hazy orange. Fruity hoppy aroma. It almost tasted like tea, which was interesting. Not as bold as their other beers but still good.

 KeithD (189), Outer Space, Congo
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Aroma of orange marmalade and hoppy dryness. Flavor is good, really dry and bitter, with some jammy apricot qualities. I feel that it really lacks substance and body, however, so I don’t think this one is particularly for me. I like their IPAs and stouts a lot more. Not much else to say. There is a pentegram on the back of the can.


maniac4016 (90), sky ute, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
apricot, resin on nose. bitter on palate with some pineapple resiny stickyness. finishes a liitle disjointed but thats the only problem i find with this beer. very quaffable


 Odeed (1434), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Jul 21, 2008  
(big thanks to irishboy for the free can)orange body with an awesome foamy white head.the aroma is just as described in the commercial description.peach,orange,and apricot aroma.all from the hops im guessing.the flavor has the same traits sitting in the back with some biscuits and caramel malts taking the front seat.this is an awesome bitter and i can see why it gets the high rating.


 Gregis (853), Overland Park, Kansas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Can courtesy of theisti. Pours a hazy, pale copper with a pitted off-white head. The nose is fruity and floral with notes of dried apricots, lemon iced tea and grassy wildflowers. Fairly light bodied and slick with a moderately dry and bitter finish. Very quaffable. Light caramel malt sits behind a blend of fruity, floral and herbal hops. This is definitely not your typical ESB, as the hops dominate the flavor profile, but it remains eminently drinkable and pretty darn tasty. Thanks again for the can, Tim!


 pint_size (1001), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 16, 2008  
7-13-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to pepsican
Medium amber orange with a thin white head and some light lacing. Smell is big hops and dough. Flavor is hoppy but not fruity or floral or too terribly refreshing. Medium to high carbonation. Drinkable and hoppy just not very crisp or springy like I hoped. Big honey flavors linger.




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