3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cooper hue with nice frothy head and some lace. Aroma hints of caramel, apple, hayfield, floral hops, and banana. Got a mild sweetness at the start but then a fresh twangy bitter hop taste took over but did not dominate. Minor acadic finish with a metallic feel. Clean and crisp, more in line with a standard pale ale than an ESB, but I still found it refreshing and easy to drink. A all night sixer brew.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Caramel and brown sugary sweet, malty aroma, with some light apple, pear and tangerine fruitiness and flowery hop. Medium-dark copper in color, with an uneven, creamy and lasting head. Malty and somewhat bready flavor, with light overtones of caramel and piney, earthy hop bitterness and flavors, which really become most apparent at the close. Medium bodied, with a thin, lightly creamy mouthfeel. Highly drinkable.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Average amber beer appearance. Shockingly sparkling and candylike effervescence; unlike any bitter I've ever had; the actual bitterness is mild. Quite nice but it did lose a bit of its charm as it warmed up. Decent; I'd drink more of this if I could get it locally.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Reddish amber in color....small head. Perfume, hops, and berries in the aroma....very nice. Very unique....didnt really taste like a bitter to me, but it was very refreshing and inviting. Flavor was sweet on the edges with a bitter hop finish....nice!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Auburn color with a decent head. Flavor is a little unbalanced - hops, malt, and fruit. Slightly bitter as it should be. Not the best bitter I've had but thus far I've not run across a really good American interpretation of an English bitter. Pretty good overall.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle, goblet. No head to speak of. Rich coper color is clear with no particles. Caramel / toasted light bread malts. Sprucey hops. Doughy yeast. Light iced tea aroma. Lightly acidic, lightly sweet to start. Lightly acidic, moderately bitter to finish. Light-medium body is watery with lively carbonation. The bottom line is: while there's nothing extra special here, this makes a decent session brew for Atlantians.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This is a really smooth brew. Deep amber with small but lingering head and goosd retention. Sweet malty aroma with a slight citrusy hop presence. Medium bodied and very smooth on the palate. Flavors are well balanced and complex with different malt grains coming through even more than the hops. Overall a decent ESB.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 27, 2003 Sweet Water ESB, as it is, should be rated a bit over par. I have had better ESB’s, but this beer fit my expected criteria. This is another beer that I think taste better when it is warmed to about 70 degrees. The floral bouquet becomes more pronounced; also, the sweet & bitter balance in flavor, between the hopps & malt are complementary. Good stuff.
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