2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Not my thing. The aroma is floral and hoppy. The color is a copper to light brown with a thin white head. The taste is very hoppy but without a distinct flavor profile, just bitter. The body is medium but with a degree of astringency. A very bitter somewhat harsh beer. Sweetwater makes some great beers, just not sure this is one of them.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a hazy caramel/amber color with a medium thin tan head. Aroma is earthy and malty with light caramel and maple leaf notes. Flavor follows suit and adds some tea notes...too malty! Mouthfeel is light and the finish is malty and tastes like tea.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours amber orange with an off white head. Earthy hoppy aroma, with sweet toffee malts. The flavor has sweet toffee and bready malts with floral and earthy hoppy notes, followed by a medium bitter finish. Not bad.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz. bottle. Party rate. Standard ESB really...toasty and cereal. Very sessionable, but nothing here really stands out.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz. bottle shared by shigadeyo. Pours a bright orange amber color with a small off white head. The aroma has mildly toasted malt, caramel, and some mild herbal and floral hops. The flavor has a base of toasted malt, caramel, floral and lightly herbal hops with some fruitiness at the edges. The bitterness is mild to moderate. Overall, this was drinkable but not something I would revisit.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle. Red-orange. Respectable steady beige head. Big caramel/amber malt aroma, thick crystal/specialty malts. Kind of watery, soapy, with no real follow through. English yeast..fruity/fishy. Really quite an amateur production, not impressive as a US or UK ESB. Sweetwater certainly seems more and more like a gimmicky brewery from the 90s.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draught at the Sweetwater ATL bar. Pours a clear amber color with a medium thin and somewhat fizzy white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel and mild hops. Medium body with a sweet caramel malt character and notes of grassy hops and citrus. The finish is malty with a lingering sweetness left behind. Decent ESB overall.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by shigadeyo. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate floral hop and bitter malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy bittersweet flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable beer.
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