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The Cambridge House Old Mill Pond ESB


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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
163.62/5.03.54/5.06.7%95.5English pint
Commercial Description:
Traditional style English ESB. Volume of alcohol in this brew is on the high end for an ESB.
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 dogfish120love (256), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 16, 2008  
A solid ESB slightly bitter somewhat citrusy. Malty with a slight hoppy finish


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 27, 2008  
on tap-pours a thin white ring of bubbles and amber/copper color. Aroma is medium malt-slight caramel/some chocolate, nutty, secondary earthy hops. Taste is malt-caramel/some chocolate/toffee, nutty, secondary earthy/citrus/metallic hops.


 Rastacouere (5552), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Cambridhe House seems to enjoy taking traditional session style and bumping them up just a bit in both hops and alcohol. From the (too few) beers I’ve had from them, this was easily my favourite attempt. A hazy light orange pour covered by a 1cm collard. Very perfumey, rosewater-like nose from, I presume, Styrian Goldings among other things. Very orvalesque in smell. Forward aromatic hoppiness. Subtle biscuity malts underneath, but well attenuated. tremendously refreshing. Soft-medium carbonation, medium-bodied. Completely hidden alcohol.


 kmweaver (2431), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 16, 2008  
Draft, Cambridge House. Pours a hazy, orange-amber color; off-white head with patchy fine-bubbled lacing. Very pleasant, biscuity and earthy malt presence in the aroma; light English hop character; relaxed bitterness; approaches the toasty / roasted character of a brown ale. Medium mouthfeel: emphasis on biscuity / earthy notes throughout, both in the malt character and the mild English hoppiness; very drinkable, slightly fruity, well-composed ESB. Medium finish: dry, toasty malts and earthy English hops in the finish; dry, toasty, pleasant end.


 Glouglouburp (2810), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 23, 2007  
In short: Wonderful ESB with an American twist. Great session beer.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Cloudy dark orange body. Small beige head leaving good lacing.
In long: Nice full and soft body with a round caramel cake flavour. The hopping of this beer really did it for me. Somewhere between an English ESB and an APA. Leafy hops with juicy orange and dry woody notes. All merging perfectly with the body leaving a caramelized orange sensation. Superb stuff, refreshing and tasty. Not what I’m used to from a typical ESB, probably a new style Extremely Satisfying Beer.


 MartinT (5030), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 19, 2007  
My Bottom Line:
Prominent earthy, leafy hoppiness plays with a delicate caramel maltiness in this very quaffable but treacherously strong ESB.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam skirts the orangey amber haze.
-Again, effervescence is rather high, which in this particular case increases drinkability, but makes it harder to appreciate the malts’ intricacies.
-There aren’t that many residual sugars for a beer this gravity, so the body is lean and the sips get larger and larger as you drink.
-A leafy and resinous hop bitterness carefully punctuates the finish.

On tap at the brewpub.


 TrevorFloyd (309), Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Just what you expect an ESB to be: sweet but nowhere near cloying, balanced with some nice hoppy bite. Some traditional sweet malty flavors and some earthy tones too.


 argo0 (6881), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Cloudy amber topped by an off-white head with nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, roast, chocolate, light earthy. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, roast, some coffee, earthy. Light-medium body, some creaminess. Very malty for the style.



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