2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
pours a hazy amber color with a small quickly disappearing head. Malty caramel aroma, doughy, rye bead, and something odd that I can’t describe. I smelled it 20 times and can’t tell other than it is wrong. The beer is light and thin with some malt a tad of bitter and something else that again shouldn’t really beer there. It doesn’t affect the flavor as much as the aroma and it only affects the aroma when you swirl it. Hmm.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Caramel aroma, with the slightest hint of hops. Body is quite malty with lots of sweet caramel flavor. Hop flavor could be kicked up a little bit, but all in all a decent brew.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Pours hazy deep amber with some floaties, large initial off-white head and good lace. The aroma has notes of caramalized malts, bread, lemon-lime, orange zest, aromatic hops, and dusty yeast esters. The taste starts surprisingly mellow and sweet, lots of fruity character and bready background. More bitters and a zesty undertone are dominate on the finish. The feel is crisp, very lively (burp!), and dry. Slightly metallic as well. A good ESB with some character, worthy of a try. Thanks DocLock.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Deep amber with a weak white head. Nose was malty, doughy, caramel. And a scent that was familiar but I couldn’t place. Lightly carbonated, light to medium bodied. Flavor was watered down. Caramel sweetness. Just didn’t do it for me.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Decent. Aroma of caramel, some hops, nice amber color, decent head, flavor starts lightly malty, some hops in the finish. Decent, just decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A caramel lover's delight. Smells and tastes of rich caramel. Thick rich foamy head. overall, a decent ale, but not a beer to drink in large quantities.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The soft and full body of this beer has a caramel sweetness, some fruity notes and just enough hops for balance (I would prefer some more, thank you). Finishes with a sugar sweet caramel stickyness. Very easy to drink
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
I like this ESB, but I don't seek it out. It seems to lack balance, and tastes a little sour to me. It has a nice aroma, and is definitely bitter, but is not near the top of my ESB list.
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