3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nose is rather sweet and fruity with notes of caramel, toffee, and light orangey notes. Light peppery hops as well. Pours dark amber, hazy with little head. THe flavor starts off sweet and malty with good caramel, toffee, and toast followed by peppery earthy hops. Somewhat fruity, easy to drink, smooth carbonation.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pretty good, slightly sweet fruity aroma. This is pretty good. Some fruitiness up ront with a good hop bite later. I found that the two beers I had in bottle almost seem better than those on tap--perhaps time to clean the lines?
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ Wild River Brewing and Pizza Company, Medford, OR. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a 12 oz bottle purchased from the brewpub in Grants Pass, Oregon. This poured the color of ice tea, with almost no head and no lacing of any kind. Nose of caramel malts and citrus hops. Very light mouthfeel, similar to water. Flavor is malty with some fruit. Slightly bitter finish with some odd notes.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle from jake65 - thanks, Jake! Kind of a big body and nose for an ESB, but maybe that’s because it’s not a prominent style in the US these days. At any rate, nice bouquet with some floral aromas and hop crispness. But what really stands out is a sweet (in many ways too sweet, heavy on the vanilla) malt flavors. It’s a bit too one-dimensional, but not bad.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Copperish amber pour with a large white head that dissapated quickly. Sort of a sweet and floral nose, followed by a fruity/citrus and floral dominated hops. Some sweet malt and caramel like flavors as well. Very good. Thanks again Leah!
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Maybe it was just me but this one really came across with a large astrigency and over the top bitterness. There was some extremely piney almost spruce like hoppy flavors, some citrus fruits, and a nice malt character. There was almost a dirty, briney finish. I think I may have come across a bad bottle.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Wild River now bottles. This ESB pours a medium amber with a fast falling white head. Citrus hops in the aroma with a bit of earthy dirt smell to it. The thing that really turned me off on this brew was the smoked taste in the malts. After the initial caramel malt sweetness came a slight ash tray/stale smoke flavor that kinda killed this beer for me.
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