 rkuhnel (1001), Eureka, California, USA
Apr 25, 2008
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.
JCB (903), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Mar 15, 2007 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.
jake65 (1197), Meridian, Idaho, USA
Dec 29, 2006 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!
harlequinn (2746), Tacoma, Washington, USA
Jan 8, 2006 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.
DA (2300), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Mar 20, 2005 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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