 bu11zeye (5635), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
May 20, 2005 (Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy amber body with an average creamy off-white head. Aroma of toffee, pine, and alcohol. Flavor of caramel malt and mild hops. Nicely balanced.
atpayne (615), Zionsville, Indiana, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 3, 2005 Nice copper color with a creamy off white head. The aroma is a mix of malt and hop. Some sweet and slightly roasty malts and mild piney hop aromas. The flavor has a distinct creamy malt profile which is followed by a mild bitterness. Malt develops with some roasted character. The finish is light to medium bodied.
Sahlholdt (276), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 30, 2005 Amber with disapearing beige head. Hints of sweetnes in the aroma. Good balance bettween hops and malt. High drinkability. Soft and smooth with a good lingering aftertaste.
tomhenderson (128), Carolinas area, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 17, 2005 22 oz bottle. Pours a pretty copper color with good (but not brilliant) clarity. Almost no head, which is typical of a good ESB. (See BJCP.org for style guildlines.) Rich in flavor, leaning more toward caramel malt, yet there’s a good balance of undetermined hoppiness. Overall, this is a superb ESB, just as I would expect from AleSmith.
quimist (3), California, USA
does not count  | 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 14, 2005 Smooth, honey, well balanced, goes down smooth. Thought it would be more hoppy. Would make for a good everyday beer.
SRBMOJO (6), ALISO VIEJO, California, USA
does not count | 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 14, 2005 very similar to an ESB I homebrewed, makes me feel a little better about my own brew. light head and lacing, nice copper orange color, not bad.
DYCSoccer17 (2201), Davis, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 9, 2005 This was on draught at Liar’s Club under a different name. I’m sitting here eyeing up this beer, and the annoyingly large glass bottom which only allows me to have 14 ounces instead of 16 ounces, when there’s a 30 something woman trying to parallel park her Isuzu Rodeo in front of a minivan. I take a break from being pissed about the bullshit glass and help her safely park. She was most appreciative. The aroma of this beer is very floral and quite aromatic with hints of orange and caramel in the nose. Transparent copper color with amber notes and a nice off white head and gorgeous lacing. Floral hoppiness to start, which is quite subdued with a significant malty middle. Extremely tasty, smooth, and yummy.
FoolishMortal (966), San Diego, California, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 3, 2005 Pours a deep orangey amber, decent head retention. Malty sweet aroma, with some strange spicy notes that were difficult to peg. Fairly light body with an exceptionally thin mouthfeel for an ESB, and indeed for AleSMith. That same strange spicy character returns in the finish. Not a super great ESB, defnintely has the AleSmith tendency to be so subtle and tricky in character as to become somewhat removed from a classic excellency in style.
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