Anderson Valley Boont ESB

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Boonville, California USA

A nice deep copper color, pours with a cream colored head. There is a slight amount of chill haze present. Smells malty with a bit of sourness to it, maybe some sort of musty character as well. There is lots of caramel malt character in this beer. It ends with nice amount of bitterness, and there is a sharp bitterness at the beginning to. There is not too much hop flavor or aroma in this beer. Though as it warms up a definite hop flavor starts to assert itself. This is a nice solid beer, but it could use a few more dimension to it. I expected a bit more hop flavor from this brewery. There is a bit of grassy - hoppy notes to it though. Some biscuity flavors to this beer as well.

This brew poured a small head of finely sized mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a fair lacing and a hazy light orange brown colored uncarbonated body. The aroma was hoppy as well as was its flavor. The mouthfeel had some bitterness to its otherwise smooth and bubbly feeling.

Dayton, OH AleFest:This beer consisted of a small sized tan head with fine-small sized bubbles that quickly diminished.The body of this beer was clear and its hue was orange.The nose was very hoppy and malty.It had a very heavy bitter flavor to it that lingered for quite some time.The palate was tingly on my tongue and medium bodied.This beer was just too bitter for my taste.

Pours a orange-amber color, a little lighter than most bitters. The aroma is much more like a bitter, but the flavor is incredibly hoppy. Imagine a APA and a Fullers ESB getting together and having a kid, this could very well be the result.

Holy Cow! This is one bitter brew--and bitter in a very good way. Beer pours an orangish amber and is slightly cloudy. Aroma is alive with hops. First taste is malty with a sudden, quick punch of hops. Bitterness dominates and lasts long after the first swallow. Great creamy palate as well. Superb!

Slightly hazed light amber color with a rocky cream colored head. Clean malt and hops aromas with a hint of english stone. Initial quaff yields what seem to be a sharp version. Smooth malt sweetness leads, but a sharp citric hops flavor takes over and drives this one home. Malt does show up very late in the aftertaste, too late for a true ESB.

This is a yummy bitter! Liberal amounts of hops and a full body to match, very well balanced. The lacing was incredible and this just kept me coming back for more. Now if only their other beers showed this much thought.

Nice flavorful beer. Beautiful amber color with large white, slightly rocky head. Malty, fruity aroma with grapefruit and hint of vanilla. Sweet malty flavor with burly hops to balance and a bitter finish. Medium body, smooth easy texture and light carbonation. Another fine, easy drinking ale from Anderson Valley.