Atlantic SOB Special Old Bitter Ale

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Thanks to Santa for this one. It pours coppery ruby colored, with a 1-finger ecru head. Aroma of caramel malt, some vinous fruit, nuts, cabernet. The flavor is indeed bitter, but well rounded with the solid caramel malt base and plenty of hops. Gets more bitter and hoppy as it warms.

Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beverage Warehouse - 22 oz bomber. Dark copper pour, very fluffy white head with excellent lacing. Slightly funky aroma with hints of toe jam and for some reason scotch tape! As it settles it is more akin to peach marmalade. Good bitter flavor - just the right amount of mint goodness and fruity undertones. Mouthfeel is thick, but leaves a bit of a stinging feeling. Overall, an excellent bitter. Would be good session material.

hazy rust color with no head. hoppy, peachy aroma. flavors of toffee, hops, and tea. very dry and very bitter and very english. not much aftertaste. a quick, clean finish. not bad.

Pours amber with a slightly off white head. The flavor has a slight maltiness with a whipcrack like bitterness of hops that quickly follows and lingers on the palate.

Bottle courtesy of grover. Deep coca-cola color. Bitter, caramel flavor with an almost overwhelming buttery note.

22 oz bottle- appears to be nicely bottle conditioned- some nice yeast sediment on the bottom of the bottle. Must be pretty fresh- my parents just bought this at the brewery a couple weeks ago. Pours a moslty clear medium amber with a nice large fluffy tight off white head and some great lace. Aroma is loaded with fresh english style hops- very tea like and nutty with floral hints and a touch of mint leaves- also some nice toasted and chocolate malt aromas for balance. Flavor is sharp and upfront with tons of tea and floral hops- Northdown is a great harsh bittering hop that works very well in this beer. This reminds me of some of the homebrewed bitters I used to make. Damn this was a tasty bitter. Well made.

Pours dark amber into a shaker. Fluffy conglomerate head looks like pancake batter. Toast and caramel aromas. Crisp with sharp bitter front-to-back. Lasting bitter finish.

Pours clear brown with small tight head. Aroma is citrusy, woody, hops plus a lot of malt. Flavor is the same with big, woody, bitter hit accompanied by bold caramelly malt. Toward the end the bitterness dominates big time, not in the most pleasant of ways. Could use a better rounded hop profile. Still good though.