Beach Chalet Elevation Zero ESB

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

Amber colored. Aroma is spicy, grassy hops, somewhat floral. English yeast, light caramel backing. Not a ton of character, but I liked the style.

Tap at City Beer. Pours with an amber color. Very malty, a bit of a hops bite and some toffee notes. A good seesion beer but not much going on.

Draught, Beach Chalet. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark amber. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (cookie, caramel), lightly to moderately hoppy (grapefruit, apricot, resin). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, fizzy/lively carbonation.

Draught at the brewery. Beer is clear, medium amber with a small, beige, frothy/creamy, clingy, diminishing head.<P>Malty with light notes of toasted grain, caramel, toasted bread crumb; Hoppy with light/moderate notes of orange and lemon zest, resin/pine, light note of tea; Trace of doughy yeast; Trace of simple syrup.<P>The flavor is moderately sweet, light/moderately bitter, moderately acidic with a long, lightly acidic/citric, lightly sweet, lightly/moderately bitter finish.<P>The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is fizzy.