Blue Point Extra Special Bitter

Cask at Ginger Man in CT. Poured an opaque orange/red amber with minimal hops in the aroma and some citrus. Taste opened up with some spice and bitterness with some citrus flavors as well with more spice coming in near the end.

Cask at Jimmy’s No. 43. Pretty looking and easy drinking, that’s for sure. Corny, grainy, horse blanket aroma, dusty closet. Flavor has a weird lactic acid nide. Kind of gooey, milky, all too grainy flavor, sweet, lactic, and thin. I put down the pint in about 5 sips though so that’s always good.

Cask at gingerman, poured a copper hue with a large frothy bone color head that had great retention. Aroma had strong caramel notes with some hops. Flavor had good balance between caramel notes and bittering hops.Did not get much of a cask note to it but carbonation was on the low side. Smooth throughout and a good beer.

Draft at waterfront. Copper. Too hoppy and not wel balanced IMO, I just have a hard time with Blue point in general and this is no exception.

lots of c hops in this beer tasted really good balanced well the hops and malts

Poured a light copper with an off white head. Aroma is of some English hops though I am sure Cascades and Chinook were used. Bitterness on the front is standard for an American ESB with some of the maltiness found in the better examples of this style. Light body. Although, I’m not a fan of Blue Point this is a good effort.

On tap at the brewery. Pours a maroon color with a fresh hoppy aroma. Taste as you would expect is bitter but its not over the top- the smooth palate balances out. Aftertaste is bitter, most likely my favorite from Blue Point.

Growler from beer store. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, ripe cherries. Flavor a perfect blend of distinct sweet, bitter, and lightly tart points, earthy. Semi-dry, clean finish. Endlessly drinkable. Very nice.