 tronraner (1906), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 7, 2009 Draught at the brewpub. Pours dark copper with offwhite head. The aroma is weak, earthy hops and dusty caramel. The flavor is sweet caramel and toast with some dusty bitterness. Bland, but OK.
CaptainCougar (5379), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Jun 16, 2009 On tap at the brewpub 2/1/08: Pours a dark copper with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of some resiny piny hops and toasted sweet caramel malt. Body starts fairly full and semi-sweet with some earthy piny bittering hop presence. Finishes crisp and bittersweet, a nice ESB.
changeup45 (782), Orlando, Florida, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Pours a copper color with a medium sized off-white bar poured head. I thought this had a nice amount of flavor for a relatively low abv beer. Roasted malts, overall this was toasty, with some complimenting bitter citrus hops. Pretty well rounded and overall a solid choice.
Jmichael (633), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Sep 22, 2008 light and mild complexity, served well on a hot day and a sessionable in between at brewgras, but nothing big on the complexity.
timsilvia32 (445), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Amber pour, little cream head that disappated quickly. Faint smokey/tea aroma? Some caramel, citrus, but mostly burnt malt, almost like a smoke ale to me. Like somebody burnt the biscuits. Rather light bodied. Did not care for this one at all.
shalloWMeans (160), Independence, Kentucky, USA
Sep 27, 2007 Tap at Brewgrass in Asheville. Being my favorite beer style I was very excited to try this. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the best ESB ever. It was true to style, with lots of caramel and toasted malt, but to me it wasn’t as sweet as I’d expected and was also slightly watery. Overall, I can’t say it sucked, and I’d probably drink it again someday.
kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 12/23/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
clear dark amber, wispy beige head, nice lace, very light dry caramel malt aroma with just as light floral hops, nice sweet caramel malt flavor, lots of good balancing bitterness with a long bitter finish, the initial sweetness drys out very quickly living a very balanced beer
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4
jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Jul 24, 2007 on tap @HopfestNC-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is medium malt, English hops. Taste is English hops, medium malt. Occasional. OK carbonation.
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