 bitbucket (2034), Kirkland, Washington, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 12, 2007 Bottle. Pours a clear coppery amber with a somewhat lacy off-white head. Aroma of fruits and herbal hops. Medium body and carbonation. Sweet nutty fruit taste with a citrus and floral hop finish.
Gachupines (293), USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 10, 2007 Copper color with decent off white head. Taste is strong malts with a nice hop presence. Easy to drink but not boring. A pleasant ESB, would make a good session beer.
Skyview (4057), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 9, 2007 Third beer sampled at Cellars LexLarp in St Paul, MN. History - Oregon’s first microbrewery. Opened in 1984 by Richard and Nancy Ponzi (wine makers). Purchased by Carlos Alvarez (Gambrinus Co of San Antonio, TX) in 1995. This used to be Pintail ESB in 1994 but was changed to BridgePort ESB in 1997. Pours a dark copper amber with an off white head. Aroma of sweet chocolate with floral hoppiness. Taste of hoppy malt with some berry tones. A sweet and mellow aftertaste.
SilkTork (4174), Rochester, Kent, England
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 6, 2007 ChrisFest Immediately identifiable as American from the first sip. Sweet, smooth and clean malt with a playful sprinkling of orange flavour hops. Nice.
Aurelius (2652), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 5, 2007 Lightly hazy, orangy-gold. SOme lime some tannins. Fairly sweet. Arizona Iced Tea transfigured into beer. Nice bittering. Floral notes. Very good. Bottle, Flying Saucer, Nashville.
maeib (4748), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 2, 2007 Bottled at Chris_O Fest March 2007. A copper coloured beer. The aroma is malty and a little sweet but there is decent balancing hop. The taste has big hops together with some berry fruit flavours. Sweet malts. Tasty and mellow.
JK (2961), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Mar 31, 2007 Not bad. This is very sweet for an ESB, sweet malt rather than bitter malt. Considerable hop presence for the style. Its not bad, but too sweet.
BDR (2164), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 31, 2007 A light brown pour with a chocolate or carob nose. Similar taste but a little tart with minimal carbonation.
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