 drowland (1337), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Aug 14, 2009 Had this on tap at the brewpub but was in town for a wedding with a lot of family and didn’t take good tasting notes beyond the numbers.
EithCubes (2139), Indiana, USA
Jul 12, 2009 Draught at the pub. Muddy chocolate body, light beige head. Nutty, muddy malt nose. Taste has a good brown malt and toffee structure with light English hops in the bg. Watery light body with light hops mixed in. Want to try this again, others have raved.
shawnm213 (841), South Bend, Indiana, USA
Jun 11, 2009 pours a clear amber. nicely balanced. notes of caramel, with some nice citrusy hop aftertaste. worth trying.
patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
Jan 18, 2009 tap at the brewpub - Pours a dark copper color with a lingering head. It has a good caramel malt aroma and flavor with well balanced citrus accented hops. It’s medium bodied and has a nice, bitter finish.
Rastacouere (5551), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 7, 2008 Objectively speaking:
An unexpected absolutely authentic, kick-ass even cask-conditioned ESB. Spot-on and by far THE one beer I recommend trying at this pub. It begs for a pint.
I like:
Tasty all around. Fully nuanced. Earthy, fruity (think apricot, peaches and the likes), but not overly juicy palate since a great toasty background keeps everything in check. It never tastes like 5.6% and drinks easily despite its medium or even full body. Very toasty and bready.
I dislike:
I should have known ahead that this was the house specialty.
AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Clear copper with a fleeting head. Nice aroma is sweet n’ spicy with caramel malt. Medium body. Flavor is caramel malts with some light pit fruits and sweet spice.
jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Sep 1, 2008 on tap-pours a rich tan head that laces and amber/copper color. Aroma is mild medium malt-caramel. Taste is medium malt-caramel, secondary English/copper/earthy hops. OK/soft carbonation. OK done English style.
Glouglouburp (2778), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 20, 2008 In short: A “cask-style” ESB. Authentic British feeling. Wonderfully refreshing.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Cloudy dark orange body with a medium off-white head
In long: Very soft body and even softer carbonation. Lightly caramelized malts, some tree bark and dry leaves, It felt so much like a cask beer that I even asked if it was from a cask (they have two cask pumps there) but no this was from the tap. Ok then, that extra-soft carbonation was extremely appropriate for the style. Quite fruity too with citrus fruits, red apples, berries, and more but no individual fruit flavour standing out. This is about as good as an ESB can get. All they need to do to make it truly authentic English ESB is to serve it on cask and accompany it with very bad food.
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