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Crooked River Original ESB

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Crooked River Original ESB

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A Premium Bitter/ESB formerly brewed by
Crooked River Brewery (Snyder Intl)

Frederick, Maryland USA

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963.91/5.03.89/5.05.8%99.8 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A rich amber Extra Special Bitter Ale in the English tradition. Brewed with special roasted barley malts and select East Kent Golding and Yakima Nugget hops.

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 Beer Guy99 (250), Maineville, Ohio, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Oct 18, 2002  
Just wanted to re-rate and express my satisfaction that this great beer won the gold medal at the 2002 Great American Beer Festival a couple of weeks ago (Extra Special) Strong Bitter category. This is the best ESB I’ve ever tried. If you love a beer with great malty depth and plenty of delicious hops, this is the beer for you. Forget Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, if you had a Crooked River ESB, you’d never look back, I promise. I could drink this beer and this beer alone for the rest of my life - it’s that damn good!


 ultraspank (856), Dublin, Ohio, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Jun 1, 2002  
The last offering I tried from my beer of the month club shipment (I have a knack for saving the best for last). This brew pours from the bottle a clear copper orange. The titanic fluffy off-white head is fully lasting, and has decent lacing. The rich and clean nose is spicy and rewarding with an abundance of grapefruit. The outstanding flavor has a balance and complexity that is in a word - uber. Best described as sweet, warm, spicy, and flowery with moderate acidity. The flavor is one you won’t soon forget. The finish is long and very well balanced. The medium body is creamy and lively with a clean and lightly alcoholic feel to the finish. This brew is hugely quaffable, and as I have a graduation party to attend this evening, I am thankful that I only had 3 bottles in my shipment, as 6 or more would have prevented me from going anywhere today. Superb!! This is THE session brew of the century. The best brew I have had in quite some time. It’s MONSTER brews like this (and the ones from Great Lakes) that make me thankful to reside in Ohio.


STUARTMILLER (10), flushing, New York, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/519/20
May 15, 2002  
Why can’t I get this in NYC? A great American ESB. Got mine through a beer club and 3 weren’t enough. Had to get a few cases right away! If you like bitters go out and find this one any-which-way you can!


bwilson (14), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/519/20
Oct 28, 2002  
I really like this beer. What a nice, full, dry-hopped nose, with a big, rich, malty body to match. A pleasure!


 ravidesai (915), Bombay, India
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/518/20
Nov 4, 2001  
A really good micro ESB. very british. amber color, thin head. great hop bouquet and a complex taste that has a some malt but lots of great floral hops. very good stuff here - arguably the best american ESB




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