 ehhdayton (1115), USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 11, 2006 Pours amber with a white head. The aroma is light with malt and some hops. The flavor is mild with a slight maltiness and a light hoppish finish.
GarethYoung (1110), Glasgow, Scotland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 23, 2005 [bottle from sainsburys] The aroma has some grassy hoppy notes and some fruity malt notes underneath. body is a little thin, finish is bitter.
probstk (1064), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 25, 2007 500 mL bottle from the LCBO, served cool in a small pilsner glass. AP20/07.
App.: Medium-deep amber, decent off-white head, clear.
Aroma: Light wood, earth and nuttiness; hints of toffee and caramel, a bit of fruit – apples, peaches; breadcrust, hints of treacle.
Palate: Medium body, soft carbonation with a few sharp bubbles.
Flav.: Much like the nose, feels a bit thin somehow; moderate bitterness and mild acidity clash with a touch of weird sweetness.
Maybe pesticides and industrial farming practices really do taste good...
pootzboy (1048), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 14, 2007 500ml bottle
Poured a light copper color with a 2 finger white cap that lasts and laces.
Aromas of leafy herbs and succulent fruits under a caramel malt tone.
Flavor is quite pleasant and surprisingly more complex than I would have expected for an organic brew.
Upfront caramel malts mingle with ambiances of ripe succulent fruits, floral tones of upland botanicals like heather, mid palate a nice swirl of toasty-char astringency mingles with the now bittering hops, finish is wet with a light fruit-malt sweetness riding over a light metallic bittering.
Very nicely put together ESB, pleasant, drinkable, complex enough to be interesting and the flavors seem more discrete.
ESB is not a style I’m partial to but this ale is quite pleasant and surprisingly more complex than I would have expected for an organic brew. This is the 3rd organic brew I’ve found to do this and it validates the contention that organic malts, hops and other botanicals used in brewing are more flavorful.
brentfeesh (1039), Gadsden, Alabama, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 6, 2006 Bottle. Pours golden with lots of carbonation and a light head. Aroma has earthy hops with a crisp grain malt bill. Flavor has crisp grain malt (biscuit), spicy – earthy hops. Very IPA like in an English way. Crisp medium body with a nice bitter finish. Nothing spectacular but a decent brew.
Defreni (1034), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 6, 2007 Flaske. Lettere mørkerødlig, og meget domineret af malt. Ekstrem drikbar med en meget lille snert af bitterhed til sidst. Udemærket af en økologisk øl, med et håb om at der snart kommer mere af den skuffe.
pintbypint (1021), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 5, 2009 500ml brown bottle. Copper/amber shade, hazy. Good head - off white, creamy and lacy. Citrus in the aroma, caramel malt. Flavour also is caramel malts, snappy citrus hops, fruity, also lightly grassy. Finish is hoppy with more grass notes. Pleasant lasting aftertaste, grassy with a littel citrus. Light to medium in body, carbonation is light and not invasive. Decent ale, could drink a few of these in a sitting.
Lunkie (1020), Glen Iris, Australia
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Jan 17, 2006 Hop malt aroma with sweetness. Clear brown orange colour with poor head and lacing. Malt hop flavour. Fizzy palate.
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