Flying Fish ESB

Brewed by Flying Fish Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

Apparently this beer is interchangeable with the ESB Amber Ale. Pours clear golden orange with a thin off-white head. light lacing. Aromas of apricot, caramel malt, light fruit, carrot. Flavor is heavy caramel malt, toffee, light citrus hops, candied fruit. finish is malty caramel. bubbly.

I am not typically a fan of ESB’s but this is a good one. It isn’t just bitter to be bitter it actually has other flavors in it.

Bottle. Bready nose with some great Fuggly funk, a bit of hot rubber, caramel, and stylish yeast. Very English! Toffee and light milk chocolate in with some berry. Orange-amber body, clear with a lot of carbonation and a soapy white head. Taste of caramel and toffee with a very dry, chalky yeasty finish. Fruitiness form the Flying Fish house character. No Fuggles, but getting a candyish note closer to apple cider than candi sugar. Some light hay and dry white grape. Nice and woody. Mid-bodied. Not bad!

Flying Fish markets this as an ESB/Amber Ale and as an ESB it doesn’t really make the mark, but as an Amber, it’s quite enjoyable. Tastes and smells malty (a Flying Fish trademark, it seems) and has almost no hop presence. Carbonation is slightly high, but the head and lacing were nearly non-existant, if you can believe that? I think this is a decent brew, but would much rather have their Hopfish, which tastes more like an ESB than an IPA.

Thanks to decaturstevo for sharing this one. Clear light amber body under a firm, creamy head of off-white. Malty aroma. Flavor is firm malt with well balanced supportive hops. Good for style.

Orange gold pour with white head and lace. Malt and light brown sugar on the nose. Semi sweet with I think apples. Hints of a clovish flavor. A tad thin and foamy. Nice clean and refreshing

Pours a deep copper color with a light off-white foamy head. It is huge, about 3 fingers and lasts a very long time. Has a very mineral-y nose with some sour apples. Pretty sweet. The flavor has a nice spice to it. A little bit of a fruity yeast with some grainyness. A decent bitterness to it. The body is ok for an ESB, and I’m actually pleasantly surprised with this because I expected very little. Leaves a nice bitter on the tongue.

Bright bronze appearance with a small beige head and little lacing. Lightly toasted malt aroma with a faint whiff of cherries. Flowery hops impart some mild bitterness to balance the sweet malts. Medium-bodied, decently carbonated mouthfeel. Dry, short lived finish.