Four Peaks 8th Street Ale

Brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tempe, Arizona USA

Got this as a bonus beer from Shyam. Thanks! Pours a light orange, slightly translucent with a very foamy white head that took a while to settle. Color wise, it doesn’t look like a typical ESB. Smells only mildly malty, a little grassy with some mild lemon coming through. Flavor is very weak, some light malt flavor, slight sugar, a touch of clove perhaps. Very weak and watery on the palate. Nothing wrong with this brew, but you’ll forget about this even before you finish the glass.

bottle: pours a very gold colour with a large pithy white head. aroma is a light pineapple, lilght citrus hop, but not much else. a little skunky. flavour is dead, nothing going on the flavours are so non exsisting i cant decsribe them. just a slight bitter water to me.

12oz bottle, no date from hellbilly in the Mystery Swap 3.0--thanks! Hazy orange with a 1/2 finger off-white head, fair retention. Burnt plastic up front in the aroma with some light floral hops. Hints of earth, caramel, and cinnamon(?) as well. Thankfully, I got only a minimal amount of burnt plastic in the flavor (though the burps had me thinking I ate a melted Lego) and the hops have a citrus/floral thing going on. Pretty dry throughout with a small amount of bready malt sweetness. Bitterness peaked at a 1-2. Moderate carbonation with a light body. Decent at best.

Bottled. Hazy golden orange colour with some sediment. Fluffy off-white head. Citrus-orange, hops and sugar in the aroma. Very active carbonation. I would say more Belgian flavour than ESB. Pleasant but different

Pours a thin golden copper color. Lots of bread and hops on the nose.Flavor was hoppy as expected with bread and malts.This finished off slightly bitter.

Received from Deaz from TalkNCAA.com Poured into a nice Kansas Jayhawks pint. Limited carbonation released when poured, nice late head. Smelled of hops one wouldn’t expect (ok, I wouldn’t expect) to smell in an English Pale Ale Taste was very, very smooth. The hops I couldn’t really taste over the top like I expeced to in the smell, but everything is very nicely blended together. No real outliers of taste, just a tasty beer. Highly drinkable.

12oz bottle. Trade thanks to Bockyhorsey. Semi-chunky golden hazy pour with a light head. Sweet metallic crisp aroma. Nothing is off. Very peculiar flavor. There is a Belgian note that runs through this entire thing. It’s not dominant in any way, just there hanging out in the background. What is more noticeable is the biscuit and grain with English earthy hops. It’s fairly straight forward except for that Belgian thing going on. Semi-dry medium body. I did not dislike it, but it did not wow me either.

Clear, golden-copper with thin white head. Mild biscuit and citrus aroma notes. Citrus and biscuit flavours. Carbonated with a smooth balanced bitter finish. Sessionable.