Grand Teton Bitch Creek ESB

Brewed by Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Victor, Idaho USA

bottle poured a brown in color with a thin off white head. aroma of sweet brown malt, spicy hops, and some earthy yeast. light mouth feel with plenty of carbonation. flavor has a nice bitterness, earth, malt, bitter peppery hops, and slight spice. there is an odd off flavor that could just be this bottle but overall it is average.

Bottle my girlfriend found out west somewhere. Dark reddish pour with thick creamy off white head. Spicey, yeasty aroma with some fruit and a bit of hops. Flavor is nice: sweet, fruity malts with a nice hoppy finish. This is a really solid ESB.

Bottle, courtesy of ditmier. Pours to a copper-brown with a big boy, heavily lacing head. If the nose is any indication of the taste, this will be very well balanced between malt sweetness and a good hop bite. This is a nice American take on a Brittish classic. Hop presence can be detected throughout with a nice, lingering bitter (almost sour) finish. The malt profile is well rounded and fits the style to a tee. If I could get this in Dayton, it would be in regular rotation.

Clear, glassy ruby red. Not much head, some lace. Musty chlorine smell; the yeast adds not much. Wet cardboard aroma. In the flavor, some caramel malts, but a major yeast presence. Malts are pale and crystalline for the most part; not a great flavor. Texture is creamy, chunky and gritty. Not quite a drain pour, but close. Too musty and laden with chlorine.

Lots of crystal malts. Unlike a lot of American ESBs, the hops are much more subdued and this actually reminds me, funny enough, of an ESB. Mouth is well balanced, very subtle hoppy finish. ESB never really take me anywhere special and this is no exception, but I do think it is well executed.

I tried this 3 times at Oregon Brewer’s Festival, twice on Thursday and once on Saturday. It was fabulous each time regardless of which type of beer I had just got done drinking. Didn’t taste bitter to me at all and not too sweet. Half way between a very good amber, and a very good porter. Lots of flavor with none predominating, so well balanced that they’re hard to distinguish. Very smooth.

Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma has some earthy qualities with a nice hoppy citrus to it. Flavor is a nice roasted malt with again some earth and molasess. What puts the beer over the top is the nice hoppy backbone that come in at the end to add some bitterness. This is a good ESB.

Hazy brown with a thin but tight head that gradually fades. Dusty light chocolate tones in the aroma, some dark fruit, molasses and bready tones as well. Flavour is almost rye bread like maltiness, some nut and chocolates. Toffee and molasses bitter sweetness. Balancing bitterness. Very drinkable.