Grand Teton XX Bitch Creek Double ESB

Brewed by Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Style: American Strong Ale
Victor, Idaho USA

Sam Kinison said it best. Oh, Ohhhhhh! This brew rocks, or is it coffee? Dark amber in color with a thick head that just sits there like a lead pancake floating on my beer. Strong aromas of bitter cocoa, roasted coffee bean, and a bit of brown cake bread with some pine resin. Full nectar with superb carbonation. This beer is not thick and gooey like most full bodied beers. It still has a bit of pliability to it. It goes down easy yet is quite creamy on the tounge. Flavors of roasted coffee bean and bitter cocoa speak to me in tongues while this superior hop component slaps my face forward. This brew is not sweet at all. Rather a dry specimen that drinks like black coffee. The finish is bittered with an ingenious use of hops that keep the user coming back for more. Excellent brew guys.

( 1L flip-top bottle dated 9/25/2008 thanks to mar) Pours chocolate brown with nice oily bubbles. Nose of brown sugar, alcohol, sweet gains and quite complex. Taste is sweet malts, alcohol, and fruity. Loved this beer.

1 L swingtop bottle purchased at Pole Line Nugget in Davis, CA. Bottled 10/21/08, consumed on 11/19/08. This has an annoying wax covering the swing top. What’s the point of that? Took me 5 minutes to open this fucker. The beer has a very nice piney, orange, and citrus c-hop nose. Quite quaffable. Moderately hazy cola-colored body with a pretty frothy yellow-tan head. Fair lacing. A very attractive beer. Starts a bit peppery before a lot of heavy roasted maltiness takes over. Very chewy with some tobacco notes and a little cocoa. Rich. Finishes lightly sweet with herbal, piney, and peppery hop flavors. I like this a lot...surprisingly. Drink this now, as the hops balance this very nicely. I did subtract an overall point because of the fucking wax.

Some hops and some caramel in the aroma. Wow does this have some intense flavor. Peaty, a bit smoky, quite a lot of malt. A flavorful sipping beer, this is easily the thickest richest beer I’ve ever had at this low of an alcohol content! Crazy thickness.

Big Bottle. Aroma roasty coco, coffee and some molasas in third pint. Chocolate milk colored head with some good lacing. Was little bit of a gusher opening the fliptop. Good lacing more on last glass. Crabinated brew with coffe roast the some chcocolate and some caramel thick molasas. Bready notes along with a mild shugar in the mix. Dry coco and coffee bean palate. Good brew intriging from start to finish.

1Ltr bottle from BevMo Mission Valley. Pours a deep dark brown with a good sized beige head. Nose was loaded with sweetened dark fruits, cinnamon, clove. Tons of toasted malts in there as well. Flavor was quite sweet and very full in body, damn good stuff!

Toasty malt and cracker aroma. Dark brown pour with a nice head. Very toasty. The hops are somewhat restrained, but noticeable, and tasty. Very nice. Thanks Austin,

Poured a dark amber color with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, pine, citrus, caramel, brown sugar, and nuts. Taste of caramel malts, tobacco, nuts, citrus fruits, molasses, grapefruit, and alcohol in the finish.