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Great Divide HotShot ESB 3.19 352

Great Divide HotShot ESB

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3523.19/5.03.19/5.05%70.6English pint
Commercial Description:
HotShot ESB is an easy-drinking and remarkably smooth Extra Special Bitter, brewed in the classic-English style. More assertively hopped than ordinary bitters, light copper-colored HotShot showcases clean hop flavors, balanced by its slightly fruity nose and light-caramel malt character.
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 Sigmund (2294), Hafrsfjord, Norway
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/510/20
Aug 31, 2006  
355 ml bottle, at The Rover, Göteborg. Amber colour, large to moderate creamy head. Hoppy sweetish aroma, strong notes of blackcurrants / blackcurrant leaves. Flavour is sweetish and reasonably malty, some blackcurrant notes, but far too little bitterness for an ESB.


 footbalm (1218), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/510/20
Aug 30, 2006  
This had the flavor you might expect from a macro. I bit bitter buy mostly a jumbled mess


 oh6gdx (9008), Vasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 29, 2006  
Bottled. Orange golden colour, huge foamy head. Lovely sweet caramel and honeyish hoppy aroma. Flavour is dry fruits, hops. That’s about it. Slightly light overall.


 TBone (6842), Pori, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 29, 2006  
<!-- i -->Bottled.<!-- /i --> <!-- br --> Pale copper brown, big foamy head. Intensive flowery hoppy nose. Flowery hoppy (trefoil) flavor, very foamy mouthfeel. Quite grassy and flowery. Not really an ESB, more like "normal" bitter.


 Magicdave6 (5551), London, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 29, 2006  
Aroma is hoppy with fruitysweeness coming through and biscuit malts. Taste is similar and excellent in every way.


 omhper (12247), Stockholm, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/511/20
Aug 28, 2006    Updated: Sep 20, 2006
[Bottled at Old Eskil Ölkultur, Eskilstuna] Hazy dark amber, rich creamy head. Plenty of caramel, some grass. Medium bodied with clean - too clean - mouthfeel and low-medium bitterness. With it’s laid back hop character it relies heavily on malt character, but hard crystal malt does not provide what I’m looking for in terms of depth.


 Marsiblursi (1650), Göteborg, Sweden
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
Aug 23, 2006  
(Bottle at Rover, Göteborg) Pours a bit hazy. Amber/red.Small white head.Smells nutty, caramel malt. A small smokeyness. Some fresh hops in the background. Taste: Nutty, caramel, malt. Iron and minerals. Silky, small bodied. Some hoppy notes. Tiny, tiny notes of butter. Smooth.


 Bigassfish (140), Naperville/Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Aug 16, 2006  
orange amber in color. nice malty flavor. good palate. good beer



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