Harmon Browns Point ESB

Brewed by Harmon Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tacoma, Washington USA

Name: Brown’s Point ESB
Date: September 12, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy orange, fine beige head, bits of lace
Aroma: light sweet caramel aroma, light hops
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, nice balancing earthyness, light bitter finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

pours a semi-hazy with a small off-white head, lots of sediment, and okay lacing. smell is faint, a few hops, a touch of citrus, and earthy. taste is of light grapefruit, some sour malt, fresh hops, and a touch citrus, ends a little dry and bitter.

22 oz bomber from the brewery, gifted to me by good friend Leems. Poured a light and clear amber with a two inch white head. Aroma was very fruity: apricot, tangerine, grapefruit and some biscuit malt backing. Flavor was much the same, very fruity with biscuit and not overly bitter. More English style than American I’d guess. Solid enough brew, not sure why the average is so low.

Lustrous orange-amber with tannish, full creamy-foamed head. Easy hoppy, fruity aroma with apricot notes. Flavor has good hoppiness as well, again on the fruity side with citrusy, tangerine, and peach fuzz mixed together. Pleasant fruity, citrusy finishing bitternss. Surprised this was hopped exclusively with Fuggles. Much hoppier and more complex than most Britt IPA’s/ESB’s.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours light amber with a white head. This is a very sweet-tasting beer and yet it has a good hop balance to it. This is a nice beer that I like a lot. It was served at the proper ESB temperature. It has great lacing in the glass.

Bomber poured a hazy orange with a small diminishing amber head. Aromas of carmel, earthiness, light fruittiness and a hint of spice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a lightly dry finish. Flavors of carmel, earthiness and light fruittiness with a smooth dry moderatly bitter finish.

Sampled at the Harmon Brewery. This one was a little clearer than the Pinnacle Peak Pale but still had some haziness to go along with a darker orange color. It has mild bitterness with some citrus/grapefruit and a little spice, with a mild malty finish.

12/9/07 On draught at the brewery. Aroma is sweet malt forward with some caramel and faint hop flora. Appearance is clear copper with a low white head and good lacing. Flavor is very well balanced with sweet malt dominating and a slightly sour, but good, hop flora. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with good warmth and medium carb feel. Overall, big and very good.