Lakefront Organic ESB

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

pours a beautiful color, I mean this looks like a great one! I was really disappointed in this one though once I took a drink. Where is the flavor? I like a bold bitter and this one is not it. MrChris, a few reviews down sums this one up really great, "Not bad... Frothy mouth feel, slightly watery. Hope this stuff is good for me, after all it is organic. Overall uneventful."

(from notes). Bottle. Nose is hoppy citrus with some sourness. Pours a beautiful hazy light amber, darker toward the center with a thin steady white head and visible carbonation. Thin opening into a soft, and then harsh bitterness. Flavor is simple but drinkable. Balanced with some hoppyness in the finish.

Bottle. Nose reminded me more of pine sol than piney hops. Aside from that, it is a nice crisp refreshing ESB and very drinkable. But not one I’d especially crave.

Medium amber, tan head. Aroma is full of fruity esters and only the slightest hop background. Cherry, apple and herbs. Flavor has decent floral kick up front, fades into caramel/sweet malt with some more fruit esters in the finish. Guessing some kind of infection, with all the fruitiness.

12 oz bottle. Pours to a slightly hazy, copper color, with a nice, white head that fades, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose is pleasing with some nice herbal/flowery hop aroma, paired with some sweet malt aroma, and hints of estery fruit. The palate is firm, with good pale/caramel malt flavor, paired with some estery, fruity flavor. This beer finishes with more good malt and fruit flavors up front, then ends with some tangy hop bitterness that slightly lingers. A tasty ESB with good malt, fruit and hop character. A nice session beer, and very food friendly as well. I found myself wanting another after I finished my first. A good sign in my book.

Almost no nose here. Is there malt in here? Medium frothy white head. Red honey in color. Head dies quickly. Caramel malt up front with little bitter ending. Not bad... Frothy mouth feel, slightly watery. Hope this stuff is good for me, after all it is organic. Overall uneventful.

Bottled July 2006. Lightly hazed copper body is topped by a fairly insipid looking head. Interesting aroma to say the least, completely unexpected, cherry, raspberry, and just a hint of some dishwater. The flavor is equally as interesting, it reminds in some ways of a non-sour hoppy kriek. Strange I know. The palate is a tad thin, but overall this surpassed my expectations.

One of my favorite ESBs (next to Fullers, that stuff is amazing). Balanced and clean tasting (if that makes sense), I could put away three or four of these and still feel great. Awesome drinkability makes this one a winner.