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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale 3.21 664

Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

Percentile
67
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6643.21/5.03.21/5.04.75%73.4English pint
Commercial Description:
Sawtooth Ale is an English style Extra Special Bitter. It is an extremely well balanced beer, with significant hop character, medium body, and a maltiness which increases in evidence as the beer warms to its "proper" drinking temperature. . The water used is quite hard, bringing it to near Burton on Trent levels, keeping it true to the style. This gives it the appropriate character and improves the malt extract significantly.
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 Elwood (677), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Serving: Draft. Appearance: Deep copper color with a foamy, off-white head. Aroma: A malty "bitter" nose with a hint of sourness and butter in there. Flavor: Malty at first with a touch of caramel. This is replaced with a decent back bitterness that lingers on the tongue. Palate: Medium-high, aggressive carbonation with a medium, dry mouthfeel and a medium-short, bitter, then clean finish. Overall: An okay ESB that is just a bit short in the flavor and palate departments. Nothing special here.


 Enjoyit (1744), Vadum, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Clear amber of color with an off white head. An aroma of malt, caramel, metallic and weak hops. A flavor of caramel, toffee, metallic and weak hops.


 Tanker12 (129), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Aroma is of malts and yeast. Flavor is malts, almost tastes like an October fest. Little weak on the finish.


 NosirIwont (1184), Aalborg Vestby, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/59/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a deep golden amber-brown with an off-white head. Sweetish, malty aroma with hops in the background. Flavour is malty and feels rather mild. Remote milky notes. Dry finish. Lingering malty notes. Overall an okay beer, but a bit boring. 26-09-09.


 DeadGirl (242), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/54/103/512/20
Oct 17, 2009    Updated: Oct 18, 2009
Pours a clear amber from the 12oz. bottle served at Redlight Redlight (Orlando, FL): Unimpressive. A little too hoppy for an ESB, and though I love hops, it’s just not true to the style. Malted sweetness, florals, bitter finish, lemon-y, light molasses, complex. Drinkability: Bland and forgettable. Rebuy: Probably not. #149 on 17102009, DG.


 dimenhetfield (202), , Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 16, 2009  
Pretty small for a ESB. Has a small bite that can be pleasant, but it leaves you wanting more. It has a dark brown color when poured and a small off white foam head. A little hoppy but lacks character that a ESB should have.


 Hopper (323), San Antonio, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/511/20
Oct 15, 2009  
A amber-brown beer with little head. The aroma is sweet, & the taste is malty sweet, with a dash of hops. Way too sweet. Blah


 brewski519 (422), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Tasted this ESB at WBF in Duham. Poured a clear copper color with a thin head. Aroma of malt, hops, floral and yeasty. Taste was more of a malty amber as opposed to bitter in my opinion but not bad. Just didn’t stand out though.



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