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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale 3.21 664

Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

Percentile
67
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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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 rlgk (3378), Vårgårda, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 10, 2007  
Bottle. Amber/orange color, nice offwhite head. Nice malty and nutty aroma with hoppy grassy notes. Hoppy flavor, some spices, citric, grassy and a bit dry. Hoppy metallic finish.


viciousg42 (46), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Aug 6, 2007  
good and amberish color. hoppy to an intersting point. didnt let me down. left hand hardly ever gets any of my attention, since the first one ive tried was the ginger beer. which was crap.


 CheersMate1 (845), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2007  
A sweet malty and hoppy aroma. I love the subtle sweet aroma it is actually a nice touch to a Premium Bitter beer. The aroma is not really strong, so that requires the drinker to take a strong whiff. I am also noticing a slight caramel smell. Decent aroma I’d say. The beer also has the appearance of caramel. I really like the dark color it is a nice touch, but nothing amazing. A weak flavor if you ask me. It has the sweet taste and hop flavor that were in the aroma, but it does provide a strong taste. Sweet before taste and a bitter hoppy after taste that reminds me of a pale lage hop. Kind of weird but the taste is mediocre. A smooth beer. The palate is decent. The beer overall is good, but I wouldn’t drink it on a regular basis for the hops or for the sweet flavor. Okay beer.


 larsniclas (3390), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 4, 2007  
Bottled. Hazy amber with a small, off-white head. Fruity and grassy in both aroma and flavour. Light and fresh. Citric and flowery hoppiness. Fine bitterness.


 fishingnet (1047), Brandon, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a one finger off-white head that lasts leaving good lacing. Aroma of floral hops, light caramel, and fresh biscuits. Taste is light caramel, floral hops, and light biscuit. Medium mouthfeel and well balanced bitterness. Very good.


estoves2 (98), Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Bottle.Pours a clear amber body with a three finger creamy/fizzy head that fades to a thin layer of foam. Aroma of floralhops and caramellmalt. Flavors is of mostly citrus hops and little weaker tones of floraly hoppines. A great tone of caramel is there to. Some metallic in it. Palate is thin and chewy and pretty sweet.


 ekstedt (2447), Göteborg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Aug 1, 2007    Updated: Sep 12, 2007
Bottle (355 ml) bought at Systembolaget. Deep clear amber, medium fluffy off-white head. Caramelly and slightly earthy malt aroma, with floral and citric hops. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation. Lingering bitterness. A good try at an English style ale, but rather a Special Bitter than an ESB.


 wcampbell (584), Central, South Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Balanced beer. Good flavor, but not enough of it. Not enough hops for a good bitter or ale. Light bodied and very drinkable.



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