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Left Hand Sawtooth Ale

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6613.21/5.03.21/5.04.75%73English 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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 SGTHibbert (100), Perry, Iowa, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 1, 2006  
Awesome. This beer is quite tasty. Nice molasses nose. Huge notes of bread, oats, walnuts, honey, bread and dough. Slight hoppiness. Beautiful apperance, creamy head good lacing, great color of reddish brown. This is one of the best beers of this type I have tasted.


 mvcramer (229), Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
May 22, 2007  
Pours a copper/caramel color with a nice white head. Musty aroma on first pour, but as the beer warmed slightly, the floral hop notes became more pronounced and wonderful. Tasty bitterness rolling across my palate. Bitterness was pleasant and not overdone. I enjoyed this beer tremendously and was shocked to see it scoring so poorly in here. This is a complex brew that I thought was fabulous.


KiDAcE (35), Canton, Ohio, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/519/20
Apr 9, 2008  
This caught me off guard as I was expecting grapefruit rind style bitter but was very satisfied with the smooth mild I’d say sweetness over bitter. The maltiness iS spot on and iS carbonated well. The head iS small and the color when poured iS a nice red hue. The aroma iS mellow and sweet pretty much like the brew itself. Overall this iS what I was looking for and not an over bitter brew. On the side this brew iS good cold but iS better half way through as it warms up slightly.


 mnurda (434), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Feb 9, 2006  
A great tasting beer. Just bitter enough. Just enough hops. Just enough carbonation. Wish we could get it here.


gtreptow99 (15), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Dec 16, 2001  
This is a very solid ale. Can only recommend it. Hard to find in liquor stores in the midwest if not impossible.


 raymow (738), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Feb 26, 2003  
Very nice beer. Great color - looks (and tastes) a bit like a red ale. Has a slightly hoppy aftertaste, but not too strong - which I like. I'd definitely get this one again.


 ericnixon (719), Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
May 2, 2004  
Nice coppery color with a very nice (appley?) aroma. Nice mixture of the hoppy and the malty with a very smooth taste.


adoland (1), Reston, Virginia, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Left Hand Sawtooth Ale does not count
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/517/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Pint at Pickels Pub in Emmaus, PA - delightful alternative to IPA. Disappointed at the $32 price for a case.



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