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Lunar E.xtra S.tellar B.itter


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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Lunar Brewing Company

Villa Park, Illinois USA

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82.95/5.02.92/5.05%0English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A traditional ESB with malty, caramel notes and dry hopped with East Kent Goldings.

 ilherps (108), Carbondale, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/56/103/515/20

Aug 7, 2008  
Pint at the brewpub. Not a whole lot of aroma, some maltyness. Nice caramel flavors with some roasted malts and a slightly hoppy finish. Very enjoyable.

 hombrepalo (568), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/513/20
Jul 11, 2008  
On tap @ Lunar. Poured a transparent brownnish amber, some head. Aroma hard to tell malty and hops, nothing special about the smell. A nutty flavor not as bitter as I expected. The flavors are alive, malts and citrus and somewhat watery. More of an amber ale than ESB. Good not great.


 stoutchap (293), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Not typically a Bitter fan, but Lunar, again does a good job, even with a kind of brew that I don’t particularly like. Dark amber color with decent head. Some malt and hops in the nose. A decent nuttiness and bitter finish. Solid. I think Lunar brew prettysmall batches - perhaps others should give it another try.


 ElGaucho (1726), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/58/20
Feb 16, 2007  
Draught. Aroma not so great; cardboard qualities. Reddish amber, hazy with a thin head. Flavor is thin, dry and altish. ESB’s must be a tough style to nail because I’ve had very few good ones. Rating may have been hampered by a small sample served a suboptimal temp (too warm).


 SubstanceT (1087), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/103/512/20
Feb 12, 2007  
#1014, on tap at the Brewery for the Feb 2007 Ratebeer Chicago Area gathering. Hazy with no real head. Nose is thin with just a bit of malts. Taste is thin but with just a bit of malts and cream. Drinkable.



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