 dmac (1500), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Mar 19, 2008 12 oz bottle from lb4lb, thanks Deniz. Pours a reddish copper with a large frothy white head. Spicy aroma with notes of hops, citrus, chocolate, nutmeg and slight earth. Mediium bodied with aggresive carbonation. Very spicey flavor with notes of citrus and chocolate. This beer is your run of the mill spicey witer seasonal, just enough spice to make this beer go from average to a step below.
travita (1937), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 14, 2008 Copper color with a good head. Some hoppy flavors. Feels lighter than normal winter ales but still warms the belly, so why an ESB for a winter beer? Decent beer.
VitaminR (442), Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 11, 2008 Toasty malts and raisins on the nose. Deep copper with reddish hues. Was nutty sweet, with a pronounced, yet mild, roasted flavor. Decent hop balance, but the finish is nice and long with a complex mix of flavors delivering over and over.
dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Mar 6, 2008 pours cloudy apricot w/ white head, a bit of lacing. whiffs acidy, alcoholy. sour taset with grapefruit and malts. finishes thin yet muddy. ok, but not my style.
lowry99 (14), USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 5, 2008 Deceptively complex beer, best off tap and best (counterintuitively) when freezing cold on a freezing cold day. Seemed to lose rather than gain character when warmed. Extremely drinkable and pleasant, not too much on the hops.
SDbruboy (1832), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 2, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Bright clear copper color with a large fluffy head. Quite malty aroma, toasty and roasty with lemon iced tea, alfalfa and floral notes. Roasty malt flavors with bitter spice, grass, lemon zest, hints of caramel, bayleaf and charred oak. Medium body, gently carbonated.
Snojerk321 (2015), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 25, 2008 Tap and bottle. Pours amber with a smallish white head. Aroma is floral hops, citrus, pale malts. Flavor is about the same. Palate is medium, medium carbonation, finishes bitter. Decent brew. For some reason this beer tasted better from the bottle, lines must have not been very clean @ Chillies......lol
HogTownHarry (4020), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 23, 2008 Bottle (12oz). Slighty hazy/oily bright coppery amber with a 2cm fizzy-foamy lasting head, solid and thick lacing left behind. Aroma of sweet cereal grain, herbal/funky pungent hops. The taste - wow, that’s nice - roasty/toasty rye bread with some graham cracker caramel malt, light balancing herbal bitterness and a hint of alcohol warming. Chewy, middling body, lightly acidic, only slight carbonation, but a smooth balanced finish. I really liked this - a little roasty for an ESB, but as a beer: tasty!
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