Pelican Nestucca ESB

A very smooth bitter. Sweet and floral tones, and ends with a fairly crisp hoppiness.

Sampled at 2007 Blooms & Brews Beer Festival. THis one pours a clear amber, nose is vanilla. medium body with an earthy hoppy, crisp finish. Not bad.

<!-- b -->[Tap- Pelican Brew Pub]<!-- /b --><!-- br --> Color was a deep borwn color great head. A very smooth easy drinking beer not super bitter as I was expecting this was a very light bitter.Very good beer...

(Cask) This was a really delicious and smooth, somewhat sweet malty ESB. Has a wonderful fragrant hop aroma. Rich toasted maltiness, with some caramel sweetness and apple skin fruitiness.

On tap at the brewery. This was a nice ESB, pouring a clear copper with a smooth white head. Lots of hops give a big floral aroma. The citrus hops balance out the beer against the toasty herbal malts with a light fruitiness.

Tap at the brewpub and sampled 5/14/05 Disclaimer: This rating may be skewed, as I had just finished the 55 mile leg of the Reach the Beach charity bike ride ... and it was served in a plastic cup. D’oh
Poured red and clear with a small head. It left a decent lace, considering the plastic(?!) cup. Aroma was hoppy and woody with a slight sweetness going on. Most likely caramel. Flavor was piney and grassy hops with a little bit of a sweetness there, too. It was very refreshing after a day of pedalling my ass off.

on tap at the brewery. deep amber appearance, authentically flat. aroma of orange tea, quite firm, lightly metallic with some orange blossom floral hops in the finish and decent bitterness. i will always remember my visit to pacific "city" as the first time i ever saw a portaloo on the beach

Clear copper color with good head and lacing. Smooth balanced bitterness with a good malt background and dry finish.