Portsmouth ESB

Brewed by Portsmouth Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Bottle. Aroma of lightly caramel malt. Flavor really the same, kinda sweet, not much nuance, virtually zero hop presence. Dull.

Bottle from rpstevens. Thanks! Pours dark amber/red with very short lived small head. Smell is slightly nutty, a bit fruity, and a bit sweet. Taste is fruity, nutty and malty but has a nice enough balance for the style, I suppose. A bit soft carbonation, but enough that it is suitable. Decent beer overall.

(On tap) Hoppy for an ESB. Somewhat generic quality to both the hops and the malt. Hops dominate. The hops are extremely powerful, however, not extremely bitter. A perfectly drinkable beer, but not particularly complex, and overall, not all that interesting.

Amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma of toasted.biscuit malt and floral hops. Flavor os biscuit,sweet malt,mild roasted malt, assertive bitterness and hop finish.

- clear copper color, short creamy white head, aroma of hops and sweet malt, slightly astringent and fruity, well-hopped and earthy with a dry leafy character; hop flavors dominate with a dry biting bitterness, mixed with a malty sweetness-slightly fruity and astringent, the flavors come together very well, not as assertive as some American bitters but more simple and smooth like many English bitters, smooth texture