Redhook ESB

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Woodinville, Washington USA

A hazy orange beer with a thin lazing beige head. The aroma is slightly dusty hoppy combined with light notes of citrus and caramel. The flavor is sweet and rather hoppy, leading to a nicely bitter and dry end. I remember it as better than this from my prior RB times 4 years ago.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a clear amber with a small, off-white head. Light aroma of caramel. Medium-bodied with some sweet caramel and some vaguely citrusy underlying aroma hops. Dry finish. 150506

Copper coloured. Malty (crystal malt profile) and spicy.

Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Light unclear light to medium red amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramle, fruity, vanilla notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (070808)

Cask at GBBF08. Weak fruity aroma. Almost clear amber colour. Very small frothy white head. OK fruit flavour, some alcohol. Has a hint of plastic, but nothing to worry about.

Bottled. Amber colour, not much head. Weak vegetable nose. Hoppy fruity flavour. Not special in anyway.

Date: 03/07/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

cloudy yellow, decient head, great lace, sweet malt aroma with a touch of spicy hops, tight hop flavor, almost an ipa, good bitter aftertste
-------- /> Date: 02/18/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.3 to 3.1

clear amber, wispy white head, light caramel malt aroma with a hint of sweetness, nice sweet malt flavor with spicy hops, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Typical of the style and region. That’s not a bad thing.