Rciesla (3790), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Dec 17, 2009 Bottle. Pours a copper body with a white head. Sweet fruit esters citrus, grapefruit and some light apple. Coriander, earth, per-fumy hoppiness with a pine and caramel finish. Decent ale. SuIIy (1484), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Dec 11, 2009 Bottle. Pours a bright transparent burnt orange color with a small off white head that recedes to a small film island and lots of sporadic lacing. Aroma contains spicy hops, some light fruit notes and some toasted malt notes. Palate is lightly fluffy with a dirty film left behind on the tongue. Flavors of spicy hop notes, light toasted malt notes. Finishes dirty with a heavy film and a mouth coating. MadIndian (997), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Oct 12, 2009 Gift from Stegosaurus. Bottled, cloudy pour with a spicy hop. A caramel malt flavor with a bread like finish. I enjoyed this one. MartinT (5068), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Sep 13, 2009 My Bottom Line:
Orange pith and lenient caramel plunge into a very bitter and lengthy finale in this unbalanced hophead’s strong ale.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the nearly clear amber, marred by flying chunks of yeast.
-The nose is very fruity, but quite simple.
-The disproportionate hop bitterness is resinous and grassy.
-Effervescence is cushiony and the body lean, making this somewhat drinkable despite its intensity.
-With The Alchemist around and McNeill’s offering more-than-decent hop bombs in bottles, this brew doesn’t even stand out in Vermont, let alone New England.
Bottle. williamherbert (475), Syracuse, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Aug 30, 2009 Okay first of all, mine is labeled "ESB2" not "ESB3" so I’m not sure what in Sam Hill is going on here.
This one pours a hazy dark orange, with millions of tiny bubbles. Lots of icy lace. Looks awesome.
The smell is bitter malts and flowery hops. A richness in the malt that smells a bit dark. Hops are bitter and, as the brewers themselves say, "aggressive."
The taste is first bitter woody hops, then pine oil and perfumey flowers. It’s an overhop; strong like an Imperial IPA.
The feel is thick and creamy with a bitter bite on the way down. It’s a little too bitter with no balance as a respite. Good taste but a tad too much. probstk (1064), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jul 30, 2009 Bomber shared by Luc (merci!), served cool in a tulip glass. MA26/09.
App.: Very cloudy orange-amber with a rocky white froth.
Aroma: Starts off with lots of berry fruitiness then morphs to caramalt and savoury mash, quite sweet and sticky malts, rye bread crust, orange marmalade, some yeast and every once in a while, a little barf or cheese or dust note...enigmatic.
Palate: Medium-full body, full, shard effervescence.
Flav.: Slightly dirty rye bread and marmalade, blood orange, grapefruit, slight burnt malt, pine, slightly earthy mushroom; quite sweet with a wallop of bitterness and some rich malts to finish.
Pretty nice stuff, particularly for Rock Art FROTHINGSLOSH (2036), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Jun 1, 2009 Sampled on draft at Zeno’s in State College PA this beer poured a hazy yellow-gold color with an enormous yellow-white head. The aroma was moderately strong fruity and floral hops and not a whole lot else. The flavor was bitter, sour, crisp and fairly full of fruity and floral hops with a light sour malt underbody. The finish was dry and bitter. Somewhat undistinguished. Lubiere (4551), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | May 30, 2009 A hazy amber ale with a thick frothy off white head. A bready fruity extreme ESB, with nice pungeant hops, light berries, and wet dough.In mouth, a dry crisp malt with notes of honey, restrained hops, subtle and piney, a bit short, gin alcohol in finale. Medium to rich bodied. A decent Rock Art. Bomber shared rom probstk, May 26 2009.
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