Schlafly Winter ESB

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Maplewood, Missouri USA

Pours clear copper / orange with a godo sized light tan head. The aroma has a good amount of piney hops along with some spicy hops and a bit of sweetness. Medium body with a decent amount of fizzy carbonation. The taste has dryness from the rye along with the traditional malt. The finish continues with the dryness along with spicy and piney hops. A dryness sticks around in the mouth. Well done ESB.

Light amber color with a thin white head. Malty, grainy (rye?) and a bit of hops in the aroma. Malty flavor with some nuttiness. Hops make for a quick bitter finish. Not a bad beer, but no where near enough bitter for an ESB, even the authentic UK ones.

Grapefruit and orange aroma with some floral and perfume-y notes but not too much. The Appearance is opaque orange with come copper-ness to it. Flavor is mouthpuckering-ly bitter but not to the painful point, and it’s a smooth bitterness. Some grapefruit and lemon zest with some floral and orange notes. There’s a great smooth malt character that makes this a very well rounded brew.

Bottle compliments of harlequinn for sharing and Indra for shipping.<!-- BR -->Clear amber color, thin head, decent lacing. Nose is spicy and lotiony with English fuggle character. The flavor has a light toffee note and a distant bitter note. A brief thin body with no umami or balance; watery and salty tail. Not much of any character to this one.

I could see where this would be alot tastier when it was fresh in season, but the hops have kind of started to die off, leaving kind of a flat mouthfeel, but the flavors are still expressed nicely. Cookie dough maltiness, with some burnt orange amber coloring and a very small white head. Very present rye flavors in the aroma and flavor. Dry fruit flavors and a bit of dustiness round off the finish.

12oz bottle. Ruby orange hue, with a decent amount of clinging white head. Citrusy hop nose, with that all too familiar Schlafly malt character. Full and zesty character. Malty with a caramel and toffee note. The middle swirls around with a fruit pleathora of flavors. The finish is Dry and piney. Good warming quality! This is smooth and lingering. Mmm!

thanks to doppelganger for the bottle. Golden clear amber with light head. Citrus, tangerines and malty bready aroma. Sweet with a balanced bitter finish. Creamy mouthfeel.

One of the best beers I’ve had from Schlafly. I think I got sick of it though, I’ve had a lot of it, which is a damn shame. Damn shame.