 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 15, 2005 Pours sparkly amber orange with a nice layer of cream-white head. Clean yeasty malt aromas, and minty, flowery hops. Very soft and pleasant. Beautifully layered flavors--nice bitter minty-lemon hops right off the bat, followed by a warming bready maltiness, and a nice yeasty finish. Soft clean palate. A terrific full-flavored ESB that rewards sipping, but is balanced enough to be very drinkable.
TheDean (785), MIlwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 2, 2005 Beautiful pour and aroma. Sweeter then most ESB’s I am accustom too, but tasty and good.
millerclmb (44), Boulder, Missouri, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 23, 2004 Nice sweet aroma and a crisp bobbly apperance. More head than I remember in this particular sample. I have had this before and liked it more than this year. This seemed like a thinner body with more carbonation and less alcohol. : (
Nice malty taste is well balanced. Great six pack beer...but this year is not as good as other years.
Aggie80 (708), Michigan, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 23, 2004 Nice dark gold color with some foam and a bit of lacing. The hops are well balanced with the malt and neither is dominant. Sour hoppy aftertaste one would expect from a bitter.
heemer77 (4304), Savannah, Missouri, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 4, 2004 Updated: Jan 27, 2009Tried again from the ’08 bottled batch. Solid, previous rating holds, but I bumped up the palate as it is smooth and light on the tongue. Pours with a deep amber and slow, lazy bubbles. A huge white head tops it off. This could be because it was delivered today. The aroma is nice and malty with some notes of grass and cola. The taste is a nicely malty and roasted. Some notes of fresh soybeans. A weird sweet note in the background. A fairly nice ESB, but not world class. I have heard this year’s batch is down a little bit. I would really like to try this on tap. Thanks for the delivery, sethdude!!
lizzy (44), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 28, 2004 This is an overall very good beer. I normally don’t care for a lot of hops, but the bitterness and malts balance it out. One of my favorite seasonals.
darkstar (69), Eureka, Missouri, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 14, 2004 Initial sweet taste followed by a bitter finish. The color is pleasant with an off colored white head. One of my favorite beers.
kwoeltje (1321), Manchester, Missouri, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 19, 2004 Updated: Nov 7, 2004(draught at Bottleworks) Copper, almost no head. Lovely lace on the glass. Mild malt aroma. Well balanced with sweet malt up front followed by a bitter hops finish.
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