Schlafly Winter ESB

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

Appearance: Pours a slightly hazy, orangey body with a thin, white head. Smell: Relatively mild aroma smelling of spice, dehydrated lemon peels, and a dry malt character. Taste: Biscuity malts with a zing of caramel sweetness tacked on. Flavors of tangy citrus zest and spicy rye with a medium hop bitterness. Bittersweet finish, though definitely more bitter than sweet. Lingering hint of lemon in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation with a slight fizziness to it. Drinkability: A enjoyable, refreshing Winter ESB for the middle of summer.

5-17-08 bottle
Clean amber orange with some white head. Smell is sweet apples. Sweet flavor with a tiny bite to it as well. Medium carbonation with an okay mouthfeel. Semi burnt toast aftertaste. Not bad, highly drinkable and one of the better ESBs I’ve had.

Bottle (-d Nov 05 2007) consumed 25 May 2008. Robust aroma, toffee-leaning earthy hops and grass and caramel, brown sugar and light resin. Light sweetness, floral with spice, and much lighter must and melon in the bg. Apple cider pour, a cloudy pale copper with a creamy yellow-tinged beige head, good lacing and long retention. Lightly bitter taste, but rounded, sweet with cracker, bread, and a hint of apple juice. Crystal malt with strong toasty notes. Toffee, touch of gritty resin. Strong, really focused fruitiness. Woody, as if it had spent a few days in a cask. Light body but not watery. Crisp and much dryer than expected on the whole. Floral hop aftertaste. For long sipping, a very good brew.

Hazy amber with a frothy off-white slowly diminishing head. Aroma of grassy hops, citrus and some sweet malts. Taste is fruity and bready with some caramel mixed in leading up to a mild bitter finish. Smooth and balanced, another quality beer from St Louis brewery.

Bottle received as an extra in trade...I’ve forgotten who sent this, but thanks!
Pours a nice orangish color, mostly transparent with a lasting smallish offwhite head. Smell is fruity malt, sweet yet balanced and hearty nose. Taste is sweet and fruity flavor at first and then crisp, dry malt and light hoppiness to mostly balance. Very drinkable, mild and sessionable with a pleasant malt flavor and balanced well. Great session beer. Toasty, bittersweet, slightly tart.

Bottle and label says bottone on Nov. 05 2007. Small off-white head that mostly diminished, fair amount of lacing, mostly transparent with a slight haziness, carbonation noted, and a golden hue. The nose was malt, caramel and floral hops. Ditto for the flavor along with some bitterness. Tingly mouthfeel and medium in body. A very easy to drink brew, nice balance, nicely done, and worthy of a try.

12 oz bottle from acknud! Nose of floral hops, vanilla, and caramel; amber with a big beige head; flavor is nice and caramelly with some light bitterness, rye and light spices; finish lightly bitter!

Thanks to STLWill. Copper pour with a dirty white head. Floral hop aroma with a malty undertone. Flavor is much the same with the floral hops and a sweet malt.