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Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer (ESB) 3.38 726

Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer (ESB)

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81
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7263.39/5.03.38/5.0Spring5.9%91.5English pint
Commercial Description:
Our ESB blends the best of English tradition with the boldness of West Coast style. A blend of malts featuring British-grown Maris Otter is balanced with the earthy spiciness of hand-selected English and US hops. The ale is left unfiltered which enhances mouthfeel and hop aroma creating a slightly reddish copper hue.
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 tastybeer (105), Washington DC, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jun 6, 2008  
This beer is delicious. It doesn’t smell like pine cones or taste like a forest…gosh. It smells and tastes like a tasty beer! It almost makes you cream your shorts.


 thebeertourist (2820), Oslo, Norway
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jun 5, 2008  
Bottle. Pours hazy amber with a smallish head. Nice caramel and toffee aroma. Good piney bitterness more than balancing the toffee flavours. Nice.


 jrmac (213), USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/514/20
Jun 3, 2008  
Good spring seasonal. Tastes of hops and spices. maybe a touch of malt, but not too much.


 wyzzywyz22 (792), Wirral, Merseyside, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Jun 3, 2008  
Bottle from Oddbins, Edinburgh. Poured a hazy dark orange colour with a decent off-white head. Aroma is hoppy with some sweet maltiness.and a hint of orange. Flavour is very well balanced and there is lots going on, with a subtle spiciness mingling beautifully with the hops, malt abd citrus. A great marriage. The finish is great too, rich, dry and bitter. Wonderful - smooth, cirsp and well bodied. A pleasure to drink, as good beer should be. Another pleae !


 fonefan (11713), VestJylland, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Bottle. Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (150408)


 anders37 (4747), Malmö, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 1, 2008  
Draught @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a clear amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Hasa fruity malty and hoppy aroma with some citrus hints. Sweet malty flavor with some nice floral hoppy hints and some hints of citrus. Sweet malty fruity finish with a hoppy aftertaste.


 kpresley77 (134), Jackson, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/104/516/20
May 31, 2008    Updated: Jun 20, 2008
Bottle courtesy of yobdoog, pours light amber with thin white head. Aroma is hops and malt and taste is sweet with nice hops backing. Clean finish and nice carbonation.


 kwoeltje (1322), Manchester, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 31, 2008  
(bottle) hazy light orange gold with off white head and nice lace. Aroma of pine and citrus. Flavor is caramel malts with some hops in the finish. A lovely ESB.



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