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Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer (ESB) 3.38 728

Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer (ESB)

Percentile
81
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7283.39/5.03.38/5.0Spring5.9%91.7English 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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 BeerBiker (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
May 14, 2008  
[Bottle from Vinens Verden.] Nice look of amber colour and fresh notes of pine, banana, hops, grass and with a medium bitter finish. Good beer!


 zamco17 (134), Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/514/20
May 13, 2008  
Pretty good stuff, like a step down from the regular pale ale. A summer time pale if you will. Still has good substance.


 Sparky27 (1642), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 13, 2008  
2008 bottle. Pours a clear amber with 3 finger rocky beige head that lasted about as long as a virgin on prom night. Nose is grassy, malty, hoppy. Palate is sweet malt at first that gives way to a lingering bitter finish. Light mouth feel with ok lacing. Decent for the style I suppose.


 GeneralGao (3079), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
May 13, 2008  
12oz bottle. Poured a clear medium orange color. Head was fluffy and white with good retention and lacing. Smelled of light sprucy hops with subdued caramel and cereal grains. Moderately carbonated and dry with mild hop bitterness of about 4 out of 10. There are fruit, vegetable, and light sprucy hop flavors up front. The hops continue into the finish and are accompanied by a hint of malty graham cracker. Nice.


 MesandSim (5972), London, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
May 13, 2008  
A Mes rate: Bottle thanks to Reakt.
Orange amber with a thin off white head. Lovely aroma of piney sprucey hops with some peach and a delicate but excellent rubbery note. Flavour is equally good. Sharp hoppage with a slight minty note similar to Anchor Steam. Earthy and spicy with some herby, almost rosemary notes. Lovely bitterness in the finish. Balanced just right. So very very drinkable. Goes down like a 3.5% chucker nothing like 5.9%. A really really pleasant drink. Best new Sierra Nevada I have tried since the cask Harvest.


 MiP (9162), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
May 13, 2008  
Bottle, 5.9%. Weak, but nice grassy hop aroma. Hazy dark orange colour. Stable white head. The flavour is quite mild, but not bad. Basically a mildly roasted malt base with grassy hops.


 twindadplus2 (418), Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
May 12, 2008  
Hazy dark amber with a small, tight, off white head. Aroma of sweet malt with a whiff of grassy hops. Flavor is malty with floral hops up front and a bitter, piney finish. Palate is on the low end of medium with a fizzy tingle of carbonation. Good stuff.


 pilsnerrogge (1795), Finspång, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
May 12, 2008    Updated: Jul 17, 2009
Bottled:
Pours pale orange with slight haze. Rich head. Resiny, piney hop aroma. Long, resiny, piney hop bitterness. A bit thin perhaps.



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