 weezfour (122), Oradell, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Apr 27, 2008 Pretty solid beer. I felt like it was too much like SN’s pale ale, so I would have liked it to have more separation there. Wouldnt go out of my way to have it again. Nice dark color, clear on the pour.
ChristianScheffel (4689), Odense, Denmark
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 27, 2008 Cloudy orange with a lasting off-white head. Citrus hops with a hint of peach. Fruity sweet flavour, with a lot of malt. Hoppy finish. Compared to the pale ale, this is maltier, and does indeed blend English tradition with classic SN qualities.
ante (2976), Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 27, 2008 Bottled. Pours out in a hazy amber colour with hints of copper with a rich fluffy off-white foam. Dryish aroma of orange-peels, earth, mild flowers and toasted malts. Medium-bodied with dry flavours of nut-shells, orange-peels, earth, crackers and grass. Almost no residual sugars left here. Dryish, crisp medium-bitter finish of orange-peels, earth, nuts and grass.
thewolf (5838), Kolding, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 27, 2008 Bottle. [thank you, ChristianScheffel]
[at dedollewaitor’s Odense tasting]
Pours dark golden with a medium, frothy, lightly off-white head. Aroma has biscuits, soft flowery hops. A bit light mouthfeel. Flavour is good, dry, hoppy with a good malty base. Nice.
SledgeJr (3004), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 26, 2008 Updated: Apr 28, 2009In the bottle from Beertopia. Amber gold in color with a heavily carbonated off white head. Slightly milder than the typical SN hop pop, but still has just too much citrus grapefruit bitterness for the style in my book. I like the fruity splash to it though. UPDATE 2009 version: very hazy dark gold with orange tones. Big white head. This has a very pleasant load of citrus hops, but not what I’d expect from an ESB. tasty beer though.
Papsoe (15180), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 25, 2008 (Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of joergen/BelJohansen. Clear, deep golden with an off-white head. Fresh English aroma hops in the nose. Medium body, some nutty accents and caramel with a fairly bitter finish. Actually I find it rather close to a genuine British ESB. 140408
hockey28 (12), Buffalo, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 24, 2008 Bitter to start, hoppy, cooper color, enjoyable after first bitterness, I am still trying to get used to real hoppy beers.
bpowers (24), USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 24, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy light copper color with a dense pillowy offwhite head that sticks around for a while and diminshes with considerable lacing. Aroma is principally citrusy and bitter hops, littlle malt detectable. Taste is pretty much one-dimensional. The hops really overpower the malt in my opinion. The acidic and bitter hops hit you up front and finishes with a more fruity (grapefruit) but still bitter finish. The malt is there but only as a weak backbone. Relatively light bodied beer and the mouthfeel is pretty nice. A nice drinkable spring beer.
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