Sierra Nevada Early Spring Beer (ESB)

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Chico, California USA

Bottled. An amber beer with some floating sediment under a huge beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as grassy hoppy notes. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hops, lending it elderflowers and grass, with some caramel. The body is thin.

(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

Bottled. Hazy amber with rich head. Lovely fresh hoppy citrus aroma. Light-medium bodied with crisp malt character, but cookie malt distinguishes it from most American Pale Ales. Hops dominate thoroughly. Aromatic and resiny with bergamott and and grapefruit - this is way more US West Coast style than English. The malt character however is more inviting than most American microbrews, making it a more multifacetted beer. Long, resiny bitter finish. The best new Sierra Nevada beer I had in many years!

12 fl oz bottle. Pours almost clear orange with a fully diminished white head. Light spiced and almost fruity hops aroma. Light liqourice hops flavour and with a dry caramel malt base. Dry hoppy finish with a mild fruity note.

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)

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.

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, grass and some fruits. Flavour is fruity and grassy hops. Quite earthy and caramelly too as it warms up a bit.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off white ehad. Fruity aroma of hops and pine needles. Fruity flavour of hosp and pine needles with notes of grass. Dry hoppy finish.