Sweetwater ESB

Formerly brewed at Sweetwater Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Bottle. Average amber beer appearance. Shockingly sparkling and candylike effervescence; unlike any bitter I've ever had; the actual bitterness is mild. Quite nice but it did lose a bit of its charm as it warmed up. Decent; I'd drink more of this if I could get it locally.

Reddish amber in color....small head. Perfume, hops, and berries in the aroma....very nice. Very unique....didnt really taste like a bitter to me, but it was very refreshing and inviting. Flavor was sweet on the edges with a bitter hop finish....nice!

Auburn color with a decent head. Flavor is a little unbalanced - hops, malt, and fruit. Slightly bitter as it should be. Not the best bitter I've had but thus far I've not run across a really good American interpretation of an English bitter. Pretty good overall.

12 oz bottle, goblet. No head to speak of. Rich coper color is clear with no particles. Caramel / toasted light bread malts. Sprucey hops. Doughy yeast. Light iced tea aroma. Lightly acidic, lightly sweet to start. Lightly acidic, moderately bitter to finish. Light-medium body is watery with lively carbonation. The bottom line is: while there's nothing extra special here, this makes a decent session brew for Atlantians.

This is a really smooth brew. Deep amber with small but lingering head and goosd retention. Sweet malty aroma with a slight citrusy hop presence. Medium bodied and very smooth on the palate. Flavors are well balanced and complex with different malt grains coming through even more than the hops. Overall a decent ESB.

Sweet Water ESB, as it is, should be rated a bit over par. I have had better ESB’s, but this beer fit my expected criteria. This is another beer that I think taste better when it is warmed to about 70 degrees. The floral bouquet becomes more pronounced; also, the sweet & bitter balance in flavor, between the hopps & malt are complementary. Good stuff.

This beer poured a orange amber color and formed a white head that left trace lace as it subsided. An aroma of hops, caramel and citrus was present. A flavor of malt, hops, caramel and citrus. A bit sweet in the finish and while not a bad beer, not representative of a good ESB style.

Huge head, make sure you have a big glass. Ambercolour. Very sweet icing sugar aroma. Delicious hop flavour. Dry but does not dry the mouth. Much better than many exported English versions. The hops are the the highlight but I do not see the malt complexity.