 michael-pollack (1297), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 8, 2008 12oz. Bottle: Aroma of toasted malts, piney hops, resin, caramel, and cream. Poured dark orange/light brown in color with a medium-sized, creamy, rocky, off-white head that lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Very good lacing. Flavor is a little sweet and a little bitter. Tastes of piney hops, toasted malts, and caramel. Medium body. Slightly sticky texture is also a bit thin. Soft to average carbonation. Creamy toasted malt finish.
Sammy (2946), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 6, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Dr. Jay. Pours a golden yellow with a bit of white head, and leaving a bit of white lace. Mild English hops in aroma. Very smooth drinking, sessionable, and leaving a bit dry palate. A very good ESB. My be aye 3k.
TomDecapolis (2318), Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Pours a mostly translucent deep copper with golden highlights and a medium creamy/bubbly off white head that left spotty lacing. Aroma of caramel, toffee, nuts, orange, other citrus, floral and lightly bready. Flavor of lightly toasted malt, caramel, toffee, hard pretzels, some nuts, pine, light grapefruit, hop flavor, some hop bitterness but balanced nicely by the lightly sweet and toasty malt profile. One of the best, if not the best ESBs I have had. Sessionable, yet packed with flavors and aroma.
pineypower (841), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
Jun 20, 2008 Pours out a nice light copper color with a small white head. Aroma of some caramel and some hop bitterness. Taste is very well balanced, caramel, some bitter grassy hops and a doughy/dry finish. Usually don’t care for ESB’s too much but this was pretty decent
Linus_Stick (1459), Moon Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 19, 2008 A nice easy drinking ESB. Aroma was so so. Caramel malt and some slight grassy hops. Pour was very nice. Dark gold with a 2 finger off white head. Taste was a little thin and watery. Caramel throughout and with a hint of grassy hops in the aftertaste. Strong carbonation but not much aftertaste. A little watery. Nice beer though.
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