Weyerbacher ESB

Formerly brewed at Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Appearance: This beer pours a soft transparent copper color with a very creamy 2 finger off-white head with decent retention. Mediocre lacing. Smell: It has a good aroma but it is subtle and reserved. After some contemplation I came up with sweet bread and yeast, slight fruity tones and gentle hops. Taste: Like the smell the taste is gentle and approachable. It is not the most interesting ESB I have ever tasted but it is quite palatable. It seems to have a pretty straight forward bready malt and hop balance until the aftertaste. The aftertaste is a bit odd. There is very little of the bitter I was looking for up front it seems all the bitter is waiting for the finish. I’m not quite sure what to make of this...? Mouthfeel: This beer has a very light mouthfeel that seems to disappear into nothing through the middle. To its credit it is very smooth. Drinkability: Overall this is a decent beer but a bit lacking in luster. I would be too bored to have a second but it would be palatable if I was interested so the drinkability is what I’d call "Ho Hum." Hope this is helpful. Cheers!

Decent ESB, but no where close to many of the other Weyerbacher brews. Would have liked a bit more bitterness.

Big thanks to JHop for sending this my way. Rather bland aroma, some light malt accents though nothing great. Taste is of sweet malts and some grain, typical of this style. Ending is sweet, no accents.

Clear light copper color with a medium frothy white head. Aroma of sweet malt. Very light sweet chocolate malt with some floral hops in the end overall a very bland flavor, not quite what I’d expect of an ESB. Thanks to Numenor for trading for this weyerbacher brew.

Pours a medium clear copper color with a large amount of froathy offwhite head. Aroma is a bit malty and stale, kinda reminds me of yuengling smell. Flavor is sweet and smooth with a bit of a mellow hop undertone. Overall, good for warm summer night.

12 oz bottle: average esb: pours golden amber color with 2 inches of head that left some lacing on the glass. only aroma detected was some sweet maltiness. over all the brew had a decent balance and bittered up at the end. medium body. nothing too special here.

I love Weyerbacher. But for and ESB...... Pours a light amberish color. sweet maltiness in the aroma. Thought it was dry.

Pours a translucent golden amber with a larger foamy off white head that left some lacing and stuck around a bit. Aroma was a sweeter malt and lighter orange citrus balance. A bit light with some grains coming through and a spice that I can’t quite pinpoint although I don’t think any spices were really added to this beer. Flavor is also sweet and malty but has a decent hop bitterness. I read in an article that Weyerbacher is done with making this beer...if thats the case RIP.