Essex
Bluejacket in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.81
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A classic British style ESB brewed with Maris Otter & crystal malts, hopped exclusively with Challenger hops & open fermented for layers of malt-driven toast & toffee joined by herbal, tea-like citric English hops.
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7/10
Cask from bluejacket. Creamy pour. Bitters. A pretty nice approximation of the style
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2025
at 01:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Oak and a little orange peel. Clear mahogany pour with some soap bubbles. Lingering bitter aroma. Cask at brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2023
at 21:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
10-10-22 Bluejacket
Tried
on 10 Oct 2022
at 19:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours copper. Biscuit, herbal, chalky, nutty. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2022
at 18:29
Wish most beers were served on cask. My favourite pour. This is excellent. A better Boddingtons.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2020
at 19:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask pour at brewery. Dark Amber with small creamy head. Aroma is pure English, leathery malts. Taste brings in the right amount of bitterness, solid malt backbone. Right on the money.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2018
at 20:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
4 oz pour on draft at Bluejacket. Slightly hazy orange amber with off-white head. Aromas of toffee, biscuit, malt. Tastes of toffee, citrus, malt, biscuit. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2016
at 00:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled at the brewery, pours a hazy tan amber with basically zero head. Nose is OK, and mostly to style, big tannic tea, some malt, a little shoe leather, some orange. Flavor is better, but not totally ESB, a little butterscotch, some soap, some lemon tea. Oily finish. Not a bad beer, but off for the style.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2016
at 10:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the brewery. Poured a slightly hazy brown color with a small tan head, bubbly and wispy. Aroma was caramel malts, light grain. Toasted caramel notes. Toffee finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2016
at 10:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
At the source on cask: pours brownish with an off white head. Aroma is nuts and toffee as would be expected. Taste is quite malty. Not too sweet. Nice toffee bits. Slightly bitter aftertaste. Low carb, as expected. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2016
at 22:52