Luna Sea ESB
Empyrean Brewing Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.11
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CLW (16859) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft. Crystal clear gold color. Aroma of biscuit and honey. The taste has some apple, bread, yeast. I think they use the same yeast in all of their beers. They all have the same aftertaste. Sam Adams clone???
Travlr (30173) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle courtesy of HuskerTan, thanks! Cloudy deep golden amber color, off white head. Aroma of black pepper and biscuit Taste has raw biscuit dough and lots of pepper. Weird.
Rennat42 (5616) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle. A- Grass, hay, biscuits, musty, subtle caramel. A- Dark orange color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Subtle caramel, bready, malty, herbs, grassy, slightly bitter, woody. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, musty finish. O- This sucked. I didn’t expect it to be anything but average but it didn’t even manage to accomplish that. Lots of bready, grassy, musty aroma and tastes. Just a bad beer. I’ll take a Dos Equis over this crap. If this is your pride and joy find a new profession. Extra Special...no. Extra bad....yes.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ home. Hazy, dark orange appearance with an off white head. Mildly toasty, caramel malty, mild earthy, grassy hoppy aroma. Slightly citrusy, toasty caramel malty, moderate toffee, straw/grassy hoppy, cereal flavor. Nice to see Nebraskan brews finally make it to Colorado but this one is just decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle-pours amber with a foamy offwhite head. Aroma is sweet grain/light/medium malt. Taste is sweet grain/light/medium malt-bready/some chocolate, some fruit/earth hops.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle thanks to John. Pours reddish amber with off white head. Nose/taste of candy sugar, roasted caramel, gummy bear and grain. Medium body.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle. Murky orange-brown color. Thin, patchy off-white head. Pretty standard offering, though the body is a touch watery. Easy drinking, medium bodied. On the maltier side of the equation, very delicately hopped. Somewhat nutty, with some fruity amber malt tones. Smooth and sessionable, but not so noteworthy.
theisti (5540) reviewed Luna Sea ESB from Empyrean Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz bottle purchased at Beertopia in Omaha, Nebraska. Best enjoyed by 08/09 (it was notched on the line between the two) YR 09 on the label. Pour is hazed orange, golden brown with pretty settling that builds up an off white two inch head. Head falls with nice lacing. Aroma of toasty fresh malt, some soft caramel biscuit - fresh, soft and inviting. Taste is the toasted, slightly sweet caramel biscuit maltiness, along with a sharpness of hops, that was unexpected from the nose. In the aftertaste the toasted aroma turns to a bit of a burnt charred afair that detracts a bit. Palate is medium, coats the mouth nicely, medium carbonation with lingering acidic bitterness. Nice enough beer, would love to try it on draft.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to Sledge Jr for this Nebraska brew. This pours with a minimal creamy off white head that dissipates rapidly, over a dark amber body. Some light malt aroma. The slight bitterness that a good ESB should have, is replaced by an off putting sourness that also hurts the dryness in the finish. A bit thin as well. The wide variation in scores for this may suggest some inconsistencies with the brew..