Motor Boat
Sweetwater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Georgia, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.81
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Built for speed and comfort, this baby will slap you silly as soon as you hit the throttle.
Dive in with your eyes wide open, you old sailor you!
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tnkw01 (4092) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Tastes like a very tasty, mild IPA. Nice hoppy flavor with a floal taste. Golden, hay like color. Aroma is a pleasant hoppy smell.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass at their brewpub location in the Atlanta airport. This was consumed last September (2013).
The appearance was a nice hazy orange to brown color with a decent looking half fingered white foamy head that dissipated within less than twenty seconds. There was some light lacing arranging itself in no apparent reason as it just sort of danced all around the glass (okay, no worries, I guess).
The smell had the authentic yet slightly typical British malts amplifying some nice light caramel tones.
The taste was mainly sweet and though it seemed like it wanted to steer away from that \"British soapiness\" usually found in ESB’s that most Americans don’t like, I still found it. But this doesn’t bother me as I understand this is part of the style. No worries.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body and had a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed right on for the style and good for me.
Overall, good ESB, well worthy of having again, now where’s my fish n’ chips.
gnoff (11189) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled draught as part of a flight at Dunedin House of Beer on January 19, 2014.Listed as 5.6% ABV.Clear golden color, white head. Hoppy, herbal, some citrus, bitter taste. Bitter, hoppy, fruity aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Hoppy, resin scent.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Crisp amber and deep copper coloured body with a nice two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of earthy malt, toffee, light hops and a subdued nuttiness that’s noticeable at the end. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong toffee and malt flavours with a light dose of english or low alpha acid hops noticeable and a light sweetness as well. Aftertaste shows a bit of earthiness, a good malt and toffee flavour and some very light hops. Overall, not such a great beer - lacking way too much on the hop profile and only showing a little of the earthiness and toffee flavours throughout - not enough complexity. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Palm Beach Gardens for US$1.99 on 30-December-2013 sampled in my hotel room here in Clearwater, Florida on 03-January-2014.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle pours a hazy amber with a short lived off white head. Light toasted malts and plenty of bitterness. IBUs but not much hop flavor. Kind of what I dont like about ESBs in general.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Poured from a bottle it is a clear amber Colorado with a slight head. The stoma is citrus and the taste is grapefruit that lingers on the palate and leaves the taste on your tongue
iphonephan (11573) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From a 12 oz bottle shared in Avon NC. Pours a clear amber with an off white head. Fruity hop nose. Flavors of grassy hops, caramel and a touch of honey. Medium bodied, high carbonation, bitter finish.
CLW (17000) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz. bottle in a trade with Darren. Best by 12/04/2013. Dark amber color with soapy bubbles that laced well. Nose is caramel, toffee and fruity hops. Assertive hop profile for the style! Pine and herbal hops linger on the tongue for a long duration. Just enough caramel malts to provide balance. Roasted grain in a medium body. Exceeded my expectations. But not want you may be looking for in an ESB, very hoppy compared to true English recipes. Nice drink.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle pours a clear, brick red with some cloudy, white head. Nice nose, dried leaves, some fruit, some peach, malt. Flavor is malty, sweet, fruity, light citrus bite. Clean finish.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Motor Boat from Sweetwater Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Poured a golden, slightly copper color with a solid, wispy head. Aroma was notes of sweet malts, hops, a touch earthy notes. Sweet notes of hops, malts, sweetness, refreshing.