ESB
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.06
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Travlr (30174) reviewed ESB from Otter Creek Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Clear golden color, medium white head. Aroma of baked biscuits and white pepper. Taste is malty straw, bitter finish.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed ESB from Otter Creek Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Nice copper coloured body with a ruby tint and a thin off-white head. Aroma of fresh hops, caramel, malt and a light freshness. Light-bodied; Short hop flavour with very little else. Aftertaste shows very little taste - not really good. Overall, lacking in so many ways - especially from the hops. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Trader Joe’s in Reston, Virginia on 18-March-2006.
cheap (9607) reviewed ESB from Otter Creek Brewing 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Let me thank jjpm74 for the chance to taste this beer. The feel of this beer is rich thick and malty. As bitter as it’s namesake with low creamy carbonation. It looks like a darker iced tea. Has a white ring around the inside of the glass for a head. Not very hazy. Overall, when compared to the other ESB; not as refined, sweet or happy as Wychwood Hobgoblin. On par with East End Session #6 - The Bitter End and Whitbread. Malty and bitter with a slight bite or tartness that cannot be described, very complex. Finish is an interesting combination of hops, grapefruit rinds and malty alcohol, lingering long and impersonating. The aroma of this stuff morphs from a sweet strong ale to a hardtack candy.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed ESB from Otter Creek Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
12 oz bottle, my third bottle before I could get a rating down on this one, bottled on 2/14/06, lot 1847, drunk on 4/23/06
Prominent lacing with a one-finger high off-white head that is fairly well retained. Clear copper-amber-honey body with medium-sized bubbles rising lazily.
Nose dry biscuity malt mixed with dry, old leaves and soily, brown malts. Nutty yeast, a light touch of buttercream and dry sourdough and seltzer water notes. Very weak strength, though no glaring flaws (such as dms, diacetyl,etc...).
Minerals, dry fruits (cherries, apples, strawberries) and mildly bitter hops keep things very dry. Fleeting caramel and toasty grains come through in the middle as soily notes and astringent, very unflavorful hops come through on the end. Medium-light body, watery, not terribly so, but just dull and only employing the hops for bitterness. Medium-sized bubbles and a fairly plain texture, too hard for a true esb. Light note of alcohol on the end, perhaps from the high filtration.
Frothingslosh (19444) reviewed ESB from Otter Creek Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
I have not been much impressed with this brewer. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a ruby chestnut color with a large tan head. The aroma is strong fruity and floral hops with a vaguely spicy undertone. The flavor is bitter and a bit medicinal with strong floral hops and light dry fruity flavors underneath. The finish is dry and vaguely medicinal. Sadly for a beer who’s aroma and appearance offered such promise this beer just fails to deliver.