Extra Special Bitter (E.S.B.)
Jama Craft Brewery in Chorvátsky Grob, Bratislava, Slovakia 🇸🇰
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled 330ml. -Courtesy of and shared with Marko (thanks!). Unclear darker golden coloured, small white head that went away fast, caramel in the nose. Sweet malty, dusty, caramel, notes of fruits and hops with malt and herbs in the finish. Surprisingly good ESB.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Huge thanks to Cuso & Gurthnar for this! Honey-amber, darker slightly misty body, small white head. Lovely, pungent aroma, malt, sweetbreads, honey, fruity, yet not overly sweet or cloying. Taste... Silky, soft honeyish-fruity maltiness in the background broken by enormous bittering hops - herbal and earthy in taste. Long, tough bitter finish. Superb maltiness on this one, perhaps excessive in terms of bitterness. Sublime malt profile with sligthly stupid hop profile. But a very good beer nonetheless.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Stupavar. Clear amber colour. Okay head. Not exactly the best of tastes. Considerable acetaldehyde, vegetably appley offness. Also strangely earthy hops flavour or it just might be combining weirdly with the rest of the beer. Overall the impression is mixed and chaotic. Could use improvement. 6 5 5 3 12. Rerate at Kollarko. Does not feel exactly like a bitter, but got rid of off flavours formerly present. Relatively clean, with moderate caramelly maltiness, medium-low bitterness and grassy hops flavour. Overall balanced, easy drinking. Needs more attenuation and English hops character to truly fit in style though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Stupavar pub. Amber color with thick white head. Nice citrus hoppy aroma with caramel. Nice hoppy bitter taste with citrus zest, pines, resin. Solid malty backbone. Long hoppy bitter finish. Tasty.