ESB
Redhook Brewery in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.08
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Redhook’s flagship beer got its start as a winter seasonal recipe in the mid 80’s. In the early years, Extra Special Bitter earned a reputation as ‘banana beer’ and has been brewed continuously since 1987. ESB’s caramel malt sweetness and subtle spice and fruit hop flavors, quickly defined the style, becoming Seattle’s definitive craft beer and inspiring a new wave of craft beers across the country.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle.Golden colour with off+white small head.Aroma is sweet with taste of berrys and caramel also hint of biscuit and malt,light and mild with good bitterness and smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2013
at 03:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle 0.355l at Viisi Penniä, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with very small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness, honey, caramel, some hops and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2013
at 06:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, 0.355 l - bottling date unreadable, at Oluttupa Viisi Penniä, 20130831) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, caramell and hops. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, caramell, grassy hops, molasses and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A decent malt forward beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2013
at 06:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.355l bottle. Amber body, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, biscuit and floral hops. Taste of caramel, toast, biscuit and floral hops. The finish is more on the hoppy side. Very nice ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2013
at 12:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dry and mildly bitter ale. Pours darkish amber with oily beige head. Aroma is light hops, malt and caramel. Taste is hops, dry malt, pine, wood. Reminds me of a redwood forest.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2013
at 17:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Clear, copper coloured, stable creamy off-white head, showing a nice lacework, mild but still spicy toasty and hoppy nose; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied, pretty soft; lingering dry herbal-hoppy finish with toasty-fruity spots. Nice brew; similar, but not completely, to the original…
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 13:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle, 35.5cl) Clear, amber to copper colour with a short and slightly tanned foamy head. Caramel-malty aroma with a subtle fruity touch and woody hops. Moderately sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a modest carbonation. Mildly bready cara-malty taste with traces of oak honey, subtle fruity notes and a touch of woody and slightly spicy hops; moderately sweet bready malty finish with caramel/toffee and drying woody hops. Tasty but also not overly exciting from the European perspective. 22.VI.13
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2013
at 16:03
7/10
Tried
on 21 Jun 2013
at 10:37
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Disatrous ESB totally dominanted by diacetyl. Butter, vegtables, hops. Not true to style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2013
at 03:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Lillys Burgers, Stockholm. Pours slightly hazy amber. Sweet aroma of fudge and malt. An OK brew, malty, hint of honney. Slighly hoppier than a UK esb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2013
at 15:04