Belk's ESB
Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.62
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Burnished gold hue with a persistent, rocky white head. Floral, spicy aroma redolent of lilacs, white pepper, and Barlett pears with undertones of blueberry honey and roses. A pleasant balance of crisp hop bitterness and clean malts adorn the spicy, herbal hop flavors lasting into a dry, refreshing finish.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at cropredy from GBBF 08 ... Copper,very fruity little bready,little toffee malts nice malt character very tasty upfront,but huge drying bitter linger that lets it down for me. little gassy;definite amerian tones that i aslo detected in CA blond(eel river).but notbthat intense hop
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2008
at 14:08
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle at GBBF 08. Copper clear colour. Overly peppery hoppy beer. Candy sugar sweet aroma too. Cor, that’s just a bit empty and not great. Too bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2008
at 08:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle, labeled "belk’s ESB" - Pours amber with a one finger head. It smells of caramel malt and plenty of hops. The flavor is strong on the citrus hops, but balanced by the sweet caramel. It’s hoppier than most ESBs and very west coast. Fortunately I like that in a beer. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2008
at 21:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle picked up by Craig at GBBF, cheers mate, and shared at Cropredy Festival 2008 Pours light amber with a white head. Slick citrus with some custard cream biscuit, bitterness lingers, nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2008
at 03:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Light citrus, caramel aroma. Caramel, light woodsy, grassy, citrus flavors. Medium-light body. Well balanced. Lingering citrus, woodsy hops, and caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2008
at 18:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Yeasty grapefruit smell. Cloudy golden pour, enormously thick head, good lacing. Tases of orange, lemon, and decent balance of hops. Pine needle finish. Medium body, tolerably bitter. Seems too citrusy for a ESB.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 15:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Front Door Boise. Pours out a hazy light amber topped with a nice light head. A nice aroma light citrus. Tast of light hops a touch of malts. A nice all around ESB.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2008
at 23:23
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber. Poured haze amber with thick lasting white head. Mild floral aroma. Malty full body with some hoppiness, right for a bitter or pale ale. Lingering bitterish finish.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2007
at 22:53
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
12oz bottle-pours a big, thick retaining light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is medium malt-husky sweetness, some pine hops. Taste is lots of metallic, medium malt-husky sweetness, some pine hops. Wish these breweries would date stamp bottles, as I don’t know if this taste is due to out of date or…it just misses style by maybe over boiling the hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2007
at 19:10
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Has a rather strong initial aroma, volatile sweet alcohol. Cloudy light brownish and orange color. Looks like apple cider. First taste is smooth but that rapidly degrades to a more alky palate. Building medicianl bitterness on the back and sides of the tongue. A strongish impression brew. Alky gets in your face as the session rolls on. You know this is a higher % brew from the flavors. Certainly is more bitter than most ESB I’ve tasted. The taste of this is an interesting evolution; from a mild first taste to a bitter offensive bite. Some creamy carbonation. Finish is impressionating, malty alky industrial bitterness hangs for a while after the last sip.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2007
at 16:45