Extra Special Bitter (ESB)
Barons Brewing Company in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled. Realy not quite as special as the label indicates. Pours an ambery gold. A dry waterty hoppy taste. Unremarkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From Jul 2007
Purchased at Wilbur's Liquors in Ft Collins for US$9.49 a 6 Pack.
It pours from 11.2oz bottle a hazy amber with a nice thick head of foam that hangs around forever and it has plenty of lacing.
The smell is dominated by sweet malt but I also get some good hop nose. It smells very nice.
The taste is yummy. There's the sweet malt I mentioned in the nose and *that's* the first thing I taste on the first sip. About midway through, the hops come into play mainly in the form of citrus that has a nice twang to it, and it first balances the malt and then takes the forefront in flavour. The finish is bitter and the aftertaste is long lasting and tasty. I really like this ESB and I'm glad I found this at the store. It's probably the best Aussie drop I've had to date. :^) And the low alcohol content helps to make this a great session beer. I could drink it all night long...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From a 330ml bottle on 15/8/2010. Has a quite unusual aroma of fruit, nuts, and burnt toffee. Begins with sweet malt and caramel flavours and finishes off with a decent and quite long, slightly spicy hop finish. A serviceable bitter which rates streets ahead of their pale ale.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Orangey-brown, beige head. Mainly caramel aroma. Taste has lots of fruit sweetness with just about enough hops to balance, but certainly not enough for any lasting bitterness. Not special, but OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Pours pale copper, with a good large head that shows great lacing but little persistence.Aroma is lacking for an ESB, it has some resinous/piney hops and lots of caramel but is pretty light on.Taste shows loads of caramel malt, but has some off-putting grainy notes. Finishes with a rather tame and boring bitterness.Body is too watery.Needs more hops!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a cloudy opaque orange with a dense, beige head leaving laces. Lightly tart nutty nose, perhaps a vague citrusy whiff. Medium body, lightly oxidized, notes of nuts and dry caramel. Lightly bitter finish. 100709
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark orange with a small white head. Light acidic cornish and malty aroma. Crisp hops fruity flavoured with a persisting light malt base. Bitter and light malty finish. Ends dry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled. An unclear amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of cardboard, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, and malt as well as lighter notes of metal and bread, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bright amber with a thin bubbly head. Very caramelly aroma, but inflated with some spice and stewed fruits. Decent body, lots of caramelly malt and some toast. There’s some fruitiness, a little stewed but with some brighter pear and plum notes as well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330 ml. bottle. Warm, fruity ester aroma backed by lightly roasted malt. A copper color with a decent beige/tan head. Medium body with slightly fizzy carbonation. Flavor is light caramel roast backed by floral hop. More grassy than floral. ESB tending towards pilsner? Finish is balanced. Decent drink. Not quite an ESB from the old country though.