ESB (Best Bitter)
Boundary Bay Brewery in Bellingham, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.32
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into a mug, the appearance was a muddy copper color with a nice lasting finger’s worth of white foamy head. Slow dissipation and leaves some messy lace.
The aroma had a nice blend of earthy and grassy hop bitterness, light toast and some dry toffee malts.
The flavor had a dry crisp malty sweetness adding in a touch of cracker/white bread underneath. Dry malty and earthy aftertaste. Crisp malty dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a good sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, good ESB that I could come back to if I had it in my distro.
The aroma had a nice blend of earthy and grassy hop bitterness, light toast and some dry toffee malts.
The flavor had a dry crisp malty sweetness adding in a touch of cracker/white bread underneath. Dry malty and earthy aftertaste. Crisp malty dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a good sessionability about it. Moderate carbonation. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, good ESB that I could come back to if I had it in my distro.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2017
at 13:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Copper. Light toast. Earthy bitterness. Clean profile. Nice bitter finish on this medium bodied brew. Very good.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2017
at 23:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour pint at The Game, as part of my pulling beers out of RB hiatus program. Pours a hazy copper golden color with a cream head. Soft dusty malt aroma. Easy drinking bitter here. Nutty malt. Cool, sort of dry finish. Slightly better than stadard for the style. Enjoyable beer here.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2016
at 18:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draught at the brewpub
Cloudy deep blond color with creamy head. Light malt aroma. Smooth mouthfeel, with light malt flavor that happens to be a bit dusty, no caramel, average bitterness, and a light earthy finish; apparently there is a very light residual sweetness, and extremely light liquorice trace.
A simple Ale, nothing to do with real British Bitters.
Cloudy deep blond color with creamy head. Light malt aroma. Smooth mouthfeel, with light malt flavor that happens to be a bit dusty, no caramel, average bitterness, and a light earthy finish; apparently there is a very light residual sweetness, and extremely light liquorice trace.
A simple Ale, nothing to do with real British Bitters.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2013
at 17:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Sweet malts with toffee notes. Negligible head with a cloudy amber hue. Sweet malt flavours of cookies and toffee. Mild alcohol in the end along with a balanced bitterness. Pretty stock ESB, nothing good nor bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2012
at 20:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft: Poured an orange copper with an off white head. Aroma was sweet malts. The taste was bitter hops and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2012
at 21:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours cloudy golden orange with a white head. English malts, muted butterscotch and light English hops on the nose. Flavour of English malts / hops, mild bitterness, with biscuity notes on the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2011
at 20:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours hazy amber with a thin smear for head. Slightly dusty floral aroma. Med body with mild but prickly carbonation. Flavor is light roast malt with just a tinge of floral/spice/citrus hop. Almost more of an amber than an ESB. Where have all the hop flowers gone? Finishes just lightly bitter.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2010
at 18:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a clear amber color with a small white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty bitter hoppy flavor wit some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2008
at 09:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Rating #1500. Bottle shared by badnewsbeers. Hazy orange body, thin off-white head. Earthy, estery nose with notes of grassy hops, biscuit, and breads. Fresh, crisp body with earthy, bitter hops, toast, and caramel, the latter providing light sweetness that cuts the herbal, soapy body. Good complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2006
at 17:38