Pivotal ESB
Category 12 Brewing in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.42
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This gently hoppy, malt-forward ESB that shows quality over quantity is almost always a good thing.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Good clearish medium copper body and okay foam. Kind of a tinny malt aroma, hint of hops, I wouldn't say ESB but not bad. Flavour is nice cereal and biscuit, a bit of malt, lingering caramel. Smooth, not bad, a real ESB fan would be horrified but it's okay.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2022
at 00:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bright amber, with a thin head. The aroma heavy on the caramel, sweet, and really getting towards some bubblegum phenols in there as well, which is a bit unfortunate. Low bitterness, a bit woody, again heavy caramel. Simple malt character, hops really understated and it's on the sticky side...something is up with the yeast character on this one. It's really out of style.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2020
at 02:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bright amber, nice beige head. Bready nose,toffee notes.Similar palate, light malt,thin body with medium hop bitterness
Tried
on 31 Mar 2018
at 00:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a clear copper amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out subtle English hops, light toffee and bready malt. Flavour is rather authentically English, with bitter English hops, bready caramel malt and some toasted bread notes. Bitter finish, but appropriately balanced. Pretty solid for the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2018
at 01:19
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Bready with some soft grains. Clear amber with a rich off white head. Light sweetness and a touch of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2018
at 19:24