516 ESB

Faculty Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular

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6.21

ABV: 4.8%

IBU: 30

Ticks: 6

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6.5

solidfunk (21946) reviewed 516 ESB from Faculty Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Citrus and some lime. Good malt complex. Pours brown with ok head and lacing. Light mash tang in finish. Tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2018 at 00:07

4.5

Deanf (9781) reviewed 516 ESB from Faculty Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Modest darker brown body and minimal foam. Faint caramel aroma. Flavour is a paint by numbers esb with okay malt and dry coffee notes. Standard but uninteresting.

Tried on 18 Nov 2018 at 00:38

6.4

Ferris (26026) reviewed 516 ESB from Faculty Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft - Earthy and woody. Cloudy copper brown with a decent beige head. Spicy hops and a light twiggy note.

Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2017 at 17:03

6.1

mcberko (47456) reviewed 516 ESB from Faculty Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Faculty, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma is restrained, with bready caramel and very light English hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with light English hops and bready caramel malt. Clean and nicely balanced, but not particularly interesting or authentic.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2017 at 19:45

6.9

Oakes (33493) reviewed 516 ESB from Faculty Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Golden-brown, thin head. Looks great with a little sunlight shining through it. Earthy, touch of caramel nose. On the palate it’s more toasty, with a decent body, and a fair bit of residual sugar that lends a slightly toffeeish accent. A beer that to me seems more built for a proper Yorkshire yeast and cask conditioning and thus fails to live up to its potential without those elements.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2017 at 23:11

5.4

fiulijn (28382) reviewed 516 ESB from Faculty Brewing 8 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Draught at the brewery
Amber color, bright and clean. Light aroma of caramel and armpit. Dry mouthfeel, caramel flavor with earthy character, some astringency and chicory in the final.
More Amber Ale than ESB.

Tried on 23 Jun 2017 at 16:10