Bitter Rain ESB
North Sound Brewing Company in Mount Vernon, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.53
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Thanks Tom.
This was poured into an English pint glass.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt orange almost amber color with a thin creamy colored head. Sly messy lace.
The aroma takes on some toast, roasty nuts, and an ample amount of caramel to toffee malts. Subtle biscuits.
The flavor leans to the malty side embracing some clean driven grassy to earthy hops, somewhat bitter. Crisp semi-sweet to bitter aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a great sessionability about it. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, very nicely done ESB well worthy of having again preferably with some fish n’chips.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Bitter Rain ESB from North Sound Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draft - Butterscotch and caramel. Clearish gold with. Decent white head. Light vegetal and some malts with a light bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at North Sound, pours a hazy copper with a small white head. Nose and flavour are pretty restrained, with English floral hops and some biscuity malt to back. Not overly interesting, but competently brewed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at the brewery, 6.1% ABV
Hazy amber color with small head. Light caramel character, dry mouthfeel, some fruity esters, and like all beers at North Sound, it’s fairly bitter. Clean, pleasant, atypical ESB.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy amber,lasting beige head.Nice crystal malt nose.Palate is nicely balanced, good malt,medium strength lasting hop finish. Nice !