Fresh Hopped ESB
Ravens Brewing in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.41
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Cascade, Centennial
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Cloudy amber color. The aroma is a bit spicy, malty, also a bit dusty. Lean, quite dry mouthfeel; caramel malts, strong feeling of roasted nuts and dust, some cereal husks, some hop resins, but there is more vegetable character than hop quality.
Not flawed, just a weird concept to start with. Makes you wonder why they made this, what did they expect from it.
Cloudy amber color. The aroma is a bit spicy, malty, also a bit dusty. Lean, quite dry mouthfeel; caramel malts, strong feeling of roasted nuts and dust, some cereal husks, some hop resins, but there is more vegetable character than hop quality.
Not flawed, just a weird concept to start with. Makes you wonder why they made this, what did they expect from it.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2016
at 13:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a cloudy bright reddish amber with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out earthy dry hopping upfront, with a toasted dry caramel malt base - smells nothing like an ESB due to the American hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with fairly potent earthy dry hopping upfront, with a robust toasted caramel bready malt backbone. Nicely constructed in that it certainly packs a punch. However, it's bit harsh and incoherent. All in all, good effort but could use some refinement.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2016
at 19:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Sweet toffee. Clear copper with a rich off white head. Very sweet, leafy hops, perfumy and a sweet finish. Odd.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2015
at 18:52