25th Anniversary ESB
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Goose Island Brewhouse: ClybournBitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special Out of Production
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Score
6.84
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Brewmaster Brett Porter, Senior Brewer Keith Gabbett, Pub Brewmaster Nick Barron and Alumni Brewmaster Greg Hall. Deep mahogany color, rich fruit aroma with notes of lilac, big malt body with touches of roast and a dry, crisp finish.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Deep amber light brown pour. White head. Malty nose. sweet 3btbhhbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb caramel eehehehhbbbbbe
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy, amber gold color. Medium head, good lace. Aroma is very well balanced. Taste is malty on the front taste with a great hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
6 pack upon release, bottled, back in Summer 2013. Clear, medium-amber. Small, off-white head, moderate retention. Clean and bready with a bit of herbal and floral hop notes to balance. Good, fruity, estery yeast with a bit of pepper and no diacetyl. Toast isn't too prominent. Lots of lingering cherry-vanilla. Soft, with a good grainy toastiness and moderately deep malts. Good attenuation with a bit of sweetness on the end complementing the very fruity, cherry and vanilla-laden yeast notes. Bread, earth, herbal and peppery hops. Clean, balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2023
at 14:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
bottle - This brew has a rich caramel aroma and a resiny caramel malt flavor with mild bitterness. It’s medium bodied, well balanced, and good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2014
at 20:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a clear bronze-orange color with a medium thick and foamy white head that diminishes slowly. Sticky patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt, caramel and hops. Medium-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, earthy hops and a touch of fruit. The finish is moderately sweet with a bready malt aftertaste. Decent ESB overall.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2014
at 08:38
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle. A- Fruits, flowers, roasty, spices. A- Dark red color, cloudy liquid, white head. T- Fruits, caramel, malty, spices. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, crisp spiced finish. O- Not bad, not great. Expected more for an anniversary ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 09:49
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bronze appearance. Nose is earthy and mild with cedar and nutty notes. Interesting floral taste up front, hit immediately by a striking candy corn bitterness and sweetness. I’ts not bad but also nothing too challenging.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2013
at 14:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber body with a frothy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel, pine twigs, herbs, toasted grain, molasses, earthy hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Lots of caramel and earthy hops in the taste. Some peppery notes. Dense, muddled, disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2013
at 14:59
7/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2013
at 19:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle poured into a shaker. From notes. Citrus and pine with a good dose of roasty caramel. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2013
at 20:36