Red Spruce Bitter
Lawson's Finest Liquids in Waitsfield, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Blackback pub and treated as an ESB even though it was poured into a tulip.
Yeah, well, a slight knock on Blackback for not knowing their shit (ESB’s aren’t supposed to be poured into tulips).
Here’s the rest.
The appearance was a dark brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated pretty quickly.
The smell had a malty sweet and slightly spicy (allspice/cinnamon sort of thing going on). Caramel and toffee sweetness.
The taste was mostly sweet with the spices running underneath.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a sly sessionable feel about it. Carbonation runs fairly light allowing a nice smooth feel (like an ESB should) to lay down on my tongue nicely.
Overall, though it says spice/vegetable style, I’d say this is more of an ESB with the creativity of Lawson’s ingenious mind of doing something slightly different. Pass the fish n’ chips with this one, I’d have again..
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Lawson’s nice continues, via bottle picked up sometime last year. Poured amber, smell is holy spruce. Spice, wood, pinecone and pepper. Taste is not to my liking. Tastes like I"m eating a pine tree (spruce I guess). Not my cup of tea but worth trying if you’re into spruce.