ESB (Xtra Special Bitter)
23rd Street Brewery in Lawrence, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.65
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shaker Pint draft at the brewpub. Pour is hazed copper ruby with a 1/4 inch soapy off white head. Aroma of biscuit grainy maltiness, bit of chemical sweetness. Touch of diacetyl perhaps. Taste is the toasty biscuit malt, a bit of resin, and some fruit sweetness (craisin). Palate is watery, with an acidic twinge to the finish. Drinkable, and decent ESB.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2009
at 18:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Growler from brewpub. Pours with a dark amber color, slightly hazy, and a strong but small head which sticks around. Aroma is very authentic English. Its light stale bread maltiness and a dirty earthiness behind that. I feel I feel like I am smelling rainy London or something like that. Taste is a bit lighter, a bit less dusty but still wet, stale bread and a bit f bitterness at the end. Nice stuff, seems very authentic. I feel like I am tasting England.
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Aug 2008
at 23:28