North Brewing Co ESB

ESB

 

North Brewing Co in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Brewfist
  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special
Score
6.98
ABV: 5.6% IBU: - Ticks: 14
A beer that doesn't exactly what it says on the tin, everything you know and love about a bitter, but more! We worked with Italian craft beer royalty BrewFist on combining both our Best Bitter recipes. We put to use a plethora of speciality and heritage malts to create a rich, smooth and vibrant base and hopped in the whirlpool with whole leaf Challenger, Bramling Cross and Ernest. The result is a beer that is full of floral honey aroma, citrusy pangs and soft plum notes, countered with caramel sweetness, crumbly biscuit base, a touch of roast and a firm quenching bitterness.
 

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sample from cask (with cask breather and sparkler) at Cardinal, Stavanger. Deep reddish brown colour, slightly off-white head. Aroma and flavour of malts and earthy and herbal English hops, not too sweet. Good bitterness.

Tried from Cask at Cardinal on 01 May 2023 at 14:14


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Endelig Mandag i annen! Siste halve året har det blitt alt for lenge mellom hver gang for meg, men heldigvis sørger seremonimester Melberg for at det ikke er langt mellom utskjenkingene. Nå en cask esb, samvittighetsfullt tappet med cask breather og sparkler: lett uklar kobberfarge med kort skum. Slank og nesten uten karbonering, her er det maltsmaken som dominerer. Litt kjeks, urter og barskog.

Tried from Cask on 01 May 2023 at 10:40


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Brown slighly hazy, white head. Arom of sour mash, hay and barn. Taste of field strawberries, caramel, honey, roasted nuts and resin.

Tried on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:57


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours hazy dark amber with little head. Aroma of dark bread, caramel, distinct aroma of floral hops. Tastes slightly sweet with balancing bitterness. Thin bodied.

Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2023 at 17:12


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at North Brewing Taproom, Birmingham, 18/02/23. Deep amber with a good sized off white cap. Nose is biscuit malts, caramel, dried fruit rinds, toffee, brown bread. Taste comprises biscuit, caramel, stewed fruits, brown sugar dusting, fruit slice, dates. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light bitter edge. Tidy ESB.

Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2023 at 11:40


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Amber, cloudy with a minimal white head. Aroma of malt, caramel and hop sense. Medium bitter, some sweetness with a good dry malt and some fruitiness ending. Nice esb.

Tried on 20 Mar 2023 at 07:18


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft, half pint. @North Taproom - Snow Hill, Birmingham (UK). 18/02/2023 [#5.977 Global - #739 England - #22 North Brewing Co.] Pours amber with a white head. Aroma: toffee malts, caramel and some confectionery. Taste: pale caramel malts, toffee and raisins. Dried fruits. Next one please!

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2023 at 16:41


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can bought at Vinmonopolet City Nord. Off-white head over a copper coloured body, spotty lacing. Inviting aromas of caramel malts and herbal hops. Well balanced taste of leafy hops, bread, and mild malty-sweetness in the background. A piney note to a bittersweet, drying close. Pleasing. (Bodø Panorama, 24.02.2023).

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2023 at 19:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Clear dark amber, beige head. Aroma of toffee, caramel, biscuity malts. Taste of light sweet caramel, toffee, biscuity/nutty malts, dried fruits, bitter finish. Solid ESB.

Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2023 at 02:40


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

25th February 2023
Can. Hazy amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Palate is light, semi dry and has a good fine minerally crispness. Perhaps a little over carbonated for the style but better over than under. Smooth malts, a thin creamy sweetness. Trace of toffee - caramel. The trio of UK hops bring crisp pine and a mild ripe orange. Touch of Bramling Cross blackberry and a little floral lime from Ernest I think. Light and semi dry finish. Drinkable but I was expecting this ESB to have more malt depth and a bit more ooomph to the hops. A bit polite.

Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2023 at 18:55