HotShot ESB
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.34
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HotShot ESB is an easy-drinking and remarkably smooth Extra Special Bitter, brewed in the classic-English style. More assertively hopped than ordinary bitters, light copper-colored HotShot showcases clean hop flavors, balanced by its slightly fruity nose and light-caramel malt character.
While HotShot is one of Great Divide's easiest-drinking and lower alcohol beers, its complex flavor profile makes it the perfect session beer for craft beer lovers.
While HotShot is one of Great Divide's easiest-drinking and lower alcohol beers, its complex flavor profile makes it the perfect session beer for craft beer lovers.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
The beer exploded out of the bottle. The enormous head took a long time to die out and I was getting impatient to drink the beer. Looks good with the enormous head and surprisingly some sediment. Sour, bready flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2005
at 13:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dude! There is an Xtreme skiier on the label. Rad? This beer is a reddish amber color with a thin beige head and minimal lacing. Aroma of bread, malt and hops. Medium bodied with citrusy hops and a fair amount of malt underneath. The finish is clean, short and hoppy. Not a bad beer by any means, just nondescript enough for me to forget it pretty quickly. Good thing I am writing this down.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2005
at 23:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden-amber colour. Soapy, piney/thymey hop aroma. Moderately hoppy amber ale with woody, toasty notes, and an even balance. Style Police Ruling: an ESB should not be made with such a clean yeast...this is an amber ale. But as argo0 rightly points out, no complaints. It’s a good session beer.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2005
at 23:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A clear orange beer with a small off-white head. The aroma is lovely hoppy combined with some notes of hop oils - surprisingly hoppy for an ESB - I guess it is Cascade. The flavor is ofcourse sweet malty, but really more dominated by hops and hop acids, leaving You with a dry bitter note on the tongue. There are a slight nuttyness also. Jeppe bring more of this home - nice.
Tried
on 26 May 2005
at 16:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
This starts with a bright copper colored beer that sits beneath a tall dense head of off white. Moderate sweet malt aroma. The flavor is out of balance, bitter and thin bodied. Looks far better than it drinks.
Tried
on 05 May 2005
at 11:45
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a caramel color with only a trace of a white head. The aroma is spicy and malty. The flavor is sharply bitter with nut and spice undertones. The flavor is a bit thin and dry on the finish. Not one of my preferred ESBs but acceptable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2005
at 11:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a deep red with a small white head. Aroma is deffinatly hops with a little fruitness in there. Flavor is also hoppy with a mix of malts and citrus. More of a weak IPA than a ESP. Could use some more malts.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2005
at 21:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear copper body, medium cream head. Earthy, piney hops aroma with a touch of citrus. Earthy, toasty, bready body with plenty of grassy hops and a bitter finish. Nice biscuity malt backdrop. Clean and crisp. Started nicely but faded a bit over time.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2005
at 12:07
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
2004 bottle from Hop and Leaf. Clear, filtered light amber body, with a thin smattering of white head. Aroma of lightly toasted caramel and popcorn, some light earthy/metallic tones, a touch of yeast dryness and hops. Flavor starts out with a grainy, dusty, earthy, dry note which quickly transitions in to a bitter hops finish. Not alpha bitter, just kind of astringent-like bitterness, metallic and mostly flavorless. If someone told me they brewed this to contain no residual sweetness, I would believe it. There is none. Hops and water, some grainy flavor, medium body. Poured it out. . .
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2005
at 16:09