Villier's Extra Special Bitter
Zero Gravity Craft Brewery in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.82
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured into an English pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy burnt orange almost amber color with a nice transparency about it. Sly carbonation runs steadily up. Foamy finger’s worth of white head. Dissipates nice and even. Moderate lace.
The aroma picks up a sly malted biscuity sweetness rolling on into some light earthy to grassy hops. Sly butter-ed honey underneath.
The flavor yields to the malts crisp and sweet, subtle grassy hops come back to balance or try to at least. Biscuity malty aftertaste rubbing against the finish appropriately.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Good fairly low carbonation. Mild malty smoothness.
Overall, good ESB for the most part. I’d be willing to have again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft Three Penny Tap Room. Pint glass displays a clear amber with low carbonation. Nose is really nothing but bread malt. Taste thankfully is better. Malt and hops are balanced just right. I find myself going to the ESB style more often after a strong night of drinking. Well, I.had a hard weekend of.drinking so.... This brew was nice and.east to drink on a Sunday afternoon. It’s decent if you want a mellow brew. Worth a try if you like the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A deep copper amber ale with a thin lacing creamy mocha head. In aroma, a mineral malt with grassy hops, wild grass, not bad. In mouth, a nice nutty malt with grassy hops, light treacle notes, very nice. On tap at AFB Burlington, March 18 2012.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at the brewpub - burnt brown/copper pour, with a lasting head - more of an american hop profile in the aroma, but that can be forgiven - toasty, with light caramel and roasted nuts throughout - a touch of mineral flavor makes the beer taste more "authentic" - one of the better beers I had here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On draught at the brewpub (well it’s really a nice restaurant with a small brewery), 4/16/05. Dark copper-auburn, medium amount of mostly dissipating off-white head, quite transluscent body, light lacing. Smells fuzzy and bitter, with light toasted malt, a bit of iron and caramel. Flavor begins dry, lightly woody/grainy with lots of toasted malt. Prickly, but not very bitter hops add good balance and as it warms and finishes there is a touch of creamy caramel. Very crystally (malt), quite carbonated, but oh so fresh tasting. Medium body with no water/thinning.