Losing My Edge ESB
Wandering Star Craft Brewery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.99
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Draught at Hotel on North, 8/9/15.
First off, I love how the brewery dosent list this anywhere on their list of "here is all the beer we brew" list. I had the beer 3 days ago yet can find no sign of it on their website or facebook. I’ll never understand that. How hard is it to take even 60 seconds to post just the most minimal "This week/weekend we have these 6 beers on draught....." There, you’re done. If I owned a brewery, I’d sure as hell be proud enough of my beers to do a little bit of due diligence in the marketing category.
It comes as no surprise, then, that the beer, again, is pretty terrible. Underfermented and worty, which is about the worst flaw you can have. Soggy, sweet malts are stewed with fruity esters and there’s very little balancing bitterness or dryness coming from anywhere.
I tried to give the Red Nose Rye the benefit of the doubt, thinking, hey, all these spices and sugars can be sort of overlooked being that it’s a strong holiday ale. But no, this is just uninspired, poorly made beer.