ESB
Green Man Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.40
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A malty amber ale boasting rich toasted and caramel flavors, Green Man ESB is one of our award-winning signature brews. Our blend of authentic British malts and hops creates a nutty aroma, full body, and a sweet finish. Prepare yourself for a truly exceptional interpretation of a traditional English style.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
$2.00 Wine Warehouse Bottle. Pours brown with some floaters. Aroma is caramel, honey, light citrus. Flavor is brown leaves, caramel, light honey, hint of citrus. Drinks like a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2018
at 00:04
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Harris Teeter, Hamstead, North Carolina. Amber-brown with a light malty, light gritty-hoppiness. Has a low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2017
at 08:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is a nutty and chocolate malt. Not a huge aroma. Flavor is some mild caramel and earthy malt. Just like the aroma not a huge flavor. Kind of going in the right direction but this lacks some oomph. Double the ingredients used and you may have something here.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2017
at 21:52
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pretty terrible ESB, lacking both the fruity funk of English yeast and any discernible American hop stupidity. Looks like a cask ale, tastes like a mild, slightly nutty golden ale, and the finish seems lost. In dire need of a continent to call its own.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2016
at 13:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 4
On draft at Pangea Tavern in Avon NC. It is a clear Amber color with a slight head the aroma is malty and the taste iis strong flavor of toffee with a light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2016
at 13:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at Pangea Tavern in Avon NC. Pours a hazy brown with an off white head. Nutty nose. Flavors of toffee. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2016
at 12:52
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at The Flying Saucer, Nashville. Pours dark amber and clear with an off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt. Taste is toasted malt, bread, caramel and mild hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2016
at 23:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery during RBWG 2014 - Asheville. Pours clear gold with a white foam crown. Great balance, with pleasant sweet, bready malts, nuts, mellow leafy hop bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Nicely balanced finish, with notes of lightly toasted bread, faint earth. Good one. Very, very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2016
at 12:47
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Brown body with a frothy, off-white head. Malty aroma of caramel, dusty grain, nuts. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body, watery/sticky texture, lively carbonation. Very little hop flavor. Its heavy-handed malt flavors and sweetness take this beer to someplace nowhere close to an ESB. Style aside, the flavor is jumbled and the mouthfeel is dusty grain, dirty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2015
at 11:19
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Light citrus and good all around balance. Pours redfish brown with OK head. Easy drinking. Light crisp grain finish. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2015
at 21:18