Extra Special Oak (ESO)
Element Brewing Company in Millers Falls, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.56
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange amber with a bubbly tan head that lasts throughout the beer and laced slightly. Aroma has a good amount of oak with some sweet grains and a bit of grassy and earthy hops. Flavor starts with some sweet grains and vanilla with a good amount of oak and a bit of earthiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2011
at 18:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours deep amber into an English pint. Off-white conglomerate head recedes to foam surface leaving no lacing. Toasted nut and oak aromas. Sweet caramel, bread and toast upfront turning to slightly sour oak and resin in the lasting hot finish.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2011
at 17:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750 c&c from cakanator. The guy who covers Element. Pours dark copper with a foamy 3 finger off-white head. Slightly musty floral aroma. Medium plus body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is oaked. Fresh floral hop over light toasted malt. The spiceyness of oak permeates. Not getting bourbon or scotch or that sort of thing. ESB heading for English Olde Ale. Or Strong ale. It is exceedingly tasty. Mellow.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2010
at 20:44