The Wise ESB
Elysian Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.85
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Pours reddish-copper with a thin, creamy beige head. Subtle smells of caramel, honey, citrus and grassy floral hops entice while the taste delivers a pleasantly bold hop flavor against a very strong malt backbone. Well-balanced and delicious.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Clear amber golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of nuts and aroma hops. Medium body, sweet caramel and spicy aroma hops. Finishes dry. 130809
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2009
at 03:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet and mainly malty, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2009
at 17:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is hoppy, light pinewood, grassy and vague citrusy. Citrusy and wooden hops flavoured, light liqourice and roasted caramelish malt flavoured base. Bitter and fruity finish.7-3-7-7=14
From tap at the Pike brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and crisp hopppy. Bitter, crisp hoppy and smooth to lingering fruity hops into the finish.7-3-7-7=14
From tap at the Pike brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and crisp hopppy. Bitter, crisp hoppy and smooth to lingering fruity hops into the finish.7-3-7-7=14
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2009
at 08:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear amber with a off white head. Sweet aroma with hops, pine and caramel notes. Flavour was quite hoppy with pine, lemons and a bitter finish.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2009
at 15:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Deep amber coloured body with a very thin off-white head. Aroma of malt and nuts. Medium-bodied; Clean nutty flavours in the taste override all the hops. Aftertaste shows more clean nutty flavours on the palate with strong alcohol and a light english hop taste. Overall, decent, but the amnesia bitter is better. I sampled this as my final beer in Portland, Oregon on 09-September-2006.
Tried
on 10 May 2009
at 02:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Malty aroma with some floral notes. malt, light caramel flavor with more floral/grassy hops. Medium body. Easy drinking. Malt, floral tones, and light fruit linger.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2008
at 14:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a medium brown color, with a moderate, foamy lace - very bready aroma, with earthy hops underneath, and a bit of mineral character - nicely bittered and herbal up front, followed by some bread/toast and buttery flavor - gets a little caramel sweetness after that, but not enough to steal the show from the bitterness - hops come in for a second wave near the finish, adding a spicy/peppery kick - a bit hoppier than your traditional ESB, but it is American, after all.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Aug 2008
at 20:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Elysian Field. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Malty hoppy pine needles aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet malty and fruity caramel flavor with piny hoppy hints. Sweetish malty caramel finish with nice hoppy finish.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2008
at 00:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the Pike Street location. Pours a clear dark copper color with a compact and creamy off-white head that lasts awhile. Patches of lacing. Hops boquet in the nose, with a hint of line. Medium, smooth body with flavors of hops and malt with a piney undertone. The finish is hoppy and malty with a lingering pine and citrus aftertaste. Hoppier than a lot of ESBs, and pretty enjoyable overall.
Tried
on 19 May 2008
at 23:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle. Citric hop nose. Murky orange brown. Roasted cookie malt base, fruit, light brown sugar mellow citric and tropical hops. Chewy body. Sparkly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2007
at 20:36