Outliers #1 - US ESB

Beak Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Concrete Blues
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular

Score

7.23

ABV: 5.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 14

Outliers is a new series of beers celebrating dissenters, originals and those determined to chart their own courses within the world of beer. The first release was produced in collaboration with Alyston Upshaw III, a brewer producing nuanced, British-inspired ales in Philadelphia under the name Concrete Blues. A modernised, bumped-up version of Al’s legendary 3.5% “pub ale”, Alyston’s Ordinary, this ESB was brewed with Maris Otter along with Chinook and English-grown Ernest hops for meandering, ethereal notes of apricot, orange, pine and heather honey. Best served at cellar temperature.

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Boozehound74 (437) ticked Outliers #1 - US ESB from Beak Brewery 1 month ago

Tried on 08 Nov 2025 at 15:35

7.3

oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Outliers #1 - US ESB from Beak Brewery 5 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Thanks fonefan! Amber colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is biscuity, nutty and some mild wooden tones with sweet malts. Flavour is wooden, some nutty, mild spicy hoppy tones with some sweet malts and mild blackcurrant elements to it.

Tried from Can on 02 Jul 2025 at 19:03

8.5

omhper (44378) reviewed Outliers #1 - US ESB from Beak Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Sample, thanks fonefan! Clear Mahogany colour, small head. Toasty nose with earthy citrus. Mid dry with medium body and solid, rounded mouthfeel. Toasty and earthy with bitterorange and spicy hay. Long bitter finish. Lovely stuff!

Tried on 05 May 2025 at 20:47

CraftBeerNick (10783) reviewed Outliers #1 - US ESB from Beak Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home 26th April 25. Pours a copper brown, clear. Aroma is malty, caramel. Taste is bitter, malts, clean, nice enough

Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2025 at 15:36

7.6

Cheeseboard (6251) reviewed Outliers #1 - US ESB from Beak Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can, online from Rad Beer. Pours clear chestnut amber with beige foam. Aroma: mild/mid malty, biscuit, caramel, light toffee. Taste: light sweet with slightly more bitterness, brown bread, biscuit, mild marmalade & citrus, clean. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Tidy modern ESB.

Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 26 Apr 2025 at 11:51

7.3

RuneBlix (26068) reviewed Outliers #1 - US ESB from Beak Brewery 7 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

200ml draught at Tromsø Mikrobryggeri, shared with Finn. A deep golden-brown body, filmy layer, scattered lacing. Attractive aromas of caramel malts and herbal hops. Well blended taste, including caramel, toffee and resinous hops. Rounded bittersweet tail. Good drinking. (Tromsø, 09.04.2025).

Tried from Draft at Balthazar on 09 Apr 2025 at 17:25