Extra Special Bitter Ale

Jug bottle. Poured a copper color with white head. Aroma was bready, yeasty, malty. Flavor was heavy on the bread, with a mild hop character. I didn’t really like the finish, as it was a bit harsh and not very clean.

thanks to Hopscotch for sharing this at the Tally tasting, pours light amber with a medium off white head. Aroma is very fresh hop, and toasted malts. Flavor is rich biscuit and nutty malt with a nice clean hop finish.

raught at Pizzeria Paradiso, courtesy of RJ and Darian, thank you sirs! Orange color, white head. Aroma of black pepper and malt. Taste of tea, orange peel and licorice. Interesting.

5th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Fruity but slighty acrid dry ESB. Not actuallt that bitter. Drinkable if unremarkable.

Pale amber with a small white head. Fruity aroma with a hint of green apple. Sweet and fruity flavour.

Location: On tap at the Ginger Man in NYC, 4.5 oz glass as part of a flight, 6/27/09

Aroma: A nice sweet nose to it, some sweet malts, a touch of caramel apple smell
Appearance: Amber/orange color, a nice looking beer
Flavor: A decent flavor, but it just seemed to be missing a bit to me
Palate: An alright palate, but a touch watery, decent
Overall Impression: I thought this one was alright, but not great, probably my least favorite or the 4 beers in my flight. 6/3/5/2/12

Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 11/22/11

Aroma: The nose is malty and grainy, some caramel malts, and a little apple
Appearance: Pours a caramel-orange color with a huge beige head, and lots of lace
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet, a little sourness, the bitterness is fairly minimal
Palate: The body is light-medium, the mouthfeel is a touch slippery, and it has average carbonation
Overall Impression: The bottled sampling of this beer didn't really improve my impression much. It is still kind of a mediocre beer. I didn't love it. It is drinkable, but there is just something about the feel that doesn't quite work as well as one might hope. Eh... 5/3/6/2/12

Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Light unclear medium amber orange color with a small, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, moderate hoppy, old apples, rubber. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (050808)

Dark amber body without a head. Smell of dark citrus fruits. Fresh and dry palate flavoured by grapefruits and honeyed malt. Lingering bitter endnotes. Well bodied and a pleasure to drink (half pint shared with Geir, at Bieres Sans Frontieres, GBBF 06.08.2008)

Cask, GBBF 08... copper colour ... wattery woody hop ... light druit and dry fruity bitter finish

Cask at the GBBF 2008, gravity dispense. ABV was 5.5%. Golden brown colour, no head. Moderate aroma of fruity hops, notes of blackcurrants. The flavour is first malty with notes of honey and caramel, then a hoppy bitterness takes over and lasts through the aftertaste - fruity hops first, then a "dusty" finish.