ESB
Propeller Brewery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.74
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Sweet caramel. Dry finish. Chocolate nose. Emulating an English style bitter, this copper coloured brew boasts complex flavours while maintaining its smooth mouthfeel.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating - A 650ml bottle, 5.0 ABV, it was a gift from friends who visited Nova Scotia. It pours a copper colour with a loose cream coloured head. Aroma has lots if bread with sweet grains, biscuit & toffee. Tastes of toffee, hay & straw with sweet grains, mild roast and a touch of biscuit leading to a very well balanced malt medium bitter finish. Different bottle of beer in my home No. 1274
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2025
at 13:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
nice chestnut pour, good sized head. Nutty, caramel, with a touch of fruit in the aroma. GOod caramel malt in the flavour with some more nuttiness, and some nice english hops. Excellent for the style.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 12:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Flight pour at Quinpool taproom. Pours clear amber with off-white head. Aroma has light bready malts with a bit of crust. Flavour has slightly stale bready malts, crust, and a bitter finish. Not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Oct 2024
at 02:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Propeller Brewing Company, Gottingen Street, Halifax. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, nuts, hops, malt and has a sweet nutty finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2023
at 00:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from cask @ The Narrows Public House. Clear-ish copper with small white head. Caramel malt, simple, but well made.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2022
at 19:28
6/10
Dark cola clear. Sweet malt with mild ashiness a little bitterness. Kinda not impressed.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2018
at 23:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a rich brown from a bottle. Roasty toast aroma, flavor adds nicely almost smoky toffee. Good bitterness, pretty good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2017
at 20:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle from NSLC, Baddeck NS. A copper coloured pour with a loose cream coloured head;spiced toffee aroma; smooth in the mouth with a solid malty body and a caramel taste; followed by a spicy bitterness. A good attempt at an English style ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2016
at 05:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at Maxwell’s Plum. Pours a clear amber gold with a near white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has lots if bread with some sweet grains and a bit of biscuit. Flavor has lots of hay and straw with sweet grains and a touch of biscuit supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2016
at 16:39
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Tide & Boar. Slightly hazy bright golden orange amber color. Aroma of mixed citrus. Taste is fruity and bitter. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2014
at 06:33