County Durham ESB
C'est What - County Durham Brewing Company in Pickering, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.38
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Extra Special Bitter: A balanced English-style ale that is nitrogen-infused for a creamy, smooth reminder of your favourite local. Cask, nitro draught or nitro-infused, cask-in-a-can: For best flavour and presentation, gently shake five times, wait five seconds, open and pour into the centre of a pint glass.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nitro tap at bar hop. Clear brown pour, thick creamy head. Bready, biscuity malts, grassy upfront UK hops. Creamy, slinky mouth feel, low carb.. Finish is bready, malts, light toffee, and grassy.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nitro sample at C'est What? Toronto.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2022
at 20:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours dark brown to amber with a small brown head. Aroma is bitter, dry and toasted malty. Bitter and toasted malty. Bitter and dry malty far finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2017
at 06:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Nitro at BarHop. Clear amber with thick beige head. Light caramel, toffee and dried peach, glue, light mineral water. Light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with low carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2016
at 22:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Nitro - Nutty with some toffee. Clear dark amber with a creamy head. Woody, nutty and a light bitter finish. Pretty nice,me specially on nitro.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2014
at 01:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
An amber ESB with a thin nitro mocha head. In aroma, nutty caramel malt with grassy notes. In mouth, a light nutty malt with grassy notes, roasted, ok.On tap at Bar Hop under Pourtentious ESB.
Earlier Rating: 3/26/2009 Total Score: 3.3
A dark clear amber ale on nitri, with a thick creamy moka head. A nice light British hops with caramel notes. In mouth, a nice light and smooth ESB, with light herbal hops. On tap at Smokeless Joes, March 23, 2009.
Earlier Rating: 3/26/2009 Total Score: 3.3
A dark clear amber ale on nitri, with a thick creamy moka head. A nice light British hops with caramel notes. In mouth, a nice light and smooth ESB, with light herbal hops. On tap at Smokeless Joes, March 23, 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2013
at 19:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smells like slightly soured malt. Taste has soft carbonation, on cask. Has some mild bitterness. Actually one of the most decent profiles of an ESB I’ve had, especially considering I don’t really like the style that much. Definitely some fruitiness in there, apple or pear or something. Subtle but it’s there. On cask at barvolo.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jun 2012
at 13:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden coloured. Sweet maltiness, balanced bitterness. An odd hint of cellar flavour.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2002
at 09:05
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
If anyone can explain why a brewery that specializes in cask ales serves their ESB off nitrogen, I could really use some help with that one.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2001
at 11:15