Extra Special Bitter (ESB)
Hargreaves Hill in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.92
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours hazy amber with alight beige head. Toasted malt, caramel, brown bread, nice.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Extra Special Bitter (ESB) from Hargreaves Hill 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
16/10/2022. Bottle from Dan Murphy’s. Pours clear amber brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma of malt, toffee, biscuit, bread, fruit and flowers. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, quite smooth, average carbonation. Pretty well done ESB.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A nice new world ESB with lots of caramel and biscuit and a bit of chocolate combined with bitter new world citrus hops. Slight metallic taste is the only drawback. Leaves a nice, warm aftertaste of a caramel biscuit.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Extra Special Bitter (ESB) from Hargreaves Hill 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at the Napier Hotel, Melbourne. Poured a murky medium brown with a frothy white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is malt, light woody metallic hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a dry malt, light watery, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. An ESB? I really don't think so. Way too light, over carbonated and lacks body & defining flavours.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I really think the ESB title is misleading as it really is more of an APA than anything. Copper with a white head. Rustic hop aroma with a medium malt profile and some sweetness. Round malty finish leads to a dryer hop aftertaste. Quite hoppy with a hefty fruit tone. Very enjoyable once I got past thinking it was going to be an ESB.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Extra Special Bitter (ESB) from Hargreaves Hill 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2015 rating: Hazy light amber, earthy caramel and piney hops, and similar balance on the palate. Earthy with a floral, almost spicy accent. Good bitter.
2013 rating: Hazy fruity, almost English-tasting. Good complexity, caramel malts. Clean yeast but otherwise English-tasting. Not particularly distinctive. 7-4-7-4-15 = 3.7
gnoff (11188) reviewed Extra Special Bitter (ESB) from Hargreaves Hill 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
First ratingBottled 33 cl at Penny Blue, Melbourne. On July 25, 2013.Marked 5.2% ABV.Hazy copper color, white head. Sweet, malty, hoppy taste. Hoppy, bitter aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Sweet, malty scent.7/3/7/3/13=3.3RerateDraught as part of a tasting paddle at The Australian Hotel on October 9, 2015.Murky brown color, teal head. Herbal hoppy, roasted, toasted taste. Toasted aftertaste. Medium light to fizzy mouthfel, medium bitterness. Herbal, roasted scent.7/2/67/2/13=3.0
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Bottle) Clear golden with good of-white head. Lovely floral aroma with hints of passionfruit and undertones of toffee. Medium body with excellent carbonation. Rich caramel foretaste moves to an excellent bitter finish. Overall a very good beer.