8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Near black with rich beige head. Dry nose with obvious flavour from the oat. Sweet and bitter finish. Very solid stout.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2002
at 04:53
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reddish amber. Big perfumy hop aroma. Medium bodied. Intensly hoppy, citrusy aromatic finish.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2002
at 04:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Big stout flavour, very even handed though. Nutty notes, hint of fruit, and rich malt and roast.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2002
at 19:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Dark amber; earthy hop nose; all about the Goldings - highly original stuff here, if I had just walked out of the biosphere following a twenty-year stint. Every brewer in Ontario makes this beer.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2002
at 09:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
A little buttery, but on the whole a nice brown ale. Plenty of nutty, toasty malt flavor balanced by firm English hop bitterness. Nice deep garnet color, yet little head.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2001
at 23:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Interesting full flavor - hard to classify among the German range of lagers. Probably an oscura or a dunkel. Very balanced, and nicely bitter for a lager. Light amber color.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2001
at 00:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I think this is one of the best American ESB's I've had. Appropriately, it had a full malty palate, with firm English hops giving it the right grassy, resiny flavor. Remember, an ESB should be brewed to a higher gravity and should end up with no shortage of malt flavor. I esp enjoyed their use of caramel malt.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2001
at 00:20