ESB
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

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From:
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
 
United States
Style:
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 14.93%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
5
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 20, 2013
Added:
Feb 09, 2011
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.75 by FreshHawk from Illinois

Feb 20, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by BRD14 from Illinois

Dec 16, 2012
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

3/5  rDev -25.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at Rock Bottom Minneapolis.

Served in a pint glass with a finger of beige head. Decent retention with some splattered lace left. Color is a copper amber.

Aroma: British pale malts. Some grapefruit citrus. Floral hops. Fairly malty.

Taste: Much like the nose, it starts out with some British flavored pale malts. Then I get the same grapefruit citrus followed by some earthy hops.

Mouthfeel: Bitter and smooth. Medium bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. Ends a little sticky.

Overall, I wasn't the biggest fan of this esb. It wasn't as hoppy and bitter as I was expecting it to be. Seemed a bit malty.
May 30, 2011
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Reviewed by scanny79 from Minnesota

4.2/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Growler, poured into a pint glass. A nice dark copper brown with little to no head on it. Pours very smooth.

Smell: A nice strong bitter smell, not too overpowering, with a nice hop undertone.

Taste: I first tried this at the brewery and was leary on it due to it was an ESB, however, I was very pleasantly surprised with how all the ingredients combined and nothing overpowered the other. Has a nice bitter to it, but the kind that made me want another drink.

Mouthfeel: It's very smooth in the mouth due to a lack of lots of carbonation. There is a bitter hoppy feel to it, but it didn't get stronger or weaken.

Overall: Overall I was very pleased with this ESB. Enough so I bought 2 growlers of it, and I would definetly buy this beer again.
May 08, 2011
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Reviewed by JamesS from Indiana

4.65/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Poured an excellent copper color with very good head and lacing throughout. Very nice hoppy scent, slight citrus tones and a bit of Earthy hops. Excellent malt flavor with a great citrus hop finish. Goes down extremely smooth, I could have had several of these at one sitting.
Feb 09, 2011
ESB from Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
Beer rating: 4.02 out of 5 with 5 ratings