ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
JoBoy's Brew Pub
- From:
- JoBoy's Brew Pub
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.07 | pDev: 14.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2015
- Added:
- Aug 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A flavorful refreshing session beer. Balanced but with a firm hop bitterness, low hop character, and a touch of fermentation character from the yeast. it also has a complex biscuity, toasty, nutty malt character in the background.
34 IBU
34 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by akorsak from Pennsylvania
3.5/5 rDev +14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at the brewpub. An accompaniment to brisket.
A: The ESB is a brown color, lighter in hue and more like a brown ale. Hazy, the ale is opaque. A thin head, although probably the largest head of the lot, is wispy.
S: The nose is dominated by toffee and nuts, a solid malt foundation that overwhelms most of the earthy hoppiness underneath. Politely sweet.
T: Toffee and caramel in spades, a sweet malty beer that doesn't shy away from the grains. Yeast adds to the body, more of a continental flavor. Overall the ale is very smooth, aided immensely by that malt sweetness.
M: The mouthfeel is nearly syrupy, heavy on the toffee and English malt bill. That being said, its full flavor is a jolt of reality after the Summer ale. A good beer, but not one that I'd pair with barbeque.
Aug 18, 2011A: The ESB is a brown color, lighter in hue and more like a brown ale. Hazy, the ale is opaque. A thin head, although probably the largest head of the lot, is wispy.
S: The nose is dominated by toffee and nuts, a solid malt foundation that overwhelms most of the earthy hoppiness underneath. Politely sweet.
T: Toffee and caramel in spades, a sweet malty beer that doesn't shy away from the grains. Yeast adds to the body, more of a continental flavor. Overall the ale is very smooth, aided immensely by that malt sweetness.
M: The mouthfeel is nearly syrupy, heavy on the toffee and English malt bill. That being said, its full flavor is a jolt of reality after the Summer ale. A good beer, but not one that I'd pair with barbeque.
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