ESB
Perennial Artisan Ales
- From:
- Perennial Artisan Ales
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
Ranked #15 - ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #16,823 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 6.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 11, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 10, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Collaboration with Civil Life Brewing Company.
We wanted to kick off our 10th anniversary collaboration with a place near and dear to all of our hearts at Perennial. Civil Life embodies everything your local pub aspires to be. Friendly faces, a comfortable environment for discussions, a strong relationship to its neighborhood and neighbors, and the beer there is some of the best in the world. This beer we virtually collaborated on is a pretty classic ESB. Restrained but lingering bitterness is accompanied by waves of bready malt and classic noble hops. This beer reminds us of playing Trivial Pursuit in an upstairs nook, the first time Tony made pulled pork nachos, and Patrick doing Saturday NYT crossword puzzles in ink.
We wanted to kick off our 10th anniversary collaboration with a place near and dear to all of our hearts at Perennial. Civil Life embodies everything your local pub aspires to be. Friendly faces, a comfortable environment for discussions, a strong relationship to its neighborhood and neighbors, and the beer there is some of the best in the world. This beer we virtually collaborated on is a pretty classic ESB. Restrained but lingering bitterness is accompanied by waves of bready malt and classic noble hops. This beer reminds us of playing Trivial Pursuit in an upstairs nook, the first time Tony made pulled pork nachos, and Patrick doing Saturday NYT crossword puzzles in ink.
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Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
3.88/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L: Pours a golden orange color with a foamy white head and lots of lacing on the glass.
S: Sweet caramel, hints of toffee, and earthy nutty malt with a slight hop.
T: Caramel, and nutty, a hint of toffee, some toasted bread and a lighter noble hop. A very enjoyable esb.
F: Smooth carbonation, medium body.
O: A nice example of the ESB style
Mar 06, 2025S: Sweet caramel, hints of toffee, and earthy nutty malt with a slight hop.
T: Caramel, and nutty, a hint of toffee, some toasted bread and a lighter noble hop. A very enjoyable esb.
F: Smooth carbonation, medium body.
O: A nice example of the ESB style
Reviewed by Jmsandberg17 from Missouri
4.17/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16oz can pours a golden yellow color inclining heavily to orange with a small but dense off-white colored head that fades down to a thick ring and thin layer while leaving plenty of lacing. Smells very lightly of honey, caramel, and bread. Hearty bready malt flavor with lots of honey, toffee, and caramel. Moderate but restrained herbal bitterness, mild sweetness, medium body, smooth carbonation mouthfeel, and a honey-herbal-bitter aftertaste.
This was a damn good beer. Perfect flavor balance and somehow feels satisfying and substantial yet still sessionable. Would certainly buy again.
Mar 24, 2024This was a damn good beer. Perfect flavor balance and somehow feels satisfying and substantial yet still sessionable. Would certainly buy again.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.1/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
"""Best by 6/3/24""; drank 2/27/24 @ the Yarchives.
See-through orange appearance.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE khaki head; strong tree-rung lacing remained.
Bread & faint lemon notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Fresh bread & faint lemon flavors.
Simple, solid, well-made ESB. I'd have another..."
Feb 28, 2024See-through orange appearance.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE khaki head; strong tree-rung lacing remained.
Bread & faint lemon notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Fresh bread & faint lemon flavors.
Simple, solid, well-made ESB. I'd have another..."
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.34/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Very murky orangey light brown pour with a tan head. Malts lead the nose with orange zest, faint brown bread and earth.
Taste features earthy and grassy hops atop toasted malt, faint caramel, a whisper of mineral water, before decent brown bread yeast and zesty citrus round out. Feel is medium bodied, malt forward, soft and smooth. Wish I could have this one cask, but from the can I have to say I am impressed
Jan 05, 2023Taste features earthy and grassy hops atop toasted malt, faint caramel, a whisper of mineral water, before decent brown bread yeast and zesty citrus round out. Feel is medium bodied, malt forward, soft and smooth. Wish I could have this one cask, but from the can I have to say I am impressed
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On draft at Four Moon Tavern, 12 oz. served in a footed goblet. Golden amber tone with bright clarity and a slight reddish tint in the light. Aroma is malt and yeast forward, nutty with a hint of dried apricot esters. Taste is much the same, smooth and malty, nutty with a mild back end bitterness in the dry finish. Light to medium bodied, carb is smooth and carries it along well. Great with food. A prototypical example of the style, classic in every way. Perennial beer #45
Nov 17, 2022
Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
3.71/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Clear cherry amber color. Small off-white head with a bit of lace.
Aroma of sweet malt, somewhat floral.
Taste of caramel, bread. Late hop bitterness.
Very drinkable.
Oct 22, 2022Aroma of sweet malt, somewhat floral.
Taste of caramel, bread. Late hop bitterness.
Very drinkable.
Reviewed by Olesjm from Kansas
3.82/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: golden with a long lived tight head and high effervescence.
S: slightly fruity and moderately bitter
T: bitter, not floral hoppy, and clean. Some toasty notes.
M: medium bodied and overly effervescent for an ESB
O: a slightly more bitter and dry ESB.
Oct 14, 2022S: slightly fruity and moderately bitter
T: bitter, not floral hoppy, and clean. Some toasty notes.
M: medium bodied and overly effervescent for an ESB
O: a slightly more bitter and dry ESB.
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