Crew Brew: Elbow Power
Steel Toe Brewing

 

 

 

At the tap room, served in a nonic, looks great: slightly cloudy orange-amber-ruby with a half finger head that subsides quickly. Nose is very delicate and just a little biscuity malt and some faint fruity and floral hops. Taste has a lot more going on: for one thing, what I thought might be citrus doesn’t come through (which is fine by me), but instead shows up as something in between strawberries and cherries, plus there’s some tea-like tannin that lingers…it is interesting and in the direction, in terms of delicate complexity, of some of the English esbs I’ve enjoyed over the years. I do wish there was a little more malt coming through in the taste. The body is pretty thin and light, but the flavor is substantial…it also is pretty lively, comes to a nice point on the finish, and the tea-like taste lingers and kind of coats the tongue.