ESB
The Civil Life Brewing Company
- From:
- The Civil Life Brewing Company
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
Ranked #35 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #20,383 - Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 11.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 09, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 23, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Leave it to the Brits to make distinctions between beers (bitters) that are Ordinary, Special, and Extra Special when in reality they are all super Awesome. Think of them as pale ales with slightly different jobs to do: Ordinary is your morning beer (low abv), The Special is for afternoon (a bit more...), and The Extra Special (ESB) as your sipper for a fine meal and long-winded discussions amongst friends. We built our ESB with Marris Otter and some Crystal Malt that lends a nice burnt sugar note and Chinook bittering hops offering a slightly rustic bitterness. Obviously we kept to England for the finishing hops - Fuggle all the way home.
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.87/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look - reddish amber and clear with a nice white head and great rimming and lacing
Smell - malty caramel and sweet
Taste - about the same as the smell just dialed back
Feel - medium body with a meidum light carb
Ovearll - nice ESB
Dec 03, 2023Smell - malty caramel and sweet
Taste - about the same as the smell just dialed back
Feel - medium body with a meidum light carb
Ovearll - nice ESB
Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri
4/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a translucent nutty brown with a finger of khaki foam. Head retention is good. Aroma is toffee, raisins and caramel. Light and refreshing with a hearty malt tone. Flavor profile is toffee, raisins, caramel and bready, caramely malts. Mouth feel is lightly velvety and chalky with a medium-thin consistency. Overall, refreshing and light with a good malty base.
Draft.
Jan 19, 2020Draft.
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.88/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Growler fill. Poured out a clear, amber color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It smelled of biscuity malt with some floral notes. Nice caramel, biscuit and toffee flavors with a bitter balance.
Feb 04, 2018
Rated by sphmiel from Missouri
4.03/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On draught at iTap.
Amber, with white head and lasting lacing.
Malty, medium feel, light floral hops, very true to style.
Jun 12, 2015Amber, with white head and lasting lacing.
Malty, medium feel, light floral hops, very true to style.
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