Landlady Ale
Queen City Brewery

 

Pours a lightly cloudy, pretty clear, watered down amber, pretty bubbly head; doesn't vanish right away but also doesn't linger long; never devoid of some form of head but nothing notable here.

Nose first picks up some toasted quality, rustic grain, some light sweetness; gentle and subtle floral notes with light orchard fruit.

Taste is nicely malty but really well balanced, hearty with toasted notes; followed up by good hop presence and fruity yeast esters; the hops come off a bit grassy with light yeast quality on the finish and in aftertaste.

Mouthfeel is a highlight for me, that rich malt hits but this is a highly drinkable beer; in the medium range for me, barely; lower and softer carbonation, light hop coat with a noticeable but not in your face bitterness, enough to keep the malt in check; leaves a light stickiness that addds to the desire for a second sip.

 

Spot on. So well-made and delicious.

This ESB has a gorgeous light copper color, a brilliant combination of grain aroma and that unmistakable elegant esbitterness on the palate.

Worthy.

Taster at brewery. Not sure what this trying to be. Cloudy golden, skin of white head. Malty, bready aroma. Taste is sweet, grainy, malty, zippy. Shrug

 

 

 

This was poured into an English pint glass. The appearance was a hazy burnt orange color with a nice transparency about it. Carbonation could be seen rising at a moderate pace to fill a rapidly dissipating white head. Light stringy lacing. The smell had some light sweet bready malts with a crisp nutty character running into it and then a slight sweet grassy hops slyly moving in for the balance. Sweet fruitiness as well. The taste was basically the same moving very sweet and smooth into the aftertaste. Smooth nutty finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a great sessionability about it. Carbonation seemed to run light allowing enough to make a wonderful food beer. Overall, hot damn, what a nice ESB, and made by an American brewer. Fans of the style should be seeking this one. Now pass me the fish n’chips.

 

 

 

not enough good american made esb types out there, so happy to see this one. its a little lighter than i am used to in the style, paler in color, lesser in structure, but really nicely flavored and incredible smooth and easy drinking, very well executed take on it. there is a full inch of head over the clear light amber brew. an aroma of nutty toasted malt, the classic english maris otter type malt, and a little toasty sweetness. slight hint of maple to this, but that could just be the vermont in it. the yeast is english but it tastes like it was fermented on the cooler side, as the yeast seems more crisp than bready, and the beer is super dry for starting out on that caramelized malt sweeter side. for being light in body it has an awesome smoothness to the feel, punctuated a little bit by happy carbonation, somewhat higher than we might see in the old world examples of the style. earthy and nutty at its heart, less sweet, this is one of the first beers i have had from queen city, and its very solid for what it is.