Georgie's Best Dry-Hopped ESB
Bomber Brewing

Georgie's Best Dry-Hopped ESBGeorgie's Best Dry-Hopped ESB
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From:
Bomber Brewing
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.63 | pDev: 12.67%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
51
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 16, 2019
Added:
Feb 17, 2014
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by jrempel:
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Rated by jrempel from Canada (BC)

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Aug 11, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.33 by IPAnicked from Canada (BC)

Feb 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)

Jan 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.71 by Exeter from Canada (AB)

Jan 13, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)

Jan 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.27 by BcCraft710 from Canada (BC)

Oct 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.13 by Tpop1005 from Canada (BC)

Jul 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.28 by headlessparrot from Canada (ON)

Jun 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.97 by Lilfo0 from Canada (BC)

Apr 19, 2016
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Reviewed by Mlkluther from Canada (AB)

3.69/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A great ESB though not in a classic way. It's more hoppy than your average ESB. However, even with the hop accent, it maintains the characterstics of the style and it is very enjoyable.
Apr 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Mar 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

Feb 28, 2016
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington

3.73/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
I had this beer on-tap in a big Pilsner-style glass at the brewery.

Appearance: beautiful deep copper hue with a finger of frothy ivory foam. Quite nice indeed.

Smell: dry, grainy and caramelly. Nice, if not rich.

Taste: yeasty, nutty and a bit caramelly. Not bad, but muddled for an ESB.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a big carbonation and a good creaminess. I dig it.

Overall: not a bad ESB, but not super clean.
Feb 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.62 by mattsander from Canada (AB)

Feb 11, 2016
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Reviewed by Hat_Fulla_Beer from Canada (AB)

4.06/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
355ml can poured into tulip.

Pours a clear amber red with one finger of tan head that leaves splashing sea foam lace as it recedes.

Smells of nutty caramel malt, orange and grapefruit zest and grassy, piney hops.

Tastes of more caramel malt, lightly sugared mixed nuts and raisins, caramel apple, more orange and grapefruit, and more grassy green hops.

Feels solid and sturdy. Medium bodied with appropriate carbonation. Finishes off-dry.

Verdict: Highly recommended. Nice to see a ESB from BC that doesn't taste like grapefruit rape.
Feb 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Jan 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.01 by Shadman from Canada (AB)

Jan 25, 2016
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

4/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
355ml can - nice to see this BC brewery's offerings now available in Alberta!

This beer pours a clear, bright medium bronzed amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and lightly rocky tan head, which leaves some minor snow rime lace around the glass as it quickly abates.

It smells of semi-sweet, bready and mildly doughy caramel malt, biscuity nougat, muddled, but still pleasant citrus bitters, a soft earthy nuttiness, and more leafy, weedy, and grassy hops. The taste is gritty, grainy, and nicely biscuity caramel malt, peppy orange and white grapefruit citrus, a bit of raisin-led dark fruitiness, some mild flinty mineral notes, and the same earthy, leafy, and faintly grassy green hop bitters from the nose.

The carbonation is present and accounted for in its generally workaday frothiness, the body a sturdy middleweight, and mostly quite smooth, with a wee airy creaminess arising as things warm up a bit. It finishes off-dry, the underlying caramel/nougat sweetness not ready to let go just yet, it would appear.

I likes me a decent ESB, and what we have here is a more than decent ESB, ergo, I very much like this beer! Bomber has done well to integrate lots of heady English crystal malt into this one, and it shows, alongside a hop schedule that is commendable in its restraint. Worth a go, for sure, and with 6-pack crushing prices to boot!
Jan 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by BlueSpader from Washington

Dec 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.32 by Jeremy7 from Canada (BC)

Sep 03, 2015
Georgie's Best Dry-Hopped ESB from Bomber Brewing
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 51 ratings