Top Hat
Sanford Brewing Company
- From:
- Sanford Brewing Company
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 3.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2024
- Added:
- May 09, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Inspired by the tap rooms of London, this traditional Extra Special Bitter is an “Every Man’s” beer. Full bodied and smooth with a touch of fire roasted dark malt. It’s a night out with your mates with this unassuming British beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Enjoyed a pint at the brewpub for $7.00 while lunching with Da Boss on 1-31-24.
Beer was served a chilled reddish brown with an okay head.
Nose had notes of light fruits.
Taste was spot on as the light malt base worked with the yeast strain really well and game me notes of apple and pear. Finished with a nice little prickly hop bite; 6/10 on my scale.
Mouthfeel was light bodied and refreshing.
Overall this was a pretty good representation of the style and pretty close flavor wise with Fullers ESB, nice job by the brewing team!
Jan 31, 2024Beer was served a chilled reddish brown with an okay head.
Nose had notes of light fruits.
Taste was spot on as the light malt base worked with the yeast strain really well and game me notes of apple and pear. Finished with a nice little prickly hop bite; 6/10 on my scale.
Mouthfeel was light bodied and refreshing.
Overall this was a pretty good representation of the style and pretty close flavor wise with Fullers ESB, nice job by the brewing team!
Reviewed by chitoryu12 from Florida
3.71/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: Light chocolate brown with gold highlights. Virtually opaque. Half a finger of fizzy white head with decent retention.
Smell: Toffee, chocolate-covered strawberries, mild malt.
Taste: Mild sweet malt with a scooping bitterness that comes in halfway through. Little to no noticeable hop flavor.
Mouthfeel: Average body, high carbonation.
Overall: Pretty decent. A little more bitter than would balance it.
Feb 23, 2019Smell: Toffee, chocolate-covered strawberries, mild malt.
Taste: Mild sweet malt with a scooping bitterness that comes in halfway through. Little to no noticeable hop flavor.
Mouthfeel: Average body, high carbonation.
Overall: Pretty decent. A little more bitter than would balance it.
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