ESB
Rubicon Brewing Company
- From:
- Rubicon Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 9.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 20, 2014
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by bonapartist1 from California
4.1/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.1/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Wow, a nice beer from Rubicon, with a better and more desirable hop presence than their IPA, which I found unimpressive. 22oz for 3.69 from a Folsom, CA store, I liked this beer quite a bit and would recommend it at that price any day. Very lip-smacking kind of mouthfeel and flavor, a tad syrupy but good nonetheless.
Some (cough Englishmen cough) might consider the amount of evident hop to be a fault for the style.
Oct 24, 2010Some (cough Englishmen cough) might consider the amount of evident hop to be a fault for the style.
Reviewed by LibraryTom from California
3.95/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 5
3.95/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 5
A low alcohol, creamy and mildy hoppy brew. Low carbonation dominates, with earthy and mellow malt tones. Great interpretation of the style.
A bit flat, but it works for the ESB. I do not find the normal citrusy American hops, maybe they have reworked the beer. Not sure what they are using, but the earthy tones seem more present to me.
Nov 24, 2009A bit flat, but it works for the ESB. I do not find the normal citrusy American hops, maybe they have reworked the beer. Not sure what they are using, but the earthy tones seem more present to me.
Reviewed by Halcyondays from California
3.62/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
On-tap at the Beachwood BBQ,
A: Pours a medium amber with an average white head, average retention, light lacing, looks like a standard bitter.
S: Hoppy for the style, grapefruit and malt.
T: Taste is definitely an American take on the style. Lots of citrus fruit - grapefruit and tangerine/orange, malt is bready and lightly toasty.
M: Light carbonation, medium-bodied, too watery for the style.
D: A good bitter, but don't think Fuller's-esque, if this was tasted blind without me knowing the style I would have called it an American IPA. Quaffable, but far from transcendent.
Jul 24, 2008A: Pours a medium amber with an average white head, average retention, light lacing, looks like a standard bitter.
S: Hoppy for the style, grapefruit and malt.
T: Taste is definitely an American take on the style. Lots of citrus fruit - grapefruit and tangerine/orange, malt is bready and lightly toasty.
M: Light carbonation, medium-bodied, too watery for the style.
D: A good bitter, but don't think Fuller's-esque, if this was tasted blind without me knowing the style I would have called it an American IPA. Quaffable, but far from transcendent.
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