Scratch Beer 219 - 2015 (ESB)
Tröegs Brewing Company
- From:
- Tröegs Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 5.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 29, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 07, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
We brewed Scratch #219 as a tribute to our long-time friend, Jeff “Biff” Beinhaur, who recently succumbed to a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Jeff was a brewery tour guide and has been a friend of the brewery from the beginning. He even served as one of the earliest volunteers on our packaging line. Scratch #219 harkens back to our original Tröegs E.S.B. (Extra Special Bitter), one of Jeff’s all-time favorites. Using some notes from his previous homebrew recipes, we made a few tweaks to our E.S.B. to create an “Extra Special Biff” in honor of Jeff.
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Reviewed by BFCarr from New Jersey
3.97/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours amber with a thick white head. Not much aroma to speak of. Taste is crisp and pleasing bitter. Feel is okay some body but light. Overall a good brew with a depressing back story.
May 29, 2016
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