Trafalgar ESB
All or Nothing Brewhouse
- From:
- All or Nothing Brewhouse
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 18.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 15, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.29/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
500 mL bottle picked up at the LCBO; best before Dec. 2014 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a clear copper-amber colour, topped with just over one finger's worth of frothy, creamy off-white head. Good retention; it slowly seeps away over the next five minutes or so, leaving behind plenty of lace and eventually, a modest cap and collar. The aroma is malty, but modestly so - toasted nuts, toffee, molasses and bread crust notes come through, with a touch of earthy hops.
A decent English-style bitter. Bready malts, toasted nuts and butterscotch are the most prominent flavours, with a somewhat grassy, earthy bitterness coming through on the tail end. Mild, lingering bittersweet flavour. On the lighter side of medium-bodied, with mild carbonation and a somewhat watery mouthfeel. There's nothing wrong with this beer, other than maybe the price - I mean, actual imported ESBs usually cost less than this.
Final Grade: 3.29, a C+. Trafalgar ESB makes for a decent glass, though it's not something I'll be rushing back to in a hurry. This is probably one of their more approachable beers, and it's definitely one of their more accessible ones. Give it a shot, but IMO this one falls a little short of stuff like Wells Bombardier or Hobgoblin.
Aug 11, 2014Pours a clear copper-amber colour, topped with just over one finger's worth of frothy, creamy off-white head. Good retention; it slowly seeps away over the next five minutes or so, leaving behind plenty of lace and eventually, a modest cap and collar. The aroma is malty, but modestly so - toasted nuts, toffee, molasses and bread crust notes come through, with a touch of earthy hops.
A decent English-style bitter. Bready malts, toasted nuts and butterscotch are the most prominent flavours, with a somewhat grassy, earthy bitterness coming through on the tail end. Mild, lingering bittersweet flavour. On the lighter side of medium-bodied, with mild carbonation and a somewhat watery mouthfeel. There's nothing wrong with this beer, other than maybe the price - I mean, actual imported ESBs usually cost less than this.
Final Grade: 3.29, a C+. Trafalgar ESB makes for a decent glass, though it's not something I'll be rushing back to in a hurry. This is probably one of their more approachable beers, and it's definitely one of their more accessible ones. Give it a shot, but IMO this one falls a little short of stuff like Wells Bombardier or Hobgoblin.
Reviewed by JClark from Canada (ON)
3.01/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.25
3.01/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.25
A: Slight cloudiness, cuprous red.
S: Limited, but as an ESB I don't hold this against this. Faint hop and malt notes, but almost totally absent.
T: I can only really describe this beer as bland. At first, there's no real taste, but a solid mouth feel. Only much later do you collect a bitterness to it.
M: I do Like the mouth feel, it bites the tongue. I think this is partly why you can taste so little.
O: I wouldn't recommend this beer for purchase. It's pretty forgettable. Tastes nothing like a hobo's butthole. Also, not to be catty, but I found the label very unappealing.
Mar 13, 2014S: Limited, but as an ESB I don't hold this against this. Faint hop and malt notes, but almost totally absent.
T: I can only really describe this beer as bland. At first, there's no real taste, but a solid mouth feel. Only much later do you collect a bitterness to it.
M: I do Like the mouth feel, it bites the tongue. I think this is partly why you can taste so little.
O: I wouldn't recommend this beer for purchase. It's pretty forgettable. Tastes nothing like a hobo's butthole. Also, not to be catty, but I found the label very unappealing.
Reviewed by andrenaline from Canada (ON)
2.85/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.85/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A - Pours a light amber colour, thin layer of head with no retention and some sporadic lacing.
S - Grainy, grassy hop notes, caramel, toffee and musty wet cardboard on the finish.
T - Rather mild, but earthy buttered bread, grassy notes, musty grains and a sour citrus bitterness that lingers.
M - Typical of most Trafalgar releases, a thin bodied and watery brew that finishes with a touch of dryness on the finish.
O - A decent ale that offers up the staples of the style, yet tends to under deliver in the flavour department. Not the greatest, but it's still drinkable.
Jun 15, 2013S - Grainy, grassy hop notes, caramel, toffee and musty wet cardboard on the finish.
T - Rather mild, but earthy buttered bread, grassy notes, musty grains and a sour citrus bitterness that lingers.
M - Typical of most Trafalgar releases, a thin bodied and watery brew that finishes with a touch of dryness on the finish.
O - A decent ale that offers up the staples of the style, yet tends to under deliver in the flavour department. Not the greatest, but it's still drinkable.
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