The Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly Beer) ESB

ESB

 

The Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly Beer) in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.88
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 30 Ticks: 10
Our ESB (Extra Special Bitter) may have the word “bitter” in its name, but the key to this style is balance. The combination of malts and hops creates a toasty, fruity flavor. Our ESB is dry hopped with a US grown hop varietal called Williamette, which has a pronounced spicy, lemon flavor.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Où, Quand, Comment : Bouteille, dégustée le 7/5/2013.
Visuel : Couleur : orangée-cuivrée. Apparence : voilée.
Arôme : Caramel, biscuits, léger de fruits (petits fruits) et de houblon herbeux aux notes terreuses, notes de pain.
Goût : Entrée de bouche : Léger goût fruité (marmelade) avec quelques notes épicées. Une dominante maltée de caramel sucré est présente avec une légère amertume de houblon herbeux aux notes florales, citriques et terreuses ainsi qu’avec des notes de biscuits et de pain grillé.
En bouche : Corps : moyen. Effervescence : moyenne. Texture : légèrement huileuse. Finale : moyenne, composée d’une légère amertume de houblon herbeux, légèrement floral et terreux avec des notes épicées.

Tried on 19 Mar 2016 at 17:17


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Caramel malt, spicy rye, and light piney orange hops aroma. Hazy amber with a large ivory head, suspended flocculation. Bready malt, rye, and herbal hops flavor. Medium body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2014 at 15:57


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Tap @ Schlafly St. Louis. Pours a clear, dark orange appearance with a tan head. Sweet grapefruity, lightly floral, orange aroma. Sweet orange blossom, toasted malty, slightly floral flavor. Pretty good.

Tried from Draft on 11 Jan 2013 at 12:48


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Draft. Deep golden color, small white head, solid lacing. Aroma of white pepper. Taste is bitter and peppery, a proper bitter, but with fuller body.

Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2011 at 06:38


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Sweet apple, cherry, and barley malt aroma. Amber color with moderate head. Sweet apple, barley malt and moderately bitter hay hops flavor. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2011 at 16:53


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

bottle thanks to Creedon, pours hazy purple/reddish brown with a medium fluffy white head, lots of nice lacing, head is persistent. Nose is full of noble hops, toast and nutty malts. Flavor is rich upfront with pepper, toasted malts, citrus juice sourness, some rye coming through. Ends with a pepper and grassy hop finish that lingers with more of the malty character. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2010 at 16:08


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample from someone at HBF, thanks someone! Murky amber body. Malty, somewhat hoppy aroma, jam-like malty notes in the taste. As rosenbergh said, this wasn’t all that fresh and it showed in a way. I guess a rerate is pending.

Tried on 17 Apr 2010 at 13:52


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled@HBF2009 (Thanks Tomas Czarnecky!). Hazy golden colour, mediumssized white head. Grassy and hoppy aroma along iwth some caramel malts, biscuits and mild fruityness. Flavour is grassy/fruity hops with big dryness to it. Also caramel malts giving it some sweetness. Wellbalanced and drinkable ESB.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2009 at 03:05


7.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 15

Hop in the City: The rye flakes are noticeable in both the aroma and flavor and I wasn’t so sure they added much to this flavorful bitter. But they did add another dimension and that’s always interesting. The aroma, besides the rye, was filled with floral hops and malts. The flavor, below the rye, was of malts with a nice bitter aftertaste from the hops.

Tried on 04 Oct 2005 at 16:00


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Amber coloured. Grassy flowery hop aroma. Very malty. Saltyand resiny with really bitter finish. A more than solid ESB.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2002 at 04:15