A better than average American pale ale styled after an English Special Bitter made for Blu Ale restaurant chain circa 2022. Gin-soaked lemony orange spicing drapes soft buttery truffle-like earthiness and Scotch-nipped pleasantry of an ESB.
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AURORA DON’T ACT LIKE YOU’RE MAD ESB
On tap at Ambulance, stylish dewy peat mossing and distant nutty caramelization pick up unexpected cinnamon-spiced brown sugar sweetness, dried fig-prune licks and latent perfume musk for slightly offbeat, amplified ESB.
BONN PLACE MOOEY ESB
On tap at Hop Daddy’s, dewy mineral grained fungi must and musky lemon skunking infiltrate biscuity cracker base of ‘ordinary’ bitter. A fine Extra Special Bitter with lightly frothed head, steady moderate body and delectable restraint.
BROOKLYN COME ALL YOU WEARY
On tap at Brooklyn Brewery, delectable English dark mild ale brings sweet dewy peat mossing to cocoa-powdered chocolate malting and sweetish dried fruiting over biscuity barley base in finest stylish fashion.
HEAVY SEAS WINTER STORM IMPERIAL ESB
On tap at Growler & Gill, casually winterized Imperial Extra Special Bitter lacks definitive stylistic profile. In a wayward manner, nutty caramel malts, mossy fungi dewiness and moderate earthen hop bittering gain latent honey-spiced dark fruiting. Bittersweet fig, sugarplum and date pleasantries waver.
ALEMENTARY MR. STEVENS
On tap at Taphouse 15, nitrogenated Englsih dark mild ale merges musky black tea bittering with dewy earthen must, toasted nuttiness, compost soiling and unripe fig above cocoa-powdered mocha malting.
KNEE DEEP DEAN’S ENGLISH MILD
On tap at Growler & Gill, nebulous 3.1% mild ale offers dewy peat restraint and crisp tobacco wisp to latent orange-dried piquancy above meek caramel malt base.
ALEMENTARY BITTER STEVE
On tap at Plank Pizza, mild English bitter (low 3.8% ABV) stays dry as orange-oiled dewy moss drips onto rye-oats base and twiggy earthiness.
BANNER ALL NIGHTER ESB
Replicating English-styled bitter to a ‘tea,’ dewy medium body brings earthen peat minerality to orange marmalade, brown apple, yellow grapefruit and peach tones. Light English crystal malting sweetens the brown tea spree.
(BAD MARTHA) MARTHA’S VINEYARD ALE
Affable English-style bitter brings stylish black tea pungency and raw-honeyed peat mossing to grape-leafed citric swirl. Light caramel malting and sweet-breaded sourdough sinew provides sugary backdrop for Ipswich-bottled moderation.
BOULEVARD TASTING ROOM ESB
Classic English pub ale may be sessionable, but its body is only fair. Phenol hop astringency and musty earthen peat contrast teasing lemon spritz. Docile caramel malting and bread-crusted biscuit buttering need to be pushed forward. Nondescript, methinks, though very well-liked by enlightened Anglo proletariat.
DRAGONMEAD SIR WILLIAMS EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER
Worthwhile English-style ale (in limited edition bottles circa ’14) brings tea-like dewy peat earthiness and roasted tobacco crisping to resinous hop bittering. Underlying toffee sweetness adds contrast. Dried fig and musty raw-honeyed rye nuances seep thru.
