EFH ESB - John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House

HopEnthusiast

Massachusetts

3.55/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This beer pours a nice hazy brown with a head that is a light tan. There is actually excellent lacing. There is a nice hop and yeast aroma with a hint of citrus. As for the taste, it is not exactly extra bitter. There is a little bitterness to it, but tastes like it is watered down. I tried to find some taste other than the very faint hop taste but i couldn't. An allright brew house beer.

Serving type: growler
@ John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House, 1 Worcester Road, Framingham

10-24-2008 00:47:39 | More by HopEnthusiast

necoadam

Connecticut

3.88/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

What that EFH stood for is beyond me. But this was a nice ESB.

22oz mug.

A nice copper color with a off-white head that stayed the entire way down.

Smell was a little light but some nice malts with a flare of some hops, but it was all too light.

Taste made up for it though. A nice malt backbone along with some slight caramel and toasted flavors. Hops enter in the middle to give it a balance effect.

Mouthfeel was light to medium with the right amount of carbonation.

Looks like a new receipe considering their regular ESB didn't do so well. But a nice well rounded ESB that went down nicely.

Serving type: on-tap
@ John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge

01-03-2005 16:32:42 | More by necoadam