AleSmith Best Bitter - AleSmith Brewing Company

HopHead84

California

4.28/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12/8/2011

On tap at Alesmith. Described as a session version of Anvil ESB.

A: Reddish orange with a mountainous beige head. Good retention and lots of lacing.

S: Esters give off plum, grape, and date aromatics. Baked bread blends with caramel.

T: Pronounced fruity yeast character reminds me of plum and cherry. There's a little raspberry in there as well. Very interesting. Malt is biscuity with a touch of caramel.

M: Lower medium body with upper moderate carbonation.

Overall: A pretty damn good session ale. Lots of flavor and low alcohol. What more could you ask for in such a beverage? Oh, it's also not palate wearying.

Serving type: on-tap

12-09-2011 04:58:52 | More by HopHead84

pmarlowe

California

4.2/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

On tap at AleSmith during 2011 San Diego Beer Week. Listed on the board as an "ESB Session Ale".

Pours a clear dark amber with a sizeable cap of dense stone colored foam. Nice lacing and retails a film of head throughout. Smell is floral with citrus in the secondary (some bright orange). Taste leans more towards a biscuity pale malt with some creamy orange. Smooth medium carbonation and medium body. Overall, this is extremely drinkable; I think I could put down liters of this.

Serving type: on-tap

11-07-2011 00:34:19 | More by pmarlowe