Sawtooth Ale - Left Hand Brewing Company

OtherShoe2

Massachusetts

3.58/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Pours a very pretty amber with a nice uneven dense head that sticks well to the sides of the glass

Smells of caramel, hops leaf, and wood esters

This is a neat ber because you have a couple of phases to it. Sweet caramel and malt, with wood esters, raw hop leaf, then this odd, soapy flavor -- couldn't pin it down until I read some of the reviews -- Zadok said it had a wine flavor -- there it is! Nailed it. Oaky, oily, sweet. And that is something that leaves me a bit on the fence for like/dislike.

Mouthfeel leads into drinkability. Nothing overpowering here. Bought a 6-er and I might be regretting it. Moderate carbonation , nothing great for aftertaste -- bitterness at best.

Overall, not bad -- just not doing it for me. So many times people say that there are bette things out ther. I agree. I gues taste is all in the mouth. I need something more out of this style.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2008 22:52:28 | More by OtherShoe2

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