English Session Ale
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
 
United States
Style:
English Bitter
ABV:
4%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.24 | pDev: 19.14%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
3
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 12, 2009
Added:
Oct 05, 2009
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
View: More Beers
Recent ratings and reviews.
Photo of corby112
Reviewed by corby112 from Pennsylvania

2.37/5  rDev -26.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Pours a dark golden amber/light coppery color with some golden orange hues when held to a light source and a two finger frothy white head that has very good retention, only slowly settling into a lasting cap that leaves sporadic patches of soapy lacing.

Caramel malt aroma with hints of biscuit, slight hazelnut and subtle hops.

Very light bodied and watered down. Easy drinking but mostly because it lacks much body and/or flavor. Caramel malt notes with some biscuit and almost no hop presence. This beer is very one dimensional and bland with a very watery dumbed down flavor. The cask conditioning has mellowed this beer out considerably, making it very drinkable but also terribly boring.
Oct 12, 2009
Photo of Kegatron
Reviewed by Kegatron from Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
This is a re-review due to the original getting deleted in the recent site crash. Originally added to the database and reviewed on 9/29/09.

Via nitro-tap @ the brewpub on 9/27/09. Served in an oversized mug.

Pours a clear gold, with a smooth creamy layer of eggshell-white head. This stays rich, leaving some softer looking, yet still thickish swathes of lacing behind. The aroma is sweet with bread and a bit of bright smelling citrus. Fresh cut grassy character as well. It all seems lighter in the nose yet still is able to pack a delicious little punch in the nose.

The taste is silky toasted malts, with a steady grainy sweetness to it. Green citrus and just enough lightly spicy bitterness balances this out nicely in the back. Pleasant drying finish on this. The mouthfeel is light bodied with a gentle creaminess in the mouth, yet this has enough body to support the flavors. Very, very, easy feeling overall.

Solid little sessionable offering here, with the hops in particular helping to keep this interesting. Serving this on nitro, for maximum drinkibility, was only the icing on the cake. I could have easily had another mug or two of this.
Oct 06, 2009
Photo of beerthulhu
Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey

3.63/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.0% abv.

A: Poured into a pint with a rolling murky brass turbidity that started from the bottom and slowly made its way to the top. The coloring was coppery-orange with a thin 1 finger creamy-whipped milk head that was well lasting and milky white in coloring. The head maintained throughout the course of the drink while leaving a sliding sheet lacing behind. Per style the nitro provided a soft carbonation presence.

S: The nose was fresh creamy malt with a touch of fresh orange peels. A slight spiciness also chimes in as well.

T: The flavor had a beautifully smooth and creamy malting with soft sweet caramelized grains that was slightly dry. There is a bit of faint lemon hopping while the beer finishes with a light flowery hop bitterness, a bit stronger then usual. Overall as far as English sessions go this one ups the ante hop wise, or at least tasted so, offering a bit more hop and malt wise then your typical English counterpart adding to its appreciation.

M: light bodied with a smooth creaminess and of course very little carbonation to get in the way providing a silky smooth texture well suited per style.

D: Decent drinkability, well hopped per style gives this a slight bump creditability wise. As far as English sessions go this was one of the more enjoyable ones I consumed.
Oct 05, 2009
English Session Ale from Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
Beer rating: 3.24 out of 5 with 3 ratings