Saranac ESB - Matt Brewing Company

Jason

Massachusetts

2.45/5  rDev -26.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

Presentation: 12 oz brown bottle with no freshness date.

Appearance: Quick to foam but not a gusher, bright and clear copper color. Fluffy lace with decent retention.

Smell: Wet citric hop, very little malt in the nose. Hops are almost perfumy … extract?

Taste & Mouth Feel: Astringent bitterness kills the taste buds right away, soapy hop flavor … weird hop character all around. Faint malt … but the pungent hops just smash it away.

Drinkability & Notes: I even let this beer warm up to cellar temperature to get the full effect. I like hoppy beers, very hoppy at that … this one lost me at the first sip.

Serving type: bottle

02-04-2005 23:32:45 | More by Jason

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mikesgroove

South Carolina

2.98/5  rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

i have been assembling full lineups from breweries and randomly doin these horizontal tastings with my family. The saranac one from a couple weeks ago was more then epic as it took months to gather all of these, but it was a hell of a fun night! Big thanks to Alex for pulling through on the bulk of these

There was alot of carbonation visible streaming up from the bottom of the glass to replenish what little head there was. Decent side glass lace as well.

I really had to search for this one to be able to find any hint of anything really. It just came off way to light. When I was able to find an aroma it was most very light grain and wheat with a slight hint of earthy grass. This was your average ESB. And I mean average. The flavor was rather bland and non descript with really no defining characteristic to it. Some light cereal grain, and a touch of earthy grass again, but nothing really sticking out in any way. Almost forgotten as soon as it was sipped. It had a very nice amount of carbonation which was the only thing really keeping my intrest at that point

Overall this will be easily forgotten and I would not seek it out again. It was just way too average for me with nothing really sticking out or being different in any way.

Serving type: bottle

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jmbranum

Oklahoma

4.22/5  rDev +26%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

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Rich malty aroma. Taste is very malty yet dry, with lots of citrusy hops. Reminds me a lot of an ipa with more malt. Fair amount of balance.

I think the hoppyness was more pronounced when I had it before. The aging mellowed it out just right.

I like this beer. Would love to have it aged again.

Serving type: bottle

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