Sierra Nevada ESB (Early Spring Beer)
12 oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours a cloudy golden light amber with 2 fingers of billowy off-white head. Pretty nice looking retention that leaves just HUGE rings of sticky lace down the sides of the glass. The aroma is a well balanced and quite biting mix of light, tingling, earthy hops, citrus, and a sweet maltiness. The taste is subtle earthy hops and tangy citrus, with a silky base of caramel sweetness behind it. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slick oily feel surrounded by a fairly smooth and creamy carbonation. This wasn't bad. The earthiness of the hop profile and realatively smooth nature reminded me quite a bit of the spring time. This should work quite good as a flavorful and thrist quenching selection well into the summer.