Sierra Nevada ESB (Early Spring Beer)
The ESB poured a very nice amber-a little darker with some copper in it that the usual Sierra Nevada offerings. Decent head retention-look good in the glass. Smell was West Coast hops-piney a little grape fruit floral-you know what I mean. Flavor was malty, bready, and a bit of caramel with the hops balancing out. Put on the back of the mouth on the swallow there was on odd flavor to me. Something didn't mesh-almost a soapy kind of flavor. Each sip was good on the front and didn't taste so great on the backside. Big Sierra Nevada fan but not a huge fan of the ESB.