Dewy peat moss seeps thru floury pepper breading, charcoaled Scotch licks, caramelized whiskey whims and dry rye snips as slightest navel orange spritz teases dirtily musty earthen finish. Concise English-styled Extra Special Bitter.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dewy Extra Special Bitter leaves earthen nuttiness and cocoa powder upon Maris Otter-malted caramelized rye base.
On tap at Taphouse 15, efficient English-styled extra special bitter invites spicy rye, chalky cocoa and nutty respite to its mossy peated ridge.
A better than average American pale ale styled after an English Special Bitter made for Blu Ale restaurant chain circa 2022. Gin-soaked lemony orange spicing drapes soft buttery truffle-like earthiness and Scotch-nipped pleasantry of an ESB.
On tap at Ambulance, stylish dewy peat mossing and distant nutty caramelization pick up unexpected cinnamon-spiced brown sugar sweetness, dried fig-prune licks and latent perfume musk for slightly offbeat, amplified ESB.
On tap at Hop Daddy’s, dewy mineral grained fungi must and musky lemon skunking infiltrate biscuity cracker base of ‘ordinary’ bitter. A fine “sparkling pub-styled” Extra Special Bitter with lightly frothed head, steady moderate body and delectable restraint.
On tap at Brooklyn Brewery, delectable English dark mild ale brings sweet dewy peat mossing to cocoa-powdered chocolate malting and sweetish dried fruiting over biscuity barley base in finest stylish fashion.
On tap at Growler & Gill, casually winterized Imperial Extra Special Bitter lacks definitive stylistic profile. In a wayward manner, nutty caramel malts, mossy fungi dewiness and moderate earthen hop bittering gain latent honey-spiced dark fruiting. Bittersweet fig, sugarplum and date pleasantries waver.
On tap at Taphouse 15, nitrogenated Englsih dark mild ale merges musky black tea bittering with dewy earthen must, toasted nuttiness, compost soiling and unripe fig above cocoa-powdered mocha malting.
On tap at Growler & Gill, nebulous 3.1% mild ale offers dewy peat restraint and crisp tobacco wisp to latent orange-dried piquancy above meek caramel malt base.
On tap at Plank Pizza, mild English bitter (low 3.8% ABV) stays dry as orange-oiled dewy moss drips onto rye-oats base and twiggy earthiness.
Replicating English-styled bitter to a ‘tea,’ dewy medium body brings earthen peat minerality to orange marmalade, brown apple, yellow grapefruit and peach tones. Light English crystal malting sweetens the brown tea spree.