English Bitter (ESB) / Pale Ale Beer Reviews
Three variations: Ordinary, Best, and Special/Strong are based on hopping and ABV. Burtonizing contributes smooth mouthfeel.
Furthermore Proper Ale
My first awareness of this brewery came around 2008 when I got wind that Furthermore was getting their brewery off the ground. In 2009 I happened upon the label art for Proper and instantly knew it would be a winner. Something about it…sort of 8-bit, yet simple...
Summit Extra Pale Ale
I’m in the last hour of playing Mr. Mom for the weekend. My daughter is asleep and I have a few minutes before a crazy Sunday afternoon begins. The final orphan from my Summit Sampler was their flagship, this EPA, and I felt it time to do right by the brew and pour...
Wychwood King Goblin
A big cousin to Hobgoblin, King Goblin offers a more enchanted approach to it’s dark ale counterpart. Brewed on a full lunar moon this beer is a special release with a bit more of a kick. It is by no means a double recipe of Hobgoblin, however there are a few...
Ska ESB Special Ale
There are a lot of stigmas attached to canned beer. Everyone associates it with something different. For me, growing up in the “Rust Belt,” it was the workingman’s beer. For others, it became the fisherman’s beer, or the teenage party beer, or the cookout beer, or the...