In the endless quest to find more fine beer to quaff, I picked up a sixer of
Stone Cat ESB. This will be a short review. I popped open one, had a sip and had to look at the label. I thought I had mistakenly bought an IPA. There was not enough else going for this brew for me to pay close attention. If you are an IPA fan, you might really enjoy this. IPAs are the only brew that I truly do not enjoy, and hence, did not enjoy this at all. Better luck next time.
Cheers.
I'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the beer. One of our local beer markets had Fuller's ESB on draft a few weeks ago. Since then one of my buds had been drinking Redhook ESB quit a bit. ESB is one of my favorite styles too. I did find that the Redhook seems to get rather hoppy if you let it settle and I've had other ESBs that I thought had too much hops too. Brewing is a science but, like science, it is not always exacting.
ReplyDeleteI usually love ESBs, and share your dislike for IPAs. Thanks for the warning!
ReplyDeleteI had the Red Hook ESB recently and quite liked it.
I much prefer the Redhook ESB on tap, I do find the bottle version to be too hoppy. I must be sensitive to over the top hops blends, I find them out of balance and unappealing.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever find some of the Flying Dog drinks? It's brewed right up there in New England; Fredricksburg, Maryland, I think?
ReplyDeleteHeh - geography lesson.... New England is considered to be Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Even NY state is considered outside of New England.
ReplyDeleteBut no, I've not seen Flying Dog yet. I am headed to a beer friendly restaurant in a week (British Beer Company) and I checked out their brew menu.... and no Flying Dog!
http://www.britishbeer.com/menu-beer.asp?p=9
go figure. I'll keep looking though.
In fact, I questioned whether Maryland was considered to be in New England when I wrote that comment but, thought what the heck, and went with it.
ReplyDeleteI think Maryland the fine seafood that comes with it would be a fine addition to New England. They may feel differently. :-)
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