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In Reply to: Pale Ales vs. ESBs. What's good and why? posted by edta on October 24, 2001 at 18:53:58:
ESB = extra-special bitters. A bitters is a bitter ale, it comes in many strengths, from weak strong to special to extra-special. ESB is pretty strong usually. Bitter ales are brewed with lots of hops and very lightly malted barleys.A pale ale is less hoppy, and usually not that strong. IPA stands for
India Pale Ale, it was made originally for export, with more alcohol and hops, so it would last longer for shipment.A good ale is a good ale, "weak" is a statement of alcoholic strenght, they can taste really quite good, ditto the ESB.
If you don't like bitter beer, though, you may like Pale Ale better than an ESB :)
JJ
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I like a strong bitter beer or ale. There's some taste, though, in the bottled ESBs I've had that turns me off. There is a similar taste in the "Hen's Tooth Ale". I assumed it was the yeast. Maybe it's the hops or a kind of hops. Could be something else. Don't get that taste in the IPA type ales.
It could be yeast, it could be contamination (yeast that is), it could be "skunked" which is what you get when UV hits hop extract ...
JJ
Not sure. Reminds me slightly of butyric acid. Slightly rancid, I guess. Sour with an unpleasant background.
That's what sunlight damage sounds like. Heat can do it, and so can some kinds of chemicals that are allowed to get into beer before it's canned. Overcanning will do it too.
JJ
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