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Description:
Traditionally craft brewed with Chocolate & Crystal malts and a blend of Styrian, Goldings & Fuggles hops to produce a full-bodied, Ruby beer that delivers a delicious chocolate toffee malt flavour, balanced with a rounded moderate bitterness and an overall fruity, mischievous character. (Description provided by company)
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ABV:
5.00% ABV
Availability Frequency:
year-round
Containers Available:
bottle
draft
Locations Where Available:
nationwide
Store/Serve Temperature:
close to 55 degrees F
Comments
Hobgoblin is Lawful Good, but not a great ESB
Hobgoblin went into the pint glass a clear, burnt orangey-brown with a beige single finger head which slowly shrank to a film. It smells nutty with hints of cherries. With the dark ale name, I was hoping more of those cherries would carry over to the taste. Alas, it is a fairly standard ESB in the Taste Dept. It feels nice with the medium body with some bite in the end.