Extra StormBreaker
StormBreaker Brewing
Portland, OR
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About This Beer
Long time beer geeks will see the initials “ESB” and recognize them immediately. It stands for Extra Special Bitter — a type of English Pale Ale known for being wonderfully rich in malt flavor. This time, though, “ESB” stands for Extra StormBreaker, from Oregon’s famous StormBreaker Brewing.
This copper-red concoction leans heavily on the floral and fruity flavors of Golding, Sterling, and Fuggle Hops atop a Crisp Maris Otter Malt base. A smooth foundation of soft, caramel-drizzled biscuit flavor carries blissful notes of berries and ripe plums in every sip.
Tasting Notes
Flavors of toasted nuts, lavish caramel, and organic honey course through every delectable sip. A gentle, yet refreshing hop bite balances the malts’ dreamy, bready, mildly-spicy notes.
Malty
Crisp
Refreshing
Mildly Sweet
Slight Bitterness
Noteworthy Ingredients
Fuggle Hops
Sterling Hops
Golding Hops
Maris Otter Malt
Reviews
3.9
186 Ratings
david4919
3.75
Nice beer but sediment at bottom.
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mathieux68
3.75
Solid ESB.
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robert2864
4.0
Crisp and clean
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sjarvis00
3.75
Daily corona battle. Porch break while relentless small humans nap edition. Earthy on the nose. Floral earthiness with a touch of spice.
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carharttbeanie
4.0
Crisp and effervescent. Light hoppiness. Subtle notes of caramel.
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matthew196
3.75
Light crisp and malty
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peter2025
4.25
Very enjoyable ESB. Malty sweet with a little bite.
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Lily5459
5.0
Clean, malty, nutty ESB. It doesn’t get any better than this
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MDFelman
3.75
Drinkable, smooth, balanced and reasonably tasty. Biscuit and caramel mslts, some coppery notes, a mild dry hippiness, and some mild nutty notes. It's solid, not earth shattering but super easy to drink. No complaints.
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Ethan_D
4.0
That's a beer's beer.
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JAK408
4.5
Balanced extra special bitter. It worked. Biscuity and mild hoppy flavor.
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brett1370
3.0
Good tasting, with the style I wish it was more clear in the glass.
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mike5334
5.0
Delicious malty beer. I love malt forward beers and this is a great example.
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jacquelynn6
3.5
Malty with a slight biscuit flavor on the finish. Solid ESB
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GPDove
4.0
Easy to drink, great flavor.
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Handsofgold
4.0
Fantastic ESB!
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Vblacklabel
5.0
In a word, excellent. I'd buy this again in a second!
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Carsonparr12
4.0
English - ish
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LoniB
4.25
Caramel-y and roasty delicious
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PaddyMeBoy
4.0
Excellent ESB. Attention brewers: Make more ESB!
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PapaCherry
3.5
Light for a pale ale, probably due to English style.
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paul3753
4.25
Biscuity with spicy, herbal, and fruity hop notes.
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ryanvoight
3.75
Malty, rich amber aroma. Lots of bready depth with hint of rye spice, lots of malt, and a decent amount of hoppy bitterness. Quick, slightly dry finish.
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mrkantz
3.5
solid pale. wish I could pick up a sixer of this locally
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john5589
4.25
A proper and well balanced ESB. Glad I went large on this order.
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james8020
4.25
super crushable
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mark3461
3.25
malt & caramel. biscuit with a hint of bitter.
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peter357
3.75
Brewed in Portland, but tastes like England. Reminds me of the ESBs I had during my most recent trip to Britain. 🇬🇧
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Bradley
4.0
hearty and warm with a good hop balance.
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marc488
3.75
solid brew
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roger204
4.0
Everything an ESB should be. Textbook.
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PhilbertHD
4.75
wonderful beer!
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jeremy1090
4.25
One of my favorites so far. Nice English maltiness, but there's enough of hops to keep you into the next sip.
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ryan4660
4.5
really digging the English malts and herbal hops. well done!
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GetKrunkHoe
4.0
a bit hoppy for EsB
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NevialTheNoble
3.75
This is pretty good. Little hoppy, little malty, but still a touch sweet. I seem to have fairly decent luck with specifically *English* Pale Ales. Maybe the Brits know what’s up.
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Robik048
4.0
This was the first ESB that I've tasted. I liked it.
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Levenrah
4.25
malty, crisp and sweet! reminds me off old school Watneys!
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MrBusiness
4.0
A great take on the unfortunately hard-to-find ESB style, with a nice balance of bitterness and mealtimes.
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Manach
4.0
good balance of malt, refreshing on a cool summer night
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mitch31
4.25
Clear copper. Aroma of biscuits and flowers. High biscuit malt flavor, with some caramel, and floral, piney hops. Moderate body with a clean crisp mouthfeel. A lovely ale for the style.
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nyhopster
3.5
solid ESB; malty, sweet biscuit flavors
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anton54
4.5
Super balanced with caramel malt, floral hops, smooth, light honey finish.
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timothy832
4.0
easy drinking and not overdone like a
lot of other US breweries try to do.
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Kwinters44
5.0
yup, good medal for a reason. deliciously smooth
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larry970
0.75
tasted like nothing
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ScoobieBrewser
3.75
A sweet, balanced, malty brew with a little caramel flavor.
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steve1580
3.75
Cloudy amber pour, wispy head. Sweet malty aroma, toffee. Taste is sweet, malty, caramel with a light tang at the finish. Creamy feel with a little dryness.
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