 DJMonarch (6036), Northwich, Cheshire, England
Aug 14, 2009 From the Bottle at Chris O’s, GBBF Week 09/08/2008
Carbonation. Amber coloured hoppy and fruity with a little bitterness in a crisp and dry malt finish.
weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
Jun 25, 2009 Dark amber gold with fluffy off white head. Not great but a decent bitter. Hops, tea, horlicks, oatmeal, malts. Light bitterness. So so but certainly drinkable.
DruncanVeasey (2695), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
Jun 7, 2009 Clear bottle from B+M. Immediately distrustful of any beer so keen to trumpet about the awards it’s won, but this is pretty good. Pours bronze with a fine slender head clinging creamily to the glass. Inviting malt and hop aroma mingling Darjeeling, dandelion, candied fruit, orange peel, Twiglet and a handful of nuts for good measure. Silky low fizz fullness, soapy licks, robust nutty malt balanced with tea, barrel, orange and a dab of grapefruit. Good bitter linger with hops, tea, vanilla. Like a real-er version of pasteurised Shep Neame. Hops, malt, yeast. Uncomplicated, unspolied, really decent bitter.
marctacoma (34), Fircrest, Washington, USA
May 23, 2009 500ml bottle - pours orange/gold, light white head.
Hoppy aroma, and taste is straight-up hops/grass and bitterness. Malt notes tend to stay in the background.
Great change of pace from many english ales, and I can imagine this would be intriguing on tap. As it is, it’s a fairly straightforward, hoppy English ale. It’s not bad, but it’s not all that memorable.
shoestring (187), larkhall, Scotland
Apr 2, 2009 Blackpool - Hollies Hotel - bottle. Tasted as ’Carn Brea’ Brewerys ’Wobbly Parrot. Carn Brea brewery shut down years ago, however this bottle of ’One and All’ e had been relabelled using one of ’Carn Brea’s’ ’ Wobbly Parrot’ labels on top of the ’Ring o Bells - One and All’ one - strange. However it was superb. Very easily drunk. Sweet start and bitter at end of mouth. Would certainly have again
mike1977ok (633), Netherlands
Dec 9, 2008 Massive aroma of hop as the bottle is opened and poured. Hop flavour is retained in the glass with more maltiness coming through. Taste is quite dry and bitter with some floral backnotes. An excellent beer, a shame that it is difficult to come by.
imdownthepub (5089), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Nov 28, 2008 Bottled filtered, 500ml from B&M, Southport. Brownish amber with slight head. Hard earthy malt, a little fungal in flavour, doughy, some fruitiness with a basic, vegetal hop note. Some bitterness. mine could have been old, no visible date code and Ring o Bells on the labelling along with notes about the Pirates Trust, it was from a cheapo shop.
MiP (8793), Sønderborg, Denmark
Sep 9, 2008 Bottle, 5.2%. OK fruity aroma. Clear amber colour. OK fruity flavour. Hint of grain in the finish.
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