leaparsons (4180), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Aug 27, 2008 Bottle. Amber with an off white head. Aromas are spiced oranges with dusty, prickly notes. Bitter green woody hops. Flavours are sweet and sour oranges with lots of peppery and grapefruit pith bitterness. Has the usual Marstons caramel lingering. Not too bad. DruncanVeasey (1913), No. 46, Leicestershire, England Aug 10, 2008 Updated: Aug 13, 2008Typical dead boiled sweet aroma with hints of caramel, peardroppy fruit, wood, sulphur, and continental hops. Grassy sweetness, biscuit, cardboard and caramel. Quite full at 3.8%. A trace of orange fruitiness in there, but not nearly enough. Coloured water with an empty hop bitterness. Dead, but not nasty. Gethinbeer (711), Nova Scotia, Canada Aug 9, 2008 Bottle. Aroma was bitter, malt, fruit and oranges. Zesty. Copper orange in colour with a thin head. Bitter flavour malt, also zest and citrus. A little tinny but overall the beer has a bitter sharpness to it which serves up to be refreshing. davegore (178), liverpool, Merseyside, England Aug 7, 2008 dull amber, fluffy head, not much of an aroma, pretty dull actually. some citrus tang but quite watery in flavour and not really much mouthfeel berkshirejohn (1232), Bracknell, Berkshire, England Aug 5, 2008 <i>50cl bottle from Asda, Woodley.</i> Amber with a thick white head; citrus and malt aroma with some Marston’s sulphur; taste is dominated by bitter hops but with an underlying caramel sweetness. Not a very subtle beer.
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