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Marstons Old Empire (Cask) 3.03 66

Marstons Old Empire (Cask)

Percentile
49
overall
Brewed by Marstons (Marstons plc)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Burton-on-Trent, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
663.06/5.03.03/5.05.7%41English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Occasional - most recently March & April 2007.
NOTE: Only ratings of the cask version should be entered here - the bottled version has a separate listing.
A tempting aroma of biscuity malt, floral hops, vanilla and toffee, with hints of citrus fruit. A very refreshing, drinkable and well balanced India Pale Ale.
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 YK23 (271), Haifa, Israel
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Aug 17, 2006  
Cask at GBBF 06’: fresh, juicy, very fruity, hoppy and refrashingly bitter, medium bodied, i really liked this one.


 ALLOVATE (1126), Perth, Australia
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/102/54/20
Aug 3, 2006  
Handpump @ the Three Tuns Inn, York, Nth Yorkshire.
Clear, medium gold with a tinge of copper. Short, incomplete head that left just a little lace. Raspy, sharp and bitter hop nose that died off quickly. Huge presence of alcohol spice in the first mouthful. Quite thin for style and soft on the palate. Grassy bitter bite in back with a touch of honey malts and plastic across the tongue. Ill-defined and suffering from unintegrated flavours, this just seemed bland and too alcoholic for its body. The finish was like vodka and eucalyptus. Not good at all. One for a re-rate if I get the chance, but for now I can only rate it poorly.


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 7, 2006  
Cask at Københavnske Øldage 2006. Pale amber colour with a weak head. Light malty nose with a touch of fruitness. Malty flavour with a hoppieness with some citrus notes.


 yngwie (4974), Kristiansand, Norway
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/512/20
Jun 6, 2006  
Cask at the Wharf, Aalborg, DK. Clear, golden beer with a small, almost non-existing white head. Light malty aroma with a hoppiness that I didn’t like that much. The flavor is mostly bitter, with fruityness and some caramel-notes. Some carbonation is felt in the mouth, and it has a long, dry bitterness in the finish. (060506)


 anders37 (4747), Malmö, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
May 29, 2006  
Cask at Københavnske Øldage 2006. Pours an amber colour with no head. Fruity aroma with some hints of hops. Fruity malty flavor. Long malty aftertaste with some bitterness.


 Papsoe (15093), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/512/20
May 26, 2006  
(On tap - cask) Clear amber golden - no head. Lightly citrusy nose. Medium-bodied with some caramel and a dry, bitter finish. 190506


 gunnfryd (3601), Kristiansand, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 14, 2006  
On cask at the Wharf Aalborg. Dark golden colour with a white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma. The flavour has the same elements. Dry bitter finish.


 Mungo (2474), Southampton, Hampshire, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/58/20
Feb 25, 2006  
Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Sulpherous Marstons nose, lots of malt aromas and light hops which don’t have much interest. Sweet with noticeable alcohol and not much bitterness.



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