McMullen Original AK

Brewed by McMullen
Style: Bitter
Hertford,, England

[Cask at GBBF 2004] A light brown beer with a fine head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and straw, leading to a dry end.

Sampled cask conditioned at GBBF.
Amber coloured. Apple aroma. Sweetish, light bodied and fruity with low bitterness. Dominated by the apple aroma.

Cask @ Coopers Arms, Hitchin. Amber color with a small head. The aroma is malty with some light hopping and fruit / hay. A round fruity flavour with a nice dry and bitter end.

Cask, 3.7%. Clear chestnut colour, small stable creamy tan head. Thin flavour, faintly roasted. Very boring.

Cask@Nags Head. Dark amber colour, mediumsized foamy beige head. Aroma is a bit caramel, hops and malts. Flavour is the same as the aroma in a really mild and wellbalanced way. Also has some slight roasted notes.

<i>Cask conditioned at Nag’s Head, London</i>
Clean amber color. It has traces of yeast in the aroma, Forgettable flavor, just some more caramel than the Mc Mullen Cask Ale, but as boring.

Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with malty and caramel notes. Sweet and somewhat malty flavor with caramel and mild hoppy notes. Discrete bitter end.

(cask at Nag’s Head, London) Crystal clear amber body with a firm off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, floral, grassy, herbal, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, floral, grassy, light herbal. Watery light body, easy drinking.