Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew (Bottle)

Bottle at The Penguin Beer-Bobbing/13 Beers of Halloween tasting. Dusty yellow amber with a fine lacing lid. Cakey aroma with fig, raisin, caramel and butter. Slick and Germanic with hay, marzipan and fig notes. Candy floss afters. OK.

Thanks mom. Pours a hazed orange color with a fluffy head. Nose was biscuity and apple-like. Deep malty flavors with biscuits and apple notes, some mineral, a little sweetness...spicey hop notes give a bit of balance, though it remains dominantly malty. However, its a nice, clean biscuity malt profile and is actually refreshing and a big change from what I’ve been drinking over the last several years.

From a bottle purchased from the Bottle Barn in Santa Rose, CA this poured a very clear light amber with a very small and quickly dissipating head that left almost no lacing. The nose is light caramel malts with some grassy hops. Medium mouthfeel and body. Flavor is a grainy malt with just a hint of bitterness.

Bottle. Pours with a small white ehad over a hazy amber-ornage body. Smells like freshly buttered toast. A really thick fouthfeel. Tastes of honey-with a hint of peach and a lightly resinous-spicy hops. Nice.

Appearance: Pours a near clear, amber-hued body with a smallish, sudsy, white head. If nothing else, it does look nice. Smell: Lightly sweet-scented malts overtaken by a strong waft of grain husks. Some earthy, grassy hops to be found but they’re having a tough time getting past all those grains. Taste: Sweetish pale maltiness positively littered with discarded grain husks. Meager hint of dried fruits. Touch of muted citrus along with some leafy, earthy hops and a light bitterness. Continued graininess. Dry finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: No thanks, guys. So far, I’m finding these Moorhouse’s brews to be tremendously grainy and husky.

Name: Pendle Witches Brew
Date: August 29, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy gold, frothy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: dry malt aroma, light floral hops, plenty of earthyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of caramel sweetness, light breadyness, bit of bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bottle pours yellow with hints of amber and a white head. Aroma is floral hops, sweet malt, and ripe fruit. Flavor is light, fruity, finishes dry and bitter.

Bronze coloured body with a short head. Pears in the taste with some malt back up, but for me a tad boring.