Morland Tanners Jack (Bottle)

Brewed by Greene King
Style: Bitter
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Bottle. Poured an orange gold with thin white head but fairly decent lace. Caramel, malts, burnt wood, tobacco. Slight bitter finish but unremarkable all round.

Bottle... Poured deep orange with a thin, white head. Aroma is skunky (probably from the clear bottle) and a little butter-toffee. Fortunately the skunkyness doesn’t appear too much in the flavor. Slight hops but prominent, sweet, malt and toffee flavors.

Good fluffy head on a rich amber pour mild carbonation,aroma malty,caramel coffee,butter note.Flavour a little creamy note for start,caramel,malt citrus,very easy drinking ale,hops flavour gives it a somewhat weak background,Morland can do better.

Bottle. Light copper color with a large white head the disapates quickly. Nice hop aroma. Light to the palate. Flavor has a hop start with a light bitter sweet finish.

V - clear bottle, clear amber color with just a rim of head
A - doughy with some nuts and malts on the nose
T - nutty elements at first that wash out into a watery finish with just a touch of hops
P - little flat bitter aftertaste and an unfulfilled feeling after the initial taste.

Bottle. Pours orange with a white head. Sweet malt aroma with a bit of floral hops. Light body. Flavor is sweet, a bit nutty, almost toasty, with floral hops. Not bad.

I’ll never figure out what possesses some brewers to put their product in clear or green bottles. Don’t they understand the chemistry behind what happens when their product is exposed to light?! Orange/brown pour with a medium sized head. Nose of the stuff that comes out of the glands in a skunk’s ass and a taste of the same. Hints of rotting silage in the aroma as well. Underneath the skunk was hints of grains and hops. Finish had evidence of hop bitterness, but also some chalkiness and lingering skunk. This was almost a drain pour. The sad thing is, I suspect that the cask version, or a sample that had been kept in a light-tight box until just before opening might have been good. They really should consider using BROWN bottles!!

12 ounce bottle. The pour delivered a brilliantly clear orange body with a hint of pink in the color. A white head formed, which left good lacing behind. There were some minor bubbles that kept the color dancing about. Visually stunning. The nose was of grains and yeast. The flavor was also of grains and yeast. It was good. Every once in a while, a light metallic flavor flashed across my tongue. It became more pronounced as the ale warmed, so I had to just finish it off. All in all, a good beer, but nothing to write home about. (Sorry Mom. Maybe next time.)