Wychwood Hobgoblin (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Wychwood (Refresh UK - Marstons plc)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Witney, England

Bottle from New Beer Dist. in NYC. Pours a clear, dark brown with ruby tints and a light, large-bubble, quickly dissipating head. Very slight aroma with hints of sweet malts and brown sugar. Flavor is medium-rich with decent complexity. Some detectable roasted malt character with sweet notes of caramel, earth and hazelnuts. A tad of bitterness on the swallow. A nice, lightly hoppy aftertaste accompanied by some burnt malt. Pretty tasty overall. Would make a nice seesioner.

Bottle, no BBD found, has a clear dark pour and is a red-ruby in the glass with red-brown hues at the sides of the glass, produced an off-white one to two finger high head that flattens to a ring and broken cover and left some lacing on the glass, aromas of toasted and roasted malt, caramel sweetness, hints of chocolate, earth and wood fragrances from Fuggle hops, flavors are pretty much the same as the aromas with a touch of bread mixed in, has a mild bitterness at the finish, this drinks starts with a caramel like sweetness and ends dry at the finish, less than medium mouth feel, light carbonation and easy to drink, a good Mild Ale.

caramel, brown, minimal head, clear, medium sweetness, medium body, average carbonation, bitter,

500 ml bottle poured into a Hobgoblin pint glass. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized long lasting off white head. It has a cola and nut aroma along with the aroma of malt. It tastes of nut, coffee, cola, brown sugar and date with a little taste of earth and vegetables. I’m almost 100% certain that this is a brown ale and not a ESB like ratebeer says it is. This is a pretty good beer in my opinion. I’m pretty sure I’ll drink this one again.

Pours a dark, clear cinnamon brown with a thick and fairly persistent off-white head. Aroma is crisp and malty and just slightly spicy. Flavor is fairly malty with an undertone of molasses and hints of cloves and cinnamon. Texture is quite smooth and pleasant, only slightly fizzy but it does leave a nice tingle and a slightly spicy finish.

Pint at Winking Lizard Crosswoods location. Dark amber/light brown pour with a medium beige head. Malty and fruity aroma with notes of pear and grape. Fruity and caramelly malt flavor with a creamy finish.

A pretty dry brown ale, labeled an ESB/premium bitter by Ratebeer. A mellow dark ale, with a bit of chocolate and some sweetness in the finish. Good.

Bottle. Nut brown pour with alomst no head. Weak aromas of veggies and english malts, sweetness. Taste was way too sweet, all malt and no bitterness (someone has to review the meaning of bitter at wychwood). Rather flat mouthfeel. Not very enjoyable.