Sneck Lifter
(has 2 batches)
Jennings (Marston's) in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.58
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An award winning beer, a strong, satisfying ale, wonderfully warming and full of complex flavours, which create an intriguing beer of great character.
This dark beer with a reddish tinge, derived from the use of coloured malts, perfectly balanced with specially formulated brewing sugars and English aromatic hops.
First introduced in 1990 as a winter warmer, Jennings Sneck Lifter has become a firm favourite in the portfolio.
In northern dialect sneck means door latch and a sneck lifter was a man’s last sixpence which enabled him to lift the latch of a pub door and buy himself a pint, hoping to meet friends there who might treat him to one or two more.
This dark beer with a reddish tinge, derived from the use of coloured malts, perfectly balanced with specially formulated brewing sugars and English aromatic hops.
First introduced in 1990 as a winter warmer, Jennings Sneck Lifter has become a firm favourite in the portfolio.
In northern dialect sneck means door latch and a sneck lifter was a man’s last sixpence which enabled him to lift the latch of a pub door and buy himself a pint, hoping to meet friends there who might treat him to one or two more.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at White Horse. It pours deep ruby with a small beige. The nose is berry, jammy, toast, juicy, caramel and Vimto. The taste is wood, tangy, red berry, toast, roasty, juicy fruit, jam and dark fruit with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A big improvement on the bottled version. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2013
at 08:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Opaque chocolate brown. Light aroma of forest fruit malt. Not overly great taste, full but simple. Sweet with a token bitterness. Decent but by no means outstanding strong bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2013
at 23:00
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at The Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Dark brown colour, liquorice, leather but still quite a fresh taste with pleasing bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2013
at 13:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Big beige head. Clear deep brown body. Earthy toasted bread and licorice aroma with toffee notes. Dry-sweet earthy spicy licorice taste with salty notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish spicy salty licorice aftertaste with roasty earthy herbal notes. Nice, drinkable, quite a bit of flavour. Better than expected. (0.5l bottle, from Co-op, Whitby.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 12:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the moon under water watford. Dark copper colour with a persistent blotchey cream head. Aroma is rye bread and choc with hints of nuts. Flavour is malt forward, nutty choc. But there are some higher alcohols. Raisin berry fruity notes as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2013
at 12:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours slightly hazy darkish copper brown with airy off-white head. Dusty aroma of malt and caramel with a note of roasted nuts. Dusty, bitter flavour of hops and malt with roasty notes. Not bad!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2013
at 14:39
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from B & M Home Bargains; dark brown pour with off white head, caramel malt aroma, caramel taste bit earthy wet leaves woody some fruitiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2013
at 11:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nose is appealing; smoke, caramel, burnt sugar, woodchips. Appearance is a ruby red. Taste is poor relative to the exciting nose, notes of smoke, coffee, a touch of molasses, and a slight sour apple finish leading to sweetness. The nose is nice, but the taste too shallow. i suspect it suffers from being being bottled and pasteurised, I would want it draft, but would not return to the bottle quickly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2013
at 13:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, full pint at Minster Inn. Creamy, tan-coloured head that stays well leaving spotty lacing down the glass. Bright mahogany coloured body – very nice, indeed. Semi-sweet caramel nose. Dark caramel taste added by a touch of chocolate. Smooth roasted bitter finish. Medium bodied. Tasty (York, 26.01.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2013
at 11:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cl bottle from Doorstep Brew. BB 31 MAR 13, sampled on January 9, 2013.Clear brown color, tan head. Sweet, applesauce, metallic, grainy, somewhat fruity scent. Grainy, husky, sort of harsh bitter, some chocolate, malty taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high dry grainy bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2013
at 11:59