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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Moon Under Water. Rated on 28.11.2012
Aroma is malty with toffee. Flavour is also rather malty with toffee, some nuts and caramel. Usually I am not a friend of malty English ales but this one was good.
Aroma is malty with toffee. Flavour is also rather malty with toffee, some nuts and caramel. Usually I am not a friend of malty English ales but this one was good.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2012
at 09:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Asda. Dark brown pour with a big foamy white head. Lots of roasted malt and caramel in the flavour with a smooth bitter aftertaste. A lovely and underestimated ale that deserved a higher rating IMO. Server warm!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2012
at 14:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ home. Pours dark golden with a light brown head. Aroma of malt, wheat, cocoa, wood, grass. Taste is malt, wheat, chocolate, lightly bitter grassy hops. Medium body, average carbonation. 050712 ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2012
at 08:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Clear darkest copper with average to huge macropore to frothy off-white head. Decent aroma has hints of dark berries, toasted malt, a kind of flavour I cannot better describe as "somewhat neutral grainy". Taste is initially dark malty, slightly roasty, later sweet with an artificial touch, gains then back some dry roasty notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2012
at 15:32