Merlins Oak
Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.06
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Olut (21769) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Whittles, Oldham. Deep amber coloured with a small head. Sweet tasting with light winter fruits evident. Medium to full bodied.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pint from the bowl inn almondsbury. Deep Amber colour, no head but I an down south. Aroma us slightly sweet, the taste has this honey sweetness but with a touch of yeast, and malty biscuits.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Three Fishes, Shrewsbury. Spiced malts aroma with fruitcake elements and woody balance.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask, pint on a Saturday night at Compton Arms in Islington . Sparse amount of lacing from a low, off-white head. The body colour is dark amber. Has got a malt-fruity aroma and ditto taste with an oaky touch beneath. Plain bittersweet finish. Decent Brit bitter (London, 24.11.2012).
Leighton (34941) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours a clear, ruby-chestnut with a thin, white head. Fuity malt aroma with light nuts. Sweet, semi-boozy flavor with mild grape and cherry, and faint, earthy bitterness. Medium in body with soft carbonation. Some alcohol notes in the finish, with wood, dark malts and modest hops. So so.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at the Elm Tree, Cambridge. Gold with a scummy off-white head leaving lots if lacing; fruity malt aroma; dry and woody flavour. Disappointing overall. (6/3/5/2/11=2.7) 3/4/2010.
Rerate:Cask at the Eclipse, Winchester. Light chestnut with a ring of translucent head; thin in the mouth with some malt and cereal grains; and lacking any finish. Even worse than before. (6/3/6/2/8=2.5) 11/14/2012
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask handpull at The Old Fountain, Old Street. Chestnut, lassting thin off white head. Yeasty aroma, it’s a bitter, bit of butter. Pretty decent ofr a standard bitter. fine.
Fin (18365) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at The Regal JDW, Cambridge, 03-10-09 Pours dark amber, white head. There is a whiff of lavender on the nose with some malt. Taste is also malty but there I was surprised by hoppy burps. Nicely bitter, and whilst decent it never threatens greatness. A6 A3 F6 P3 Ov12 3.0
Bullit (6144) reviewed Merlins Oak from Brains 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Hand in hand. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of spices, possibly ginger. Flavour is malty, slightly hoppy. Fairly bitter finish. Not a great bitter.