Jennings (Marston's) Sneck Lifter (Cask)

Sneck Lifter (Cask)
(Batch of Sneck Lifter)

 

Jennings (Marston's) in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.63
ABV: 5.1% IBU: - Ticks: 115
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.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2014 - from the cask in Cumbria. Pours brown with a white creamy head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, chocolate, caramel, raisins, maple syrup, herbs, bread & malt. Medium body. Sweet light bitter finish

Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2025 at 08:58


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

8/8/2019. Cask at Hamilton Hall, Liverpool Street Station. Pours maroon brown with a bubbly lasting off-white head. Aroma of malt, toffee, fruit, hops, bread, nut and light chocolate. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, slight oily and watery texture, average to soft carbonation. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2019 at 09:40


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Half pint on tap at the Hedley Verity JDW. Thin beige head. Clear amber pour. Biscuit bitter aftertaste.

Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2018 at 17:39


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Half Pint at Oddfellows. Pours a clear deep amber with a tan head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has lots of bread with straw and grains supporting. Flavor has a combination of bread and semi dark grains with straw underlying.

Tried on 18 Nov 2017 at 16:29


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen - Dark reddish brown pour with off white head. Sweet malty with some nice dark dried fruit, brown sugar notes, some caramel, sweet malty close, nice drinker. Decent gear.

Tried from Cask on 16 Apr 2017 at 14:20


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hopy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Herbal. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2017 at 11:08


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at the lion and snake Lincoln. Deep ruby colour with a cream coloured head. Aroma prunes and plums with caramel and chocolate. Taste mainly sweet. Thick body.

Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2016 at 13:09


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance: Unclear amber-ish color with a nice tan head.
Aroma: Toffee and fruity.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet with an ok bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Toffee, fruity, bready and mild roasted.
Overall impression: Nice tasty ale when you get bored with all the dull blonde and bitter cask ale.
Personal stats: On tap at J.J. Moon’s in Tooting/Wimbledon, England

Tried from Cask on 02 Sep 2015 at 03:47


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Lord Rosebery, Scarborough. Pours clear dark brown, cream coloured head. Aromas of treacle toffee, caramel. Taste is more burnt toffee. Medium body. Astringent on the finish.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2015 at 09:43


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Pommellers Rest, Tower Bridge, 03/01/15 cheers to Ian for grabbing me this one. Clear chestnut brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is biscuit, toffee, dark malts. Taste comprises biscuit malt, straw, spice, toffee, light fruit notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok Old.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jan 2015 at 16:47