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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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Brown-reddish colour, offwhite head. Nose is caramel malts, toffee, wood polish. Flavour is toffee, wood polish, bit of liquorice, nutty. Slightly bitter finish. Well done.

Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2011 at 07:21


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Ealing beer festival 2011. A dark brown coloured pour with a small off white head on top. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes of dark fruit, roasty, malty, slightly sweet. Had this many times before, a solid brew.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2011 at 02:52


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

Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours a clear dark brown with a medium tight head. Aroma is some mild coffee. Some roast to start and a smooth chocolate coffee finish. Very smooth and clean in the mouth.

Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2011 at 07:11


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

Cask at the Wharf. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, dust, roasted malt, caramel. Flavour is dry, fruit, hop, caramel, roasted malt. bitter finish. OK beer.

Tried from Cask on 13 Feb 2011 at 20:48


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

Cask at The Wharf. A clear copper colored beer with a small off-white head. The aroma has a roasted coffee-like chocolate domination and some pleasant fruity hops. Dry in the mouth, full body. The flavor has roasted malts and dark chocolate, both hoppy and roasted bitterness. Some fruits. Bitter, roasted finish with some fruits. Quite pleasant and tasteful. 101020

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2011 at 07:20


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

Cask at the Crosse Key, JDW. Pours a dark auburn with a fading, mostly white head. Aroma holds quite a bit of roasted malts and caramel. Nice flavor, roasty with mild mocha, caramel and faint, earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine to avertage carbonation. Nice hit of mocha and espresso in the finish, some toffee and ripe fruit, light, dry roast and just subtle, leaf and earth bitters. Not at all what I expected. Could do with a bit more sugar but I did enjoy this.

Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2011 at 14:33


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Medium brown with a nice head. Dark sugars, burnt orange, treacle and sticky toffee pudding...fun nose. Deep treacle/molasses character. Nice, subtle plummy-fruity depths, accented by a hint of alcohol. Complex, well-constructed beer. Very tasty.

Tried on 18 Sep 2010 at 09:08


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask (gravity)@Lamplighter, St Helier, Jersey
Dark brown head, tiny white head. Wineous, a bit vinegardish, dark malty nose. Flavor has soya sauce, caramel, dark toffee and then light hops in the aftertaste. Cask past its prime?

Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2010 at 12:59


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford. Reddish copper in colour with a thin tan head; aroma of purple fruit; thick and oily texture with flavours of purple fruit and chewy malts; the finish is dry, fruity and lightly bitter. A satisfying pint.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jan 2010 at 15:36


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

April 2008. Dark brown ale. Strong malt with a clear but brief chocolate tone. Also a slight smokey tone. Dry subtle hop finish.

Tried on 08 Nov 2009 at 10:21