Marshmellow
Oxfordshire Ales in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.02
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A classic, strong beer with a generous warming flavour. The taste is deliciously fruity and malty with a lingering bitter aftertaste.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500mL bottle, pours a clear amber with a large white head. Nose is subtle, with toasted bready malt and a very slight English hop profile. Flavour is identical, with notes bready caramel malt that dominate. Very dry body with moderate heaviness for the style and ABV. Decent but boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2014
at 12:55
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from asda. Slight haze, Light amber colour, small fletting head. Aroma is musty grainstore, some toffee apple. Flavour is malt forward, some raisin fruits. A touch oxidised. Some earthy bitterness in the finish. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2013
at 10:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks Perry. Clear amber color. Stale malt aroma with caramel and dust. Sweetish flavor, malty, caramelly, a bit dusty, with light earthy hops bitterness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2013
at 03:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
bottle - Pours an almost ruby red with virtually no head. It has a mild caramel malt aroma. The flavor is of sweet caramel malt and maybe a touch of dark fruit. ESB? Really? The hops are barely noticeable. They just keep it from being overwhelmingly sweet. This beer would probably be better from a cask. Okay but underwhelming. Speaking of casks, especially seeing as how it’s an English ale, shouldn’t there be separate entries for the cask and bottled versions?
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2013
at 19:16