Ashes Ale
Marston's in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.72
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A very easy drinking lightly coloured pale ale, crafted to commemorate the burning of a used Burton Union barrel. It delivers a sharp thirst quenching bitterness, perfectly complemented with a slightly lemony citrus aroma. The perfect beer to accompany an English Summer. Definitely not for Australians!
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30/12/2006. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 29 Dec 2022
at 05:53
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle, from historic notes. Source not recorded. Poured pale amber with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malt, fruit and light hop. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily/watery texture, average carbonation. Wasn't bowled over by this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2019
at 18:34
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Morrisons. Bought during the 2013 series in England, but had to wait its turn to be drunk until now. The Ashes themselves have been both won and lost by my nation since it was purchased. Copper-gold with a thin head. Has a light hoppy nose and taste but manages to remain unspectacular even so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2014
at 14:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden, thin sparkler head, nice minerally aroma, sweet biscuity malts, again with a minerally signature, quite drinkable.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2014
at 23:58
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, cardboard, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, elderflowers notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, cardboard, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20130813]
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2013
at 11:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Morrisons - Red body, white lacing head. Bit of malt and caramel on the nose and taste. Other than that, bland and boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2013
at 12:15
5/10
Tried
on 17 Aug 2013
at 20:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a smallwhite head. Atoma is grassy and toasted malty, light cornish. Bitter, herbal and light spiced. Bitter and dry. Grassy and lingering bitter into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 15:49
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at The Bradford Arms, Knockin, Shropshire. Weak malts, vague fruits but ultimately unmemorable, middle of the road bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2013
at 06:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours a golden yellow with good white head. High carbonation. Faint touch of lemon on an otherwise malt toffee nose. Classic biscuity bitter. Some hop bitterness towards the end. Easy drinking.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2013
at 09:31