Marlpool Otters Pocket

Otters Pocket

 

Marlpool in Heanor, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.91
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 12
Easy drinking amber ale
 

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5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On gravity at 2016 Rail Ale Festival, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield - Copper body, thin head. Taste is smoked eggs. Not nice.

Tried on 18 Jun 2016 at 07:17


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Cask. Gravity dispense. Barrow Hill jamboree. Clear copper colour. Thin, white head. Nose has biscuity spice. Then an awful, bad breath thing going on. Don’t know what that’s about! Taste is spicy bitter. Some biscuity sweetness. Halitosis beer.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2016 at 12:00


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

Cask at the Rail Ale Festival Chesterfield, 2016. Poured a clear medium amber with a thin whispy white head. The aroma is citrus, light grassy hop. The flavour is light bitter with a light woody spicy hop palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jun 2016 at 10:28


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

Gravity cask at Rail Ale ’16, 20/05/16. Chestnut amber with a decent off white head. Nose is light airy malt, spice, orange peel, biscuit. Taste comprises toffee, earthy fruits, nutty tones. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with earthy bitterness. Decent bitter.

Tried from Cask on 27 May 2016 at 08:57


6

Tried on 26 May 2016 at 16:09


4

Tried on 01 Jan 2016 at 17:36


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

4th August 2012
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting. Hazy gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Dry pale malt with somewhat insipid citrus. Dry finish with a pinch of spice. Meh!

Tried on 10 Oct 2012 at 14:35


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012, London. Pours fuzzy, rich gold with a fine, white foam head. Pale malts in the nose, light poo. Medium sweet flavor with white bread, straight dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Bland finish, faintly tangy, with basic pale malts and little in the way of hops. Weak effort.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2012 at 10:06


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012.Clear medium amber yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, fruity, light nutty - leather. Flavour is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120804]

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2012 at 23:02


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled@chriso pre-gbbf shindig 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aromais fruity, caramelly, mild earthy notes as well as some slight wooden notes. Flavour is sweet malts, some caramel, fruits and mild nectary notes.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2012 at 22:55