Dartmoor Brewery Jail Ale

Jail Ale

 

Dartmoor Brewery in Princetown, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.25
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 58
A full-bodied, deep golden brown beer, Jail Ale has a well-rounded flavour and a rich, moreish aftertaste. We’re proud to have achieved many top awards with Jail Ale in the Premium Bitter categories at numerous beer festivals.
 

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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsbury’s in Bude, Cornwall. An amber/brown coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Sweet, caramel aroma. Tastes sweet, caramel, malty and rather thin. Nowt special.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2014 at 11:10

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Cask @ City Arms, Cardiff. Copper with massive head and lacing. Faint aroma if honey on toast, berries with a bit if sulphur. Taste is a sour-bitter astringent experience. A bit of sweetness pokes through in the corners of the finish. Grows on you, but not my thing. This is another beer I drank loads of in the naughties but we’ve drifted apart.
Tried from Cask on 04 May 2014 at 04:55

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the 2013 Grape and Grain Spring beer festival, Crystal Palace. Dark amber pour with a white head. Caramel, toffee and light citrus aroma. Caramel and treacle toffee flavour. Bitter-sweet finish.
Tried from Cask on 12 Mar 2013 at 09:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Tried on 30 Sep 2012 at 12:13

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Post Inn, Whiddon Down. Has an easy drinking texture, with a nice farmyard style fruity edge to it.
Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2012 at 13:45

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
BB 2005 bottle. Amber with a small off-white head. Fruity and grainy aroma with a dusty touch. Dry and fruity flavour, clearly hurt by the age
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2011 at 11:55

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.@ ChrisOs. [ Vintage BBF 1205 ]. Clear medium yellow amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, oxidide, cardboard, caramel, plum - dried fruit notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, oxidide - cardboard, caramel, dried fruit. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110801]
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2011 at 13:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clea dark golden with a small white head. Fruit, marmelade and grain. Medium and smooth palate. Dry end.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2011 at 04:25

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some mild caramelly and earthy notes as well. Flavour is malty, nutty and quite bitter fruity and wooden notes as well. Well balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2011 at 03:32

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at The Great Western Hotel, Exeter. A dark golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of plums, caramel, and a bit of spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, toffee, and a a bit of bread, leading to a soft finish.
Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2011 at 13:11