Jennings (Marston's)

Regional Brewery in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Carlsberg Britvic

Established in 2005

Closed in 2022

Contact
Brewery Lane, Cockermouth, CA13 9NE, England
Description
2005 saw the acquisition of Jennings Brewery by Marston’s PLC.

In 2009, the Cockermouth floods had a huge impact on the business and the site, forcing Marston’s to implement flood safety features and barricades throughout the site. A few short years after the floods, brewing transferred out of the town and a mass rebrand occurred.

Marston's retrained ownership of the brewery (through Carlsberg UK) until it closed its doors in November 2022

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7/10
Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2018 at 15:16

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle, 500 ml, from Vrutak (I Think). Cloudy yellow, small white head. Some citrus notes, lemon, malty, average+ carbonation. Bit watery, some bitterness. Some vague sourish note.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2018 at 19:46

6.5/10
Tried from Cask on 11 Jan 2018 at 13:00

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Deep amber-red with a moderate cream head and a light fizz. Earthy, fruity with a little diacetyl , a smooth mouthfeel and a moderate bitterness. Decent enough.
Tried from Cask on 22 Dec 2017 at 15:04

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Oddfellows. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has notes of wet pine and grass with earthy grains backing. Flavor has earthy pine and grass supported by earthy grains.
Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2017 at 16:33

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Half Pint at Oddfellows. Pours a clear deep amber with a tan head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has lots of bread with straw and grains supporting. Flavor has a combination of bread and semi dark grains with straw underlying.
Tried on 18 Nov 2017 at 16:29

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home, golden beer, small head. Aroma is malt, grain. Taste is the same, sweet, some bitter. ok easy to drink.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2017 at 15:12

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Fish Hotel, Buttermere. Chestnut-hued with a cream-coloured head. Caramel at first with a blackcurrant fruitiness coming through. Not bad- I do prefer darker-hued bitters like this; far too many bitters are too pale these days.
Tried from Cask on 26 Sep 2017 at 16:22

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2017 at 12:41

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask pint in my local Wetherspoon pub on 21st Aug 2017. Slight haze to the golden body, decent white topping. Hoppy, citrusy, fruity, dry and fairly bitter.
Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2017 at 04:46