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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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask. A golden beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of strawberries, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of strawberries, malt, and straw, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jun 2017 at 05:09

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle, 0.5l. Clear golden pour with two finger soapy white head. Regular head retention, leaving some lacing on the glass. Nose initially a bit lager-ish. Malty character with grainy backbone. As it warms up some cardboard notes get more into spotlight. Thin to medium body. Regular texture, slightly thick. Average carbonation. Moderately bitter taste, slightly sticky mouthfeel. Aroma is malty and grainy, slightly herbal, a bit earthy. Cardboard. Some peppery notes. Metallic acidity in the aftertaste leading into dry finish. Overall, nothing special. Drinkable when served cold but otherwise pretty average effort.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2017 at 11:08

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Bell Hotel (JDW), 5 Orford Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, England NR1 3QB. [ As Jennings Cocker Hoop ].Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good - fair lacing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, grass, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, flowers, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150804] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried from Cask on 24 May 2017 at 12:25

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Cherry Tree, Woodbridge. Pours pale gold with a short lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet malt, strawberries, strawberries and cream sweets. Fairly heavy sweetness, very light bitterness. Light body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 22 May 2017 at 10:24

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Backlog catch up. 500ml bottle from Tesco back in 2013 - Clear amber body with small white head. Aroma is grainy, malty, sweet with hints of floral hops. Quite a sweet, malty flavour with grains and hops. A moderate bitterness that doesn’t really last.
Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2017 at 12:02

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle at home, bbe Sep 13. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, toffee, taste is similar, little hay, not much going on.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2017 at 11:48

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Oranjegeel bier met schuim. Smaak is mooi bitter hoppig met iets van hooi en gras. Best goed bier.
Tried on 21 Apr 2017 at 15:27

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen - Dark reddish brown pour with off white head. Sweet malty with some nice dark dried fruit, brown sugar notes, some caramel, sweet malty close, nice drinker. Decent gear.
Tried from Cask on 16 Apr 2017 at 14:20

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hopy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Herbal. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2017 at 11:08

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Manchester & County, Manchester. Clear copper-amber with a frothy head. Bitter with thinnish caramel malts in aroma and taste.
Tried from Cask on 08 Mar 2017 at 12:28