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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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Wetherspoon Autumn Beer Festival 2019. Cask @ Commercial Inn, Sowerby Bridge. Golden with a creamy head. It’s a hoppy ale with a mild red berry-fruit aroma, but lesser in taste.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2022 at 17:49

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this is all about the strawberrys but not too much else, I'm not sure what happened to the hops. Someone else said its like strawberry sauce you get on ice creams, and it kind of is with a slight maltiness and bitterness. Shame they didn't think to put any flavourful hops in to balance the strawberry.
Tried on 25 Jun 2022 at 19:31

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[50cl bottle from Home Bargains, Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with tight cream head and light carbonation; artificial strawberry aroma; artificial strawberry taste with a biscuity malt body; and nothing to follow apart from a harsh chemical bitterness - still waiting for the hop explosion!
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2022 at 15:24

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23/III/22 - 50cl bottle as a gift, shared @ my neighbour’s place, BB: 31/X/21, L V0294 (2022-273)

Clear orange beer, huge creamy dense white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: malty, very fruity, quite some banana, little malty, floral. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: nice bitterness, bit floral, fruity, a little malty. Aftertaste: grains, a bit soapy, floral, a little fruity, some banana, malty, overripe banana.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2022 at 17:30

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# 2808; 3/2022. Aroma of arteficial strawberies. Clear gold body; lacing white head. Strawberry, lemon, herbs, detergent. Weird beer. 0,5 l, bottle, supermarket, Lincoln, (Lincolnshire, England).
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2022 at 21:46

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# 2786; 3/2022. Biscuit, earthy, mouldy aroma. Brilliant gold body; lacing white head. Biscuit, malty, earthy, floral, slightly mouldy. Bad beer with faults. 0,5 l, bottle, supermarket, Lincoln (Lincolnshire, England).
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2022 at 20:22

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Bottle from Booths Supermarket, Keswick. Mildly hazy golden ale with a frothy head. Nice and hoppy with a bit of a malty base, but has a fair bitterness to its finish. There's hints of fruitiness, especially in its nose.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2022 at 19:50

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Cask at the Bull's Head, Manchester. Amber pour with a white head. Nose is bitter malts, grapefruit, touch of dried fruit. Taste is grapefruit,citric peel,oodles of bitter malts. Bitter malty finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Feb 2022 at 19:17

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Creamy off white head stayed on a copper coloured body. Sweet malt aroma, Smooth, creamy & cloying. Sweet malt, berries, tea & caramel tastes. Thus cask had seen better days.
Tried from Cask on 18 Feb 2022 at 16:57

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Cloudy medium gold body and weak foam. Soft honey aroma, slight cracker. Taste is more cracker, vague honey. Finishes tinny and watery. Will do in a pinch but hard to like.
Tried on 06 Oct 2021 at 16:23