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
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
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy orange beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with a light note of fruit. The flavor is sweet and rather hoppy giving it a citrus notes and a good and rather bitter end. The body is thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2006
at 07:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Thomas Ingoldsby (JDW), Canterbury. Chestnut, thin off white head. Nice hop and some good fruit. Bit of strawberry/peach. Not bad. Strongish malt, may not be fully brewed out.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2006
at 11:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Dark brownish-red with a lasting head. Fruity aroma with a pleasantly lingering bitter taste, and a warm afterglow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2006
at 15:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Deep chestnut-amber coloured, small off-white lacing fluffy head; butterscotch, fruit and almost roasted malt in the nose; dry, stronger bitter flavour; quite dry, fruity and roastmalty finish with an almost coffeeish an hoppy bitterness. Nice !
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2006
at 11:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, Handpump @ The Lock Stock & Barrel. Copper coloured ale, white disappearing head. Fruity with a floral hop aroma. Good body and a fresh hop finish
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2006
at 13:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
From the bottle, a bright amber colour with a robust head. Hoppy aroma, rather too carbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2006
at 14:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Lion Tavern, Liverpool, 25 July) Colour is amber with brown notes, white disappearing head. Nose is malty, nutty (almond) with some dark fruit. Same goes for the taste: malty, nutty, dark fruit, prunes and a balanced bitterness in the dry, dusty finish. Balance is the word. In perfect condition, as always at the Lion Tavern.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 14:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Post House, Liverpool, 25 July) Pale copper colour with a firm white head. Nose is fruity and hoppy with notes of lemon. Taste is fruity with lemon, grapefruit and a nice grassy, hoppy finish. Very refreshing and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 14:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Roscoe Head, Liverpool, 25 July) Colour is mahogany with ruby hints, thick off-white head. Nose is malty and nutty with hints of dark fruit and chocolate. Taste is malty and nutty with notes of chocolate and dusty hops in the underlying bitterness. Dry finish. Malty, nice session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 14:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Cayo Arms, Cardiff. Nut brown color, small off-white head. Nutty, sweet toffeish nose. Nutty malty, towards the finish there is some harsh elements. Quite uninteresting mild without any big faults.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2006
at 14:57