Clarks Rams Revenge

Brewed by Clarks
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Wakefield, England

Serve in English pint

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Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Chestnut with a beige head. Hints of chocolate and some caramel lead to a reasonably hoppy finish. OK.

First tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in April 2004. Cask, gravity dispense. Clear ruby red in colour with an open white head which disappeared quickly. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Strong wood smoke and sulphurous notes in the long aroma. Mixed malts deliver a rich maltloaf base with roast smokey malt, syrupy dates, raisins, chocolate powder, toffee and molasses. Very little in the way of hop resins evident in the aftertaste. Rich malt returns in the smooth sweet caramel laced finish. An excellent session ale.

Rich malty character, surprisingly sweet with a caramel hint, fairly bitter finish. Good beer.

Caskn at cloisters edinburgh ... brown ... sweet fruit malts nose... smokey orast malt ... little toasted oats .. littler bitter.

Cask (handpump), Three Legged Mare, York, October 2006. One of those interesting beers that doesn’t fit neatly into any particular style category. Attractive dark chestnut colour. Lots of roast malt in the aroma. Flavour has some sweetish fruit with hints of chocolate and tobacco. Fairly smooth mouthfeel, although there’s a modest sharp bite that gives rise to a rather bittersweet overall feel. Went down very nicely.

Cask @ The Bear, Camberwell SE5. Amber colour with small head. Aroma is alcohol / sour / fruity / caramel. Taste is sour / vinous / dark fruits / raisins / spices. Taste grows on you so give it a chance.

Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW, Victoria. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Roasted fruity malty aroma with some hints of caramel. Roasted fruity chocolate flavor wit some hints of hops and caramel. Roasted malty finish with some hints of chocolate in the aftertaste.

Cask (handpump) @ The Rake, Borough, London SE1, UK. Clear medium brown color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, roasted, moderate hoppy, grass, grapefruit, pepper, cinnamon ? Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft / flat. (281207)

Cask at the William Morris (JDW), Hammersmith. Bright chestnut with a soapy off-white head; slightly nutty aroma; smooth, dry and earthy, but rather thin; strong bitter finish. Good but could do with more body.

Cask conditioned @ South Western Arms Soton. Fruity toffee and mildly roasty malts. The pleasant roasty toasty flavours are enough to keep this drinkable but the sweetish toffee makes this seem a bit cloying.