Jennings JJ No. 1

Formerly brewed at Jennings (Marstons)
Style: Bitter
Cockermouth, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottled. Bronze/chestnut colour good long lasting white head, quite low condition. Starts with the typically English fuggles and golding aromas mixed with caramel and butterscotch with hints of smokiness as it warms. Heavy and malty in the mouth but underpinned by good assertive hop flavours. Long lingering malt finish laced with butter and hop bitterness.

Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in May 2003. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale russet in colour with a thin white head. Floral hops in the short nose. Thin weak mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a poor digestive malt base with slight redcurrant fruit. Floral hops in the short bitter aftertaste leaves some astringency. Finish is poor and runs out of legs. Has a slightly sweet malty edge but nothing more. An ok session bitter.

1. Cask Stillage at the Community Centre, Frodsham 25/05/2002 Amber mid brown coloured and slightly bitter. Some sweetness in a smooth dry malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 27/05/2002 Mid brown coloured and malty. Slightly dry bitter finish.

(Bottle 50 cl) Dark amber without much head. Lightly smoked character with a discreet sweetnes and a subdued bitterness. Somewhat nutty notes, very drinkable and pleasant although not with the greatest personality. 090303

[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2004] A brown beer with a small beige head. The aroma is light - what is there is of sweet caramel. The flavor is roasted with loads of chocolate, leading to a nice dry bitter end, but the body is a little thin. A very refreshing beer.

[Cask conditioned] Brown coloured. Malty and fruity aroma. Quite roasty and malty flavour.

Lift it and cry to the eagles that come down from the cargs with meat in their claws for two peaple. This is a decent drop to spill. A brown ale is my thinking.

Very dark bitter with a strong head and a roasted aroma. The flavour is dry with a slightly burn't feel. Overall a pleasant dark bitter.

A lovely brown nutty malt flavour,good hops,a very tasty bitter,a nice session.

Nicely bottled. It doesn't indicate that this is bottle conditioned, but it behaves and tastes as if it is. A wondeful chocolate and coffee aroma with a touch of musty oak and a slap of leather. Very drinkable with a restrained but tasty balance of dark malts and tree bark hops. A classic bitter using classic English hops to good effect. Long dusty finish. Good 'un!

Frothy head, amber color. Slight hoparoma. Hopbitter flavor with butterscotch. Just a hint of blackcurrant.