Marks & Spencer Cheshire Brown Ale

Marks & Spencer
Brewed at Robinsons
Style: Brown Ale
London, England

Serve in Dimpled mug

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50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK. Medium amber colour, frothy tan head. Burnt caramel aroma, bitter-sweet flavour that mellows as it warms. Slight metallic aftertaste.

Dark ale which is quite crisp and has a decent body to it. There’s some noticeable fruits in the taste too.

50cl bottle. Pours copper brown with fluffy off-white head - plenty of lacing. Toffee, fudge, dark fruit on the nose, alongside a slightly odd plasticky sweetness. Very well rounded flavour with plenty of toffee sweetness, deep dark fruit - plums especially - and smooth slightly roasted maltiness. Finishes with a slight hop twang which quickly gives way to a mellow dark fruitiness. Great apart from that slightly odd aroma.

Bottle at home ... copper NOT brown... huge bubbly just off white head ... sweet toffee malt fruits ... little sweet malts ... little yeast ... little blackcurrant and ovatine ... ok but quite dull

Bottle @ chriso. Pours a slightly hazy brown color with a small white head. Has a sweetish malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011.

Clear medium amber orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, toasted - caramel, malty - barley. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110730]

500ml bottle (ChrisO’s pre-GBBF2011 "Donkey Dork Lord" shindig)
Dry nutty aroma. In the mouth the same, but a bit mushroomy too. All in all a bit dullm but with no flaws.

Bottle @ Chriso’s pre-GBBF tasting. Poured a dark copper with a tiny off white head. Slightly boozy, caramel, toffee, raspberry and light grass. Medium bitter finish.

Bottle. Medium brown. Aroma is nutty, with chocolate, caramel, rich and quite nice. Flavor of light malts, minerals, slightly roasted, with chocolate and caramel. A bit bland, but has a good bitter finish. Lighter body. Decent, not so memorable.

Bottled@The Chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011 "Donkey Dork Lord Edition". Amber colour, small head. Aroma is cabbage, some sweet malts, mild grassy and earthy notes. Flavour is sweet malts, mild vegetables, some earthy and mild wooden notes.

Bottle at ChrisO’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. Pours cloudy brown with a small, off-white head. Slightly tangy, dark malts on the nose. Mild cocoa in the flavor, faintly sweet. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Faint fruits and roast to finish. A little weak of character all around, but alright.