Marstons Christmas Pudding

Formerly brewed at Marstons (Marstons plc)
Style: Bitter
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: MAR 7, 2012 On handpull in Wigan. Brown hazy colour with a tan head. Spicy nose. Spicy flavour and totaly flat co2. Undrinkable.

Cask (handpump) @ The Angel - JDW, 3-5 Islington High Street, Islington, Greater London, England N1 9LQ.

Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, raisin, citrus, light to moderate christmas spices. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101228]

Cask Conditioned handpump Cordwainer Northampton. a mid brown coloured beer with a whitish head. The aroma has a hint of fruit and spice. There is plenty of house yeast and sulphur in the mouth. There is a touch of fruit. Although drinkable, with a name like it has it should be so much more.

Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Copper coloured with a loose cream head; light, malty aroma with just a touch of sulphur; lots of sour fruit flavour at first, but this quickly disappeared leaving some caramel malt and a touch of spice - perhaps ginger; gently bitter to finish with some fresh green hops.

Cask handpull, The Wharf Inn, Welford. Pale chestnut with a lacing cream collar. Supermarket-own weetabix and cornflakes, sneeze of cinnamon, copper penny bitterness. Dismal.

16th December 2010. Spoons - Hamilton Hall. Clear amber beer, decent creamy of white head. Light soft palate. Sweetish mildy spiced cake. A little hop jars against the sweetness, there is also a whisper of sulphur. Almost achieves it’s title but was more like iced Christmas Cake to me. Amusing, fun and tasty beer.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2011 Cask handpull at Westgate JDW Canterbury. Mid brown colour lasting beige head. Yes some Burton snatch on aroma and flavour yes some fruity malt but I am struggling to identify any spice. Reminded me of Pedigree to be honest. Re rate at a Marstons pub n Ashford. Well less Pedigree like elements and more malt. But still cant mind those spices

Cask, Geroge Street ’spoon, Edinburgh. Malty beer, glowing brown, fine use of spices. Nutmeg most prominent, but some ginger, too. Dry spicy finish.

Cask at Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford. Amber with a white head. Sweet aroma. Full malty taste, very sweet and really rather delicious. No sign of spice. Some bitterness. Simple, unsubtle, and just right for a snowy day.

Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours dark brown with a medium head. Aroma is slightly like Christmas cake spice. Taste is some Christmas spiced malt to start and apple on the finish. Ok, but could do with being stronger.