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Marstons Firestoker

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4026
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Brewed by Marstons (Marstons plc)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Burton-on-Trent, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 59   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.91   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Brewed with the finest quality floor malted English Maris Otter barley, Fuggle and Goldings hops. This golden beer has a rich oak feel, and a subtle note of juicy cherries as well as a velvety smooth vanilla finish.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
ralphdot (506) - Billingham, Durham, ENGLAND - JAN 19, 2012
5.0% gold colour with a good head, malt and vanilla aroma, vanilla and hop taste, nice beer.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
madmitch76 (5176) - , Essex, ENGLAND - NOV 14, 2009
23rd May 2008. Very smooth ale - has an almost silky feel. The slight hoppyness is nicely offset by the distinct vanilla streak. Dry finish with a touch of hop bitterness.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
larsga (4435) - Oslo, NORWAY - JUN 15, 2009
Biggish offwhite lasting head. Coppery body with light carbonation. Sugary perfumy vanilla fudge aroma, vaguely artificial, with spicy notes. Dry caramel and intense artificial vanilla taste with roasty metallic notes. Unfresh, artificial palate. Mid-bodied. Buttery mouthfeel. Dry metallic roasty wooden aftertaste. Interesting but flawed because unbalanced and artificial. (0.5l bottle, Tesco, London.)

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
serkoptato (32) - Budapest, HUNGARY - MAR 5, 2009
Borostyánszínű, enyhén opálos, tölgyfahordóban érlelt, 5% alkoholtartalmú ale a Burton upon Trent-i Marston’s Brewery-ből. Ízében először mintha egy kis vadmeggy is feltűnne, majd egy igen határozott, de lágy, bársonyos vaníliás-szegfűszeges íz kerül előtérbe. Végezetül igen határozott keserűséggel búcsúzik. És mindez egy kortyon belül! A sörészet egyik (kisebb) csodája.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
joe19612 (1113) - camberley, Surrey, ENGLAND - FEB 1, 2009
Bottle. Pours a pale golden colour with thick white head. The Aroma is all vanilla, the taste is bitter with a very heavy taste of vanilla. The finish is bitter with a lot of citrus.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DruncanVeasey (4800) - NUNEATON, Conference North, Warwickshire, ENGLAND - DEC 9, 2008
Fake red amber, white rim. Aromas caramel, sweet red berry fruit, backround leafiness,faint peardrop, enticing oak. Sweet but drying on the palate. Mostly caramelised redness, battenburg, bread. Nibble of bitterness finish moving into sweet vanilla, oaky biscuit afters. Aromatically malty. Heresy, but reminds me a bit of De Koninck. Murdered and filtered, and without that living yeasty bite, of course. Enjoyable, and so decent for a dead Marstons effort Id almost consider drinking it again.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
MrAleman (111) - Wiltshire, ENGLAND - SEP 16, 2008
UPDATED: OCT 1, 2008 Not sure how much I like the mixture of Vanilla and Oak. Different in taste to a lot of bitters, does not work for me though.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
rickgordon (3758) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - JUN 23, 2008
Bottled. Golden colour, fast diminishing head. Sugary nose and no maltiness. As afful in flavour with no maltiness. Papery bitter. No malt, no hops. Just adjuncts. It seems.


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