Marstons Long Hop

Brewed by Marstons (Marstons plc)
Style: Bitter
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in English pint

Cask at Market Porter, London. Copper to amber color. Sweet nutty malt aroma and flavor with grain husks, almonds and salty minerals. Not bad, but somehow this one has slightly industrial feel.

Cask @ The Lord Moon in the Mall, Whitehall SW1. Pours a pale copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Cask at the Michael Balcon JDW Ealing, malty faintly sour nose, then a biscuit and yellow fruit body with hop notes. Decent and drinkable, but uninspiring.

Cask at The Red Lion, Newborough, Burton-On-Trent. Pours a clear gold with a spare lasting white head. Aroma is grainy along with light floral hops, fruit and caramel malt. Mild hoppy flavour along with caramel malt -- easy to drink but not very exciting. Simple but good.

Pint at The Sir Walter Scott Withspoons at EDI. hay, hazy, golden, lightly bitter, light body.

Cask conditioned handpump Cordwainer Northampton. A golden beer with off-white bits of head. A yeasty beer with apply notes in the mouth. The pumpclip says it’s dry hopped but these hops didn’t make my half pint. There is a bit of Burton snatch sulphur in the nose which is OK. Otherwise a standard yeasty bitter.

Cask@Market Porter, London. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity, caramelly, earthy and slightly bitter as well. Flavour is malty, sweet fruity and floral with some mild wooden and grassy notes. Quite bitter finish.

Cask at Market Porter, Southwark, London. Clear amber. Nutty malt aroma with some floral hops. Dry to medium dry with medium bitterness.