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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: 171   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.87   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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Bottle: Pasteurised.
<Offlicence News - 4th March 2009> Marston’s is raising the abv of its Pedigree bottled ale to 5% and giving it a new red label. The Burton-Upon-Trent brewer has "changed the process, not the recipe" of its 50cl bottle in order to better reflect the taste and aroma of the cask ale version, according to brewing director Richard Westwood. The new red label design will also be rolled out to cans and cask hand pulls, but they will both remain at 4.5%abv. Westwood told OLN: "We didn’t want to produce a new beer. We used the same raw materials and tweaked the process to produce a beer that retains all of Pedigree’s characteristics. "It’s a better match to the cask version." The new bottles will start appearing on shelves over the next couple of weeks. Marston’s have pledged to absorb costs so there will be no price rises stemming from the launch and new look.


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2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
fonefan (29292) - VestJylland, DENMARK - MAY 1, 2010
Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sour malt, moderate hoppy, grass, ensilage. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and sour acrid malt bitter, finish flavor is heavy sugar sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, ensilage. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100428]

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Ungstrup (26254) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - SEP 19, 2011
Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
yespr (25947) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - MAY 3, 2011
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced and malty. Metallic and slight cornish flavoured. Bitter and metallic. Bitter and metallic into a dry finish.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Papsoe (25131) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAY 3, 2011
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Label is white and reads "Pedigree Classic English Pale Ale" - still 5% though, bought in Spain. Pours golden with a slight haze and an off-white head. Nutty aroma with your typical unclean British hops. Medium body, sweet nuttiness and some caramel. A little licorice. Hardly any hops. 030511

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - JUL 18, 2011
Bottled (5% ABV, thanks Dave B.!). Amber colour, small white head. Armoa is bready malts, some floral and grassy hops along with herbs and some mild metallic notes as well. Flavour is quite similar, but yet being a bit watery and thin in the palate.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
joergen (17349) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAY 4, 2011
Bottle at yespr. Cloudy orange coloured with a medium sized off-white head. Malty aroam of hops, tea and grass. Malty flavour of caramel and hops. Hoppy finish.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
saxo (11236) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - DEC 28, 2012
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are butter, malt, bread and hops.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
harrisoni (10911) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - APR 12, 2012
Bottle from Co-op in Cheriton. clear amber colour lasting beige head. Yes some distinctive yeast. Some very dry malts. Its an ok beer. Shame about the pasteurisation otherwise it would have a lot of personality and character and the yeast and dry malt would be pretty good i think. The strength us good gives it body and its not too toffeeish. Good character shame about the depth.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Pinball (9660) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - MAY 3, 2011
cloudy brown small white head. aroma of stale english hops, faint oxidation flavor is malty, hoppy.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
HenrikSoegaard (9146) - Randers, DENMARK - DEC 28, 2012
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Short light bitter finish. Oily palate.


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