Marstons Sweet Chariot (Cask)

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

Serve in English pint

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Cask,hand pulled at The Welington.3rd time of trying this beer all in differing places and same score every time.Clear amber pour with a nice looking and lasting creamy head.Aroma very light,some slight fruit.Light malt and biscuit flavour and for me a little difficult to drink.

Cask@GeorgeWallis, wolverhampton. Looks good. Deep amber with thick creamy head. Then wow, I didn’t think anything that looks this good can be so tastless. Very dull indeed.

21th Feb 2012: Hand pulled pint in ‘The Raven’ Wellington, Shropshire. Good looking brew: clear amber/copper body the head a thick cream coloured affair. Not a lot going on in the nose: sweet, candy fruits but nothing beery. Bland and boring: malted biscuits with not much else in the taste. A little on the thin side too, the looks gave the impression of a rich, deep flavoured brew, this was misleading to say the least.

Cask at the Tilly Shilling (JDW), Farnborough. Copper with a thin cream head; sulphorous aroma; boring sweet biscuity malt flavour; then a biscuity finish with some shortlasting hops. A boringly ordinary beer.

Next to no aroma, and as bland and tasteless as you like. Poor effort from Marstons.

Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Deep gold amber colour. Lasting cream head. Wow what a dull bitter some tingle on tongue on end. Not much aroma not much flavour, vague Burton snatch i guess. Just watery and not great.

Gravity at Bree Louise. Dark golden brown colour, no head whatsoever. Smells very sugarry and a bit wheaty. Tastes a bit like very sugarry tea, or maybe even a Faro. Quiet slick in the mouth. Pint got a bit sickly, half might have been better. Couldn’t get any kind of fruits which is a bit strange.

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise. Pours clear auburn with a fading film. Has a very weak aroma with faint, sugary fruits. Flavor was a little odd at first but has grown on me. Lots of whole grain toast, nuts and light fruits provide a nice sweetness, while leaves and subtle earth give light bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty dry on the finish with some bready sugars and dried fruits. Decent.

Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours dark amber with a medium head. Aroma is slightly spicy apple. Taste is some fruitcake to start. Warming slightly spicy malt finish. Damn good beer for Marstons.

12th October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thin ale. Inoffensive but lacks any complexity. Very standard dull bitter. Bitter finish.