McMullen No.1 Pale Ale

Brewed by McMullen
Style: Bitter
Hertford,, England

Serve in English pint

Bottle@ChrisO. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is mild cardboard along with some wooden and herbal notes. Also quite caramel malty. Flavour is fruity, caramel malty as well as wooden.

From the Bottle at Chris O’s, Kentish Town 01/08/2010 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and sweet on the palate with a hint of bitterness in a malt finish.

Bottle 275ml.

Clear medium amber color with a small, frothy - fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light roasted, malt extract - syrup. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100801]

27.5 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is malty and mild fruity. Bitter and slight herbal hoppy. Bitter and dry finish.

Bottle from the Mcmullens pub in Crews Hill, London. Alround rating: Toffe caramel malts, light hopping adding mainly bitterness, but some leafy hop character, slightly mopre carbonated than i expected. Head to head with the cask, cask ale, theres no comparison.

275ml bottle from Shropshire. Vintage 1989. Mildly carbonated. Soft toffee flavour. Fairly light, almost watery texture. Very faint cardboard. Quite drinkable and pleasant.

Bottle at The Old Beams, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes. Dark amber with a large white head. Faint malt aroma, slightly sweet. Thin watery taste with hints of cardboard and styrofoam. Low bitterness. Not very nice.