Morland Hens Tooth

Brewed by Greene King
Style: English Strong Ale
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Bottle. Sweet malt aroma. Amber color with small head. Tangy sweet berry and malt flavor with moderate hops. Nicely drinkable - light for a strong ale.

50cl clear bottle purchased at Lee’s in Vegas. Pours a huge head which finally settles to an unattractive styrofoam lump. Light hop aroma. Sticky sweet toffee with a strong hop flavour and alcohol presence.

Bottle conditioned. Deep chestnut colour, good rocky head with lace and lots of fine condition. Nutty caramel aromas, toffee malt in the mouth and a dry bitterness in the finish.

Huge creamy offwhite shiny lasting head. Brown body with carbonation. Light, faintly citric malty aroma. Sweetish dark caramel taste with strong nutty notes and a touch of wood and metal. A bit low on taste, but good all the same. (0.5l bottle.)

Amber color, big white fluffy head. Aroma of english hops and malty toffee notes. Sweet caramel flavours with some yeastiness. Flat skunky finish(clear bottle...).

Scent of hops. Very fancy bottle. Sediment left in bottom of bottle. Strange aroma, difficult to describe but not offensive. Light red with a head that lasted a long time. Some taste of hops, but also more sourness than I would have liked. Finished a little sweet without much aftertaste. The appearance was probably the best thing about this beer. The taste was a disappointment. Like so many British beers, it might have lost something due to the clear bottle. High alcohol taste slightly noticeable. Not bad.

Bottle. Deep and clear ambercooured beer underneath a rich offwhite head. Floral English hops aroma. Sweet maltiness, a hint of sourness, developing towards a dry,somewhat woody finish. Solid perfumy bitterness throughout as well as warming alcohol. Well above average.

Imaging my excitment when I, much to my surprise, found a fairly good range of british bottle ales at a bar in Platanias, Crete. The bar was Chalaraa and the beers were not in the menu. I found them when I asked for a look in the refrigerator. I picked the bottle conditioned Hen’s Tooth (BB. 28.02.07) and came back for another one the next day. Light mahogany in colour, beige foam with lots of bubbles. Hoppy aroma. Sweet taste of dark caramel. Lasting malty and bitter finish (31.05.2006).