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Morland Old Speckled Hen (Filtered)

Score
5457
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Greene King
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bury St. Edmunds, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 1360   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.09   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle and nitro can: Filtered. Also available as "Smooth" from nitro tap.
Ingredients: Pipkin pale malt; Crystal Malt; brewers sugar; Bittering hops: Challenger; Aroma hops: Goldings and Challenger; Morland yeast.
Cask version was first brewed in 1979 by Morland Brewery to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory in Abingdon. The name comes from the MG factory’s works car - the gold speckled MG Featherweight Fabric Saloon, affectionately known as the Ol’ Speckl’d ’Un.
Brewed since 1999 by Greene King following the take-over of Morlands
Bottled Old Speckled Hen has been sterile filtered in the "Old Speckled Hen Hall" bottling facility since May 2006.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
SKessExpress (4) - Cleveland, - FEB 1, 2012 does not count
Pretty good. Basic. words words words words words words words words words words words

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
DeanF (1454) - Iqaluit, Nunavut, CANADA - JAN 31, 2012
Decent lager beer with little head and yellow body, slightly hoppy flavour but not overpowering. A decent bitter, good for a session or twenty.

3.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Jado (25) - Camp Hill, AUSTRALIA - JAN 28, 2012
355 ml bottle. Poured a deep amber, almost brown, with a small white head. The aroma is fairly mild and dominated by white bread. The taste however is punchy, with chewy malts set off with fruity hops. Nicely balanced, it finishes dry and slightly bitter. A nice example of an ESB.

2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Chiswick (135) - Greater London, ENGLAND - JAN 23, 2012
dark orange brown, clear liquid. pours a foamy slightly silky head that keeps its texture pretty well. aromascape is pretty malty with bitter sour bread. some fruit, burnt wood and honey, wet leaves. easy sweet honey sweetness, balanced sourness with bitterness; a easy, gritty, smoothened platform. the texture of the medium light body is slightly slick silky, although feels a tad watery. the combination work pretty well with the tastes. a decent bitter, not particularly strong or characteristic but has some oomph and enjoyability.

3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
mikkellund42 (94) - Vejle, DENMARK - JAN 16, 2012
Bottle (@room temp). Pours clear amber with small white head. Aroma is banana, yoghurt and ground coffee. Taste is medium bitter and dry. Body is watery to oily with soft carbonation. Finish is long, dry and bitter with hints of ground coffee.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
AR (683) - Georgia, USA - JAN 16, 2012
Can with a Nitro widget. Of course, that turns out a huge head which settles down rather quickly. Flavor is a typical English bread-like malt, with a bit of bittering hops.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
hypn0toad (173) - Maryland, USA - JAN 13, 2012
I ordered a schlafy imperial stout. They gave me this. It is not an imperial stout. Maybe it is this. I want an imperial stout.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
CalumScotland (112) - Hamilton, SCOTLAND - JAN 13, 2012
Nice bitter Had from old speckled hen class would drink again nice smell gopd taste


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