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Morland Old Speckled Hen

Morland Old Speckled Hen

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A Premium Bitter/ESB brewed by
Greene King

Bury St. Edmunds, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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9583.13/5.03.13/5.05.2%48.1 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Pasteurised in bottles and nitro cans. Also available as "Smooth" from nitro tap.
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 Morland Brewery.
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 baseballguy (246), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20

Sep 25, 2003  
I thought this was a much more impressive beer than the same brewery's Hen's Tooth, despite their overall ratings being close to identical here.

vanq86 (3), Canada
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3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Aug 29, 2008  
500ml can. Pours a clear, dark red with frothy white heat that lasts. Aroma is freshly picked fruit, slightly citrusy, a tease to smell. Flavour has a lot of character. Bitter, but not too bitter. Can taste the malt and the hops, but in just the right combination. Quite good if you like a clear, bitter beer. Very refreshing.


 Angeloregon (1867), Portland, Oregon, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 27, 2008  
Out of a can purchased at By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a drab copper-amber body with a huge white head. Nutty, metallic, creamy, nutty nose. Not the best flavor, but the palate adjusts to the weird flavors and takes on the creamy fluffy body. English beer in a can all the way baby!


MrAleman (35), guildford, Surrey, England
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/52/20
Aug 26, 2008  
Powerful and not good. Hard to drink and quite an unpleasant flavour. Not good at all.


 DrDavid (157), , Vermont, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/52/102/56/20
Aug 16, 2008  
(Bottle). Sourish hoppy aroma. A pretty color, reddish amber with a moderate off-white head. Unpleasant cardboard taste, with unpleasant skunky aftertaste. Not a good experience, possibly a sample impaired by clear bottle.


benfergy (41), Valley City, North Dakota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/515/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Medium brown appearance. The aroma of this beer is very pleasant; it’s a little hoppy, and a little wheaty. As for the flavor, it starts out with a very strong malt flavor, but later, the hops become the most evident. The palate is very smooth. This was a beer I knew little about, and I ended up liking it a lot!




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