Phoenix Sticky Wicket

Brewed by Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.)
Style: Bitter
Heywood, England

Serve in English pint

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First tasted this at Gabriels, Paisley in July 1999. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear amber red in colour with a thin white head. sweet smell of damp raisins in the short aroma. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a moist maltloaf base with raisins, sultanas and dates. Slight prickle of dusty hops gives a short bitter aftertaste. Finish is sweet and malty with strong biscuity overtones present in the mouth. An ok session bitter.

Cask@Market Porter, Borough. Reddish amber colour, creamy mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet fruity hops along with nectar and wood. Flavour is nectar, wood and a lot of fruits in a nice balance. Aftertaste is fruity nectar and the mouth leaves really dry afterwards.

Copper with a small white head. Fruity aroma, blackberry and other berries. Fruity dry flavour, refreshing, and just a perfectly made bitter. I love the berry aroma.

Cask, Market Porter. Copper, thin white head. Nose is hoppy fresh citrus, touch of spice and butter. Mouth is slightly brackish bitterness. One-dimensional. Palate is slightly fruity, slightly dry. Alright.

Cask@MarketPorter. Sweet caramel malts aroma with herbal hops. Amber color, off-white head, good lace. Fruity, caramel, malts, light hoppy, little sticky.

UPDATED: NOV 10, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at Wilkie’s Tavern, Warrington 03/06/2002 Amber golden coloured creamy and slightly citrus flavour. Dry hop finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Crown Inn, Stockport 25/07/2009 Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity pear flavour with a little dryness and bitterness in a crisp malt finish.

Pale amber brew with the usual Phoenix rich fruitiness in aroma and flavour. Lots of full maltiness and flowery, sappy, orangey hops then a sweet yet dry and bitter finish. (cask @ Queen’s Arms, Cheetham)

Mid amber colour. Faint aroma. No complexity in the flavours, but clean, crisp and a touch citric, with some malt in the background. A little sweet and soft on the finish. Respectable stuff. Cask (handpump), Lord Moon of the Mall (JDW), Whitehall, London SW1.

Cask Conditioned at The Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Golden Bitter slightly hazed. Hoppy tangy bitter with lemon grapefruit notes. Some balancing malt notes. Drinkable summer beer.