Rebellion Smuggler

Brewed by Rebellion
Style: Bitter
Marlow, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at The Junction Tavern, London. An unclear amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel, as well as a lighter note of citrusy hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a lightly bitter and buttery finish.

From cask at Junction Tavern. Pours cloudy and dark orange to brown with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and slight breadish malty. Roasted malty and slight breadish flavoured. Vague fruity note. Bitter and malty finish.

Cask@The Junction Tavern, London. Amber colour, not that much head. Aroma is wood, caramel, some earth, mild nuttyness and herbs as well. Flavour is quite much the same along with some bready and slightly caramelly notes.

Sampled cask conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Amber colour. Neutral nose. Rather dry and fruity, lightly spicy. Grassy bitter finish.

Gravity cask at Lobster Pot, West Malling Dark copper, nice aromas, peach/apricot fruit and then very intense hop. Bit of golden syrup but nice dry finish

UPDATED: AUG 23, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 06/02/2004 Mid brown coloured with some sour fruit flavour. Crisp slightly roast malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Junction Tavern, Kentish Town 01/08/2010 Fruity hop aroma. Mid brown amber coloured and hazy in appearance. Fruity and hoppy with a hint of dryness. A little rich on the palate with a malt finish.

Cask Conditioned at Stones, Chipping Norton, Oxon. Amber coloure with white chunky head. Fully brewed out, dry malty beer, pleasantly dry and bitter, full body.

Cask (Three Horseshoes, Marlow)
Sweet fruity aroma, rich and uplifting. Looks like a classic dark bitter, with a small tight head. A super full fruity body - very rich roasty taste. Finish is rich and again packed with roasty malts. Late finish lets the hops shine a bit more - they’re very fruity. Classic bitter.

Cask (handpump) at the Three Horseshoes, Marlow Bottom. Although quite dark and full bodied for a session bitter, this didn’t really stand up to comparison with the Rebellion Roasted Nuts sampled alongside it. Deep copper colour. Not much aroma, although some soft toffee notes developed as the beer warmed. Sweetish initial impact, but dry malt comes through strongly and, by the finish, there’s a very desiccated mouthfeel. Some licorice on the palate. Not too bitter. The overall emphasis is on the malt, but there was no great depth of flavour so I thought it came over a bit wishy-washy in the flavour department. But, as I said before, that could have been because I was drinking it alongside a much more fully flavoured beer.

A Mes rate: Cask at Quinns Dark coloured bitter with lots of malt and some sweet fruity notes. Very bland and boring.