Thornbridge Lord Marples

Brewed by Thornbridge
Style: Bitter
Bakewell, England

Serve in English pint

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Dec 2012 - draught. Initial tang of citrus with a typical British malty and hoppy finish. Good for a basic bitter.

Dark golden with a small head. Its smooth texture is its dominant characteristic but also has a mild fruitiness to it.

Cask @ The Wharf Winter Cask Ale Festival. Pours a copper color with a little white head. Aroma is slightly floral, some sweet malt, biscuit notes, some sweeter berry notes and slight soapy notes. The flavor follows the nose with soapy and floarl hop notes, sweet malt, the berry notes and biscuits. The body is light with a dry mouth feel. Overall an ok brew.

Cask at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Colour is reddish brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours are grass, honey, sweet malts and hops. Nothing special.

Cask at CASK with Sarah. Pours a clear amber with a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of bread and biscuit with a nice note of grass underlying. Flavor is has notes of drinkable light bread with some grass notes and a nice underlying biscuit.

Gravity @ Haymarket, Edinburgh 261012
Caramel amber, clear, no head
Aroma - light caramel malts, soft bitter hops, touch of spicy hop, light aroma
Taste - soft bitter spicy hops, soft caramel, light toffee malts, touch of floral hops, orange, good flavours
Palate - soft carb, light body. Finish as main flavour, really nice finish, well made beer
Overall - Really good well made traditional bitter...that’s how it should be done

Cask @ CPK. The pour’s deep amber with a small head. The nose is caramel and jammy strawberry fruits. Some mild grass and roots. The taste is wonderfully balanced caramel, fruits and mild herbal hoppy bitterness. More floral and hoppy than your average bitter. Still, wonderfully easy to drink. A bit bready. Light body, soft carbonation. Very flavorful for 4%. Overall, for the style this is pretty excellent.

Cask at Coach and Horses, Dronfield 2012.

Keg @ The Red Squirrel. Hazy reddish amber brown colour, good head. Sour malty aroma. Sour grassy malt flavour, sour aftertaste. I think this beer was off.

Cask at The Southern. Browny red with a white head. Fairly typical bitter. Light malt and muted hops leading to a bitter finish. A touch of spice in amongst it. Not bad.