Wickwar Old Arnold

Brewed by Wickwar
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Wickwar, Gloucester, England

Serve in English pint

From the Bottle at Chris O’s pre GBBF tasting, Kensal Rise 31/07/2010 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured strong in alcohol and fruity with a hint of dryness in a grainy malt finish.

31st July 2010. ChrisOs Pre GBBF - ’Raise The Roof’ tasting. Hazy brown beer, little white head. Smells of aged malt and tastes the same way - was this an old bottle? Tired.

Bottle 50cl. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.

[ Raise The Roof Tasting ]. Light unclear medium grey amber color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dusty, oxidide, cardboard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, oxidede, cardboard. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100731]

Bottled@The Chriso rock the roof down pre-GBBFtasting. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is some oxidation (Madeira/Portlike) and some flowery and fruity notes. as well. Flavour is caramel, sweet malts, some mild oxidized notes. Nice, even though the oxidation probably was not intended.

Hand bottle Friday night brought back from aberdeen beer festival 09 ...Deep brown ... sweet rich burnt tofee nose ... little banana ... treacle and toffee ... solid malt.

Cask-conditioned at the White Lion, Bristol 23/1/08. Deep amber with a lacy, off-white head. Aroma of marmalade and earthy hops. Flavours of caramel and red fruit with a decent bitter finish. Good.

A Mes rate: Cask at Baker Street ’Spoons. Aroma isnt great. Strange rusty note. Like the colour, fairly red for the style and the head was reasonably impressive too. Treacle toffee flavours with plenty of malt and a little fruit. Delicately bitter finish. So-so.

Cask @ Charlies, Copenhagen. Light hazy amber colour with a small off white head. Light caramel sweet aroma with a fruity note. Caramel sweet flavor with notes of fruit and hops.