Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Wychwood (Refresh UK - Marstons plc)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Witney, England

Poured a hazy amber color with a thin off-white head. Fairly malty aroma of old apricots. Very malty flavor with fruity notes and a light tartness.

Bottled. Golden coloured. Light unclear. Off white dense and creamy head. Sweet and fruity (apple) aroma. Quite fresh. Falvour is light flowery and fruity. Some herbal and spicy notes. Is medium bodied. Is light bitter in the end. Refreshing and dry.

Nose ofcramel malt with some fruitiness; orange color with a small white head and large bubbles for the carbonation; spicy malt flavor with some hop bitterness that lingered into the aftertaste.

Light and creamy head, insufficient duration. Clearly red color, tending to the orange; limpid and with light fizz. Typical scent; bitter, fruity flavored with rumors of wood and withered grape. Not excessive dry taste, balanced and agreeable with fresh and flowery notes on the end. Delicious malty and candied.

Bottle picked up from the brewery with a range of other beers in a mixed case pack. Pours an orangey colour, some hops a little bit fruity but has that distinctive Wychwood taste that makes many of theirs a bit of a one size fits all.

Fiddler’s Elbow came in a contoured 500 ml. bottle which had embossing around bottle below the neck label, and near the base. When poured out, the beer had a hazy pale orange body, and frothy head that loomed quite large at first, and left lots of lacing as it receded slowly. The smell was very restrained, with mildly earthy and spicy hops, and sweet caramelized malt. The typical English Pale Ale smell was followed by an easygoing but interesting taste. The primary flavor was spicy from the hops, which was followed by a taste wavering between minerally dry and dextrinous sweet. The aftertaste was a drawn out, but muted bitterness. A little more full and velvety than a typical pale ale, the richness was detrimental to sessionability. Worth looking into, if you want to experience some English hops.

Pours a nice dark golden amber color with a small head. Aromas of roast malts, hops, and a touch of some pepper or spice. Flavors of malts and hops, this one is bitter and dry.

Pale orange color with a small head and decent retention. No lacing. Crisp fruity smell with faint hops. Starts crisp and thin. Slightly fruity (similar to Wychwoods Hobgoblin) which quickly turns sweetly hoppy. Smooth crisp feel with nice tingly sensation left in the mouth. Very good carbonation. I’ll grab another one of these.