Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow (Pasteurised)

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, hay, toffee, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090517]

Bottled. Amber with white head. Aroma of malt. Flavor is caramel with a spiced hop palate

This is the last of the English beers my Dad left at my house after his last visit. And I wasn’t tremendously impressed with it...thought it roughly comparable or slightly better than the Batemans XXXB. I am pretty unmoved by the ESB style, and this one struck me in aroma as mercaptan-y at first, but that seemed to fade as I reached the bottom of the glass. Still, there is definitely something compost-y in the aroma and something pretty grainy or unpleasantly cereal-y in the flavor. Color is dark/murky and cloudy and head is tiny bubbles but pretty fragile. Aroma is vaguely earthy and has a vegetation/mercaptan element also. Flavor is distinctly malty with a vegetable note, some earthiness, and a very faint hoppiness. OK, but not something I’d seek out. Can’t say I’d recommend it, but I’ve had worse.

Bottle. Amber color. White head. Caramel malt on the nose. Caramel flavor. Light floral hops. BORING. Snooze.

bottle, pours light amber with a medium white head. Aroma is light citrus hop with a faint spice character. Light hay with a beautifull orange/lemon hop finish. Great flavor.

Poured amber with a white head. Aroma of caramel. Caramel flavor. Nothing really going on. Boring.

50 CL Bottle. Apperance; Light amber, hazy with a nice white head. Aroma; Very fruity with some sweet hops. Aroma; Hops, bome bæsk aftertaste.