Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow (Pasteurised)

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

bottle. NIce color, a bit of haze. Light aroma of floral and yeast. Thin head, slight lacing. A little thin on the palate, honey, malt, sweet grass, not much bitter hops for an ESB. Not bad, I think it’s worth a little more than a 2.82

Here we go again, default marks for a Wychwood product. Usual aroma, maybe with a little honey, some hop flower. Thin mouthfeel, hoppy finish.

Some grain in the aroma as well as caramel malts and herbal hops. Clear, deep copper-amber with thin, off-white head that diminishes to lightly ring. Caramel malt flavour is subdued and somehow lifeless. Some nuttiness also apparent. Medium body is somewhat watery. Fairly drinkable but really quite unexciting. Nice to finally see a dark bottle from this brewery!

Bottled (clear bottle- sigh): Gimicky lable. Poured an amber colour, herbal aroma. Medium head with a bit of lacing. Flavour was malty & nutty but a bit on the sad side, as if the wort had been boiled then watered down by 25% before bottling. Palate was very watery. There is possibly a good beer in here trying to get out, but I’m not going looking.

Rich amber, some lacing. Aroma is rich and fruity, woody hoppiness, bread, honey and plum. astringent bitterness, fruity, somewhat hollow flavour profile, too dry IMO, with a nasty cardboard aftertaste

Aroma is faint but hoppy with a bit of a harsh tannic undertone. Appears quite cloudy with not much carbonation to speak of. Likewise, the brew is weak and watery on the palate. Despite these shortcomings the flavor is rather intense and exhibits a typical ESB floral hoppiness with rich, malty undertones. Bottom line is Fiddler’s Elbow tastes ok but has about the weakest texture of any British bitter I’ve come across.

An awful brew. Not much worthy to write about at all , in my opinion. Total drain pour.

Aroma: sugery/pineapple sweetness with a touch of herbal hop. Appearance: dark tea amber with a tiny head. Flavour: fruity and hoppy with pronounced bitterness. Palate: small bubbles and fairly thin.