Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow (Pasteurised)

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

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.

Funnily smelled of chewing tobacco. Quick dissipating head and copper-amber colour. Tastes good. Very little carbonation? Are most English Ales flat?

Not much of anythinh. Maybe you can find som hop-bitterness, but it could be some chemical too..

Yellow, somewhat hazy, small white head. Aroma is sweet and fruity, bnut also sour. Flavor is sweet and fruity from peach. Really nothing special.

Amber color. Artificial flavor. Bitter. Band-aid palate feel long after the finish.

500 ml bottle poured a hazy amber with a small dissapating off white head. Aromas of bread, a bit of fruitiness and some mustiness. Palate was light bodied. Flavors of sweet malt, some fruitiness and mild hops with a smooth lingering mildly bitter finish.

Brown bottle. So they finally smartened up and got rid of the clear bottle? It’s about time. Pours a clear orange-red with a large frothy white head. Aroma was nice and skunk free -- I’ve had this beer many times and it was always skunky so it’s a pleasant change. Aroma was grainy with light floral hops, some wheat, caramel and fruit. The flavour was, unfortunately, not hoppy at all. I did taste some wheat, malt and fruit. Taste was too mild -- it’s decent but nothing special.

500 mL bottle. Pours copper with a fizzy, edgy tan head with rocky patches. Malt (hay, straw, husk) and yeast (barn, horse blanket) aroma with trace hops. Moderately bitter and medium acidity, malt (grain, straw) flavor with some tart rind hop notes. Medium bodied and fizzy palate.