Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow (Pasteurised)

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

This is my favorite of their beers. A beer with a buttery almond appearance in the glass. The taste is smoother and sweeter than hobgoblin showing some toffee flavor and aroma.

I think this is a very underrated beer. On the pour, a thick white head, many bubbles. An opaque dark orangish-brown color, very frothy. Not much of an aroma. It went down smooth and had a pleasant taste. The flavors were very balanced. It was neither overly bitter, nor overly bland. I really dont know why this beer wasnt ranked higher, but I guess its all about personal taste.

"Fiercely Independant" was what the bottle(pint 9oz) told me, and I happaly agree. Never much a fan of pale ales, the first few sips agreed w/ this prejustice, but the more I sipped... the more my mind changed. Short lasting head atop of an original orangish tinned ale. The paleness of this beer is smoothed by a very slight citrus addition. Second glass had nice lacing. Fuck your 2.85 rating! This is a good beer. Don't always believe the masses ...

Pours light amber into an English pint. Off-white pancake head slowly recedes. Sour lemon and beer mung aromas. Creamy caramel with a crisp hop finish. Maybe a little mild, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Pours a murky orange, minimal head with decent lacing despite head size. The smell is sweet and floral, with a bare hop nose to it. The taste is sweet, smokey, and earthy all at once, with a grainy malt flavor dominating the endtaste. Very bubbly to the palate. An excellent bitter.

i just like the smoothness and the good hoopy flavor this beer has to ofer. It goes down smooth and has a nice fruity taste to it, i just really like this beer

500mL bottle from the LCBO. Pours your typical nice amber ESB colour with a large off-white head. Aroma is really nice, better than I was expecting, full of piney Styrians hops. I like British hops. Some caramalt under there too. None of the back-of-a-garbage-truck aspects I get with some really bad British Imports. Flavour is decent, much better than I expected. Lots of British hops upfront, making way for some tasty caramalt, and finishing sweet with some sweet fruity esters. Very moderate carbonation which tends to be a good thing by my tastes. Nothing out of this world, just a good, well brewed ESB. A style that more often than not fails to impress me, but in this example I found a good one. Not much wheat malt to speak of, but that’s not typically something I look for in non-wheat beers anyways. Solid brew all-around.

500 ml bottle. pours brown/amber with a small off white head that dissapears quickly. aromas of malts and hops with some floral notes. flavours are of hops and malts in a nice balanced way. finish is a bit to watery and thin but everything else was good.