Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow (Pasteurised)

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

Serve in English pint

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This English pale ale is different than American pale ales. It poured a medium brown color with a slight what I would call toffee scent. Upon tasting it had a bold toffee flavor. No bad aftertaste, definitely well made but not an everyday type of beer. Something nice to try.

Bouteille 500ml. De couleur ambrée et légèrement voilée. Nez malté de caramel sucré et très légèrement rôti, léger de houblon herbeux aux notes florales avec des petites notes fruitées (agrumes) et très légèrement épicées (poivre). Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux petites notes crémeuses. Goût légèrement fruité (agrumes) aux petites traces épicées (poivre doux) lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement d’un goût malté du genre caramel aux faibles notes rôties, avec quelques traces de miel et de blé puis finalement l’on retoruve une légère amertume de houblon hebreux et floral. Post-goût moyen et aux notes sèches, légèrement amer de houblon floral et herbeux avec des traces rôties.

Bottled, seemingly not the freshest. Golden and clear without much sign of a head; slightly caramel aroma with dried flowers; firm texture light on the fizz; not a whole lot going on with a mild bitterness

Mediocre take on the style. A decent amount of alcohol. Caramel and dirt flavor. Some grass and honey. Medium bodied.

500ml bottle pours a golden orange color with a 2 finger white head that disappears quite quickly leaving only a few spots of lacing on the glass. Aroma is caramel with some light citrus. Taste is dominated by a caramel malty sweetness with a mild citrus hop presence in the finish. An ok brew, but needs more hops to be up to par with the better ESB’s out there.

Originally rated June 2004. As always, great looking label on a clear 500ml bottle, from Wychwood brewery. Poured a nice golden-orange with an average head. Had citrus aromas and taste, with a light bitterness. Also, hints of apple. Not bad, but prefered Hobgoblin from this brewery.

Bottle@home, 50cl. Head: beige colored foam. Color: amber. Aroma: malt, hops. Taste: some bitter, mild. Palate: dry, a little watery, not long lasting. Overall: nice.

’The last night of the Proms’ is on the television, so what better beer to watch it than Fiddlers Elbow? Brown 500ml bottle, best before March 2008, drank Sept 2007: poured into one of my Franziskaner Weissbier glasses, well it is brewed with wheat. Light red in colour, an orange hue to it, sparkling and clear with bubbles ripping through towards the full, half-inch thick off-white head. The aroma is all about sweet caramel, very strong in deed. The taste is a bit of a let down, caramel flavours, but not much else. As the beer warmed some lemony, citrus notes did arrive and the sweetness gave way to a tartness I didn’t take too. I have had this beer on draught (cask) and it was a lot better than this bottle. A strange beer to review, fairly weak mouthfeel, but there is something there, difficult to explain, my vocabulary obviously isn’t up to describing it.

Poured a cloudy golden color from the bottle. Aromas of malt, bread, anise, and some bubblegum. Flavor is the same, with some yeast in the back end, interesting beer overall.

16.9 oz bottle pours hazy amber with a white head. Aroma and taste of sweet malts and a bit of yeast. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone