Wychwood King Goblin (Bottle)

Brewed by Wychwood (Marstons plc)
Style: English Strong Ale
Witney, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottle. Pours a deep amber body with a white head and solid white lacing around the glass. Aromatics are fruity and sweet in nature toffee, caramel, light fruit tones. Medium body with a dry fruit raisin and apricot tone, very smooth and drying, with a mild bitterness. A really solid offering.

I poured this 500 ml bottle into a Nonic pint glass. Aroma: lightly roasted malt, a slight metallic note, just a hint of grassy hops, lightly toasted oak. Appearance: bright, coppery-amber color, thick and fluffy cream-colored head that falls into a good cap with good lacing over the course of a few minutes. Taste: bread-like malty sweetness up front, with a flash of green apple, and then a raisin-like fruitiness, the middle releases a flash of grassy hops, and then a drying, metallic/mineral note, the finish is grassy, lightly citrusy, dry and long lasting. Palate: medium-bodied, somewhat silky, moderate carbonation, bracing finish. Overall: a good beer, but I find the extremely grassy finish a little off-putting.

Sort of the good parts about the regular Hobgoblin but more so. I enjoyed it. Serving: Bottle

50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK. Copper colour, sweet aroma with heavy hop background. Metallic flavour, strong hop and some faint caramel.

50cl bottle from Morrisons. Deep gold with a rapidly fading white head that laces the glass nicely; rich fruity aroma, apricots and peaches; toffee malt flavour; with a dry finish.

Bottle via beer world. Pours a crisp deep copper with a nice thick tan head. Pinpoint lacing encompasses the entire glass, no quaff rings. Moderate body (light undulation)with malt dominating. Some light butter at finish, Can someone snopes the viability of only brewing on the moons. While I am aware of the increase in soil respiration during differing moon phases, this seems to be no way to run a brewery. Ride yer fekkin brooms.

500ml bottle - Pours dark amber with a two finger head. It smells of toasted malt with caramel and bready characteristics. The flavor is sweet, roast caramel malt with good balancing bitterness. It finishes with some toasty, toffee accented bitterness. This full flavored brew is quite enjoyable. I much prefer it to the regular Hobgoblin.

Pours a clear, pale copper brown with a 3 finger, chunky, off-white head. Aroma is toffee, dry grass, citrus, caramel, toasted crusty white bread, heavy mineral water, cereal sweet red apple and a bit of earth. Flavor is biscuit, toast, buttery toffee, light citrus, caramel, lots of sweet crystal malt, big mineral notes and a little grainy malt. Palate is on the light side of medium bodied, slick and slightly sticky on the finish. Decent beer, tastes a little over sweet though, like it’s loaded with artificial sweeteners or stevia or something.

Bottle. Clear deep reddish brown color with a small beige head. Aroma of malt, caramel, biscuits, fruits and light earthy notes. Sweetish malt flavor with toffee, biscuits, caramel, fruits and a drier bitter finish with herbal, spicy and slightly earthy hops and a bit of alcohol. Medium-bodied. Not bad.

0.5L bottle, long medium thick stable head with some lacing, classic copper colour, malty aroma with a strong spiciness ,some vanila and a herbal hint, flavour of bread and grapefruit with a strong dominating chocolate like bitterness and complimenting sweetness. medium bitter sour aftertaste, quite big bodied for the style. a little too sweet but still a very good beer.