Tom Fool
Jennings Brothers PLC
- From:
- Jennings Brothers PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.3 | pDev: 11.52%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 22, 2013
- Added:
- May 19, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England
2.89/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.89/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A 500ml bottle with a BB of April 2012. According to the label, this is named after Thomas Skelton - the ghost of Muncaster Castle.
Poured into a Sam Smith's pint glass. A hazy orange-amber colour with plentiful carbonation. Forms a nice head of fluffy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. Appears to be bottle-conditioned, although the label doesn't mention this. Aroma of caramel malt with notes of dry, fruity ale yeast and stewed hops. A tad harsh on the nostrils.
Tastes of caramel malt with a yeasty character and a mild, stewed hop bitterness. Notes of dry, fruity yeast and stewed hops/leaves. A tad watery, with a harsh background flavour. Mouthfeel is smooth, dry and tingly, but rather insubstantial. Somewhat astringent. Aftertaste of dry yeast and harsh stewed hops.
Bah - disappointing. It looks great - a nice hazy shade with good carbonation and a decent head, but that's where the goodness ends. The rest is mediocre; an excess of yeast and dry stewed hops in the aroma/flavour. Not a great ale - give it a miss.
Apr 09, 2012Poured into a Sam Smith's pint glass. A hazy orange-amber colour with plentiful carbonation. Forms a nice head of fluffy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before subsiding. Appears to be bottle-conditioned, although the label doesn't mention this. Aroma of caramel malt with notes of dry, fruity ale yeast and stewed hops. A tad harsh on the nostrils.
Tastes of caramel malt with a yeasty character and a mild, stewed hop bitterness. Notes of dry, fruity yeast and stewed hops/leaves. A tad watery, with a harsh background flavour. Mouthfeel is smooth, dry and tingly, but rather insubstantial. Somewhat astringent. Aftertaste of dry yeast and harsh stewed hops.
Bah - disappointing. It looks great - a nice hazy shade with good carbonation and a decent head, but that's where the goodness ends. The rest is mediocre; an excess of yeast and dry stewed hops in the aroma/flavour. Not a great ale - give it a miss.
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.92/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
500ml Brown bottle, best before 30 Apr 2012 and poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard in early Mar 2012.
White head on top of an amber body, clear and clean.
The nose, like the taste is a lovely blend of malts and hops: roasted/toasted molasses first, hop citrus and piney bitterness second.
Crisp and refreshing, thought this might be a cheap supermarket brew, it is a lot better than that.
Mar 09, 2012White head on top of an amber body, clear and clean.
The nose, like the taste is a lovely blend of malts and hops: roasted/toasted molasses first, hop citrus and piney bitterness second.
Crisp and refreshing, thought this might be a cheap supermarket brew, it is a lot better than that.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.53/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a ever so slightly hazy golden with big bubbled white head that faded to wisps .
Gives a nice malty aroma with traces of nut brittle and cut grass.
A sweet smack of grain starts the taste proceedings of taking a route via brazil nuts and cornflakes and finishing with a hoppy pinch on the way out.
quite lively bordering on fizzy but this goes quite well with the sweet taste slightly thin mouthfeel.
A welcome golden amber ale will buy more while they are still so reasonably priced.
Dec 20, 2011Gives a nice malty aroma with traces of nut brittle and cut grass.
A sweet smack of grain starts the taste proceedings of taking a route via brazil nuts and cornflakes and finishing with a hoppy pinch on the way out.
quite lively bordering on fizzy but this goes quite well with the sweet taste slightly thin mouthfeel.
A welcome golden amber ale will buy more while they are still so reasonably priced.
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.14/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.14/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Tasted by half-pint at the Penderel's Oak, a JDW pub b/w Holborn and Chancery Lane tube station, Central London. In fact this is a festival beer during Spoon's beer festival going on right now.
A: bright, reddish-copper colour, coming with a creamy and thick off-white beer head sustaining throughout the drink. Brilliant!
S: citric+floral hoppyness plus some hop resins--subtle and smooth, typical for a bitter though slightly lacklustre.
T: maltiness with a lightly bitter edge of caramel, comes on top of herbal(70%-)+spicy(30%+) hoppyness, leading to a smoothly bitter aftertaste and some dryish kick. Simplistic.
M&D: very smooth textured with a moderate flavour profile. But again, the world won't stop if this beer is absent. Average drinkability.
May 19, 2006A: bright, reddish-copper colour, coming with a creamy and thick off-white beer head sustaining throughout the drink. Brilliant!
S: citric+floral hoppyness plus some hop resins--subtle and smooth, typical for a bitter though slightly lacklustre.
T: maltiness with a lightly bitter edge of caramel, comes on top of herbal(70%-)+spicy(30%+) hoppyness, leading to a smoothly bitter aftertaste and some dryish kick. Simplistic.
M&D: very smooth textured with a moderate flavour profile. But again, the world won't stop if this beer is absent. Average drinkability.
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