Hobb Ferret
Marston Moor Brewery Limited
- From:
- Marston Moor Brewery Limited
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.18 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 22, 2006
- Added:
- May 22, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by TheLongBeachBum from California
3.18/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.18/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Presentation: One of four ever-rotating Guest Beers on sale at the Wakefield Labour Club (a.k.a. The Red Shed) during a recent trip back home to England. A freshly tapped replacement to the Cottage Brunels Clifton Ale, which I had tried earlier in the afternoon.
Rectangular Pumpclip has a picture of a White Ferret underneath the words Hobb Ferret. The words Marston Moor Brewing Company Ltd with the strength of 4.4%ABV are both listed at the bottom. *Contract Brewed by Rudgate of Tockwith.
Appearance: Classic English Bitter looks. A medium coppering body with dark red hints. Tight creamy head with an off-white beige look. Sheet like lacing on the glass sides. Great head retention and a finely dissolved atmospheric carbonation. Good Looks.
Nose: Toasted malts with some biscuit. Low hop bitterness and proving dough yeast. Hints of baked bread.
Taste: English Bitter through-and-through, with all its simplistic profile but yet none of its subtle complexities. A little heavier on the malts; low on the bittering hops and with a yeasty aspect in the finish which is higher than most. Nothing special, a run of the mill Bitter which has a solid malt bill and pushes into John Smiths territory.
Mouthfeel: Begins quite thin but the malts in the middle lend some meat to the brew and the finish rescues an above average contribution from the ingredients and conditioning. Good enough, the fact that it was freshly tapped definitely helped out here.
Drinkability: The freshness of the Pint, and its lively conditioning carried the brew nicely and helped to balance the high contribution from the malts. But in the long term its a little too malty for my tastes; I would have liked some more bittering hops. This makes it a tad boring to be honest.
Overall: *A Brewery that once was, that now isnt, but still exists as a Beer Marketing Company and has all of its beers Contract Brewed by Rudgate. I had the distinct pleasure to visit the defunct Marston Moor Brewery and its associated Brewery Tap, The Crown at Kirk Hammerton many times. The Marston Moor beers were lovely golden hoppy brews. Sadly this has a big Rudgate malty thumbprint all over it. Run of the Mill stuff, I miss the original hoppier Marston Moor beers.
May 22, 2006Rectangular Pumpclip has a picture of a White Ferret underneath the words Hobb Ferret. The words Marston Moor Brewing Company Ltd with the strength of 4.4%ABV are both listed at the bottom. *Contract Brewed by Rudgate of Tockwith.
Appearance: Classic English Bitter looks. A medium coppering body with dark red hints. Tight creamy head with an off-white beige look. Sheet like lacing on the glass sides. Great head retention and a finely dissolved atmospheric carbonation. Good Looks.
Nose: Toasted malts with some biscuit. Low hop bitterness and proving dough yeast. Hints of baked bread.
Taste: English Bitter through-and-through, with all its simplistic profile but yet none of its subtle complexities. A little heavier on the malts; low on the bittering hops and with a yeasty aspect in the finish which is higher than most. Nothing special, a run of the mill Bitter which has a solid malt bill and pushes into John Smiths territory.
Mouthfeel: Begins quite thin but the malts in the middle lend some meat to the brew and the finish rescues an above average contribution from the ingredients and conditioning. Good enough, the fact that it was freshly tapped definitely helped out here.
Drinkability: The freshness of the Pint, and its lively conditioning carried the brew nicely and helped to balance the high contribution from the malts. But in the long term its a little too malty for my tastes; I would have liked some more bittering hops. This makes it a tad boring to be honest.
Overall: *A Brewery that once was, that now isnt, but still exists as a Beer Marketing Company and has all of its beers Contract Brewed by Rudgate. I had the distinct pleasure to visit the defunct Marston Moor Brewery and its associated Brewery Tap, The Crown at Kirk Hammerton many times. The Marston Moor beers were lovely golden hoppy brews. Sadly this has a big Rudgate malty thumbprint all over it. Run of the Mill stuff, I miss the original hoppier Marston Moor beers.
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