Marmite Love Hate Ale
Camden Town Brewery


- From:
- Camden Town Brewery
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Smoked Beer
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 2.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 26, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 22, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.68/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Can. Dark amber with a thick frothy tan head.
Aroma of malt and muted Marmite which continues into the taste. A bit of smoke, charred toast and a medium bitter finish.
Light to medium body and carbonation.
Similar to a lightly smoked German dark beer.
Mar 26, 2022Aroma of malt and muted Marmite which continues into the taste. A bit of smoke, charred toast and a medium bitter finish.
Light to medium body and carbonation.
Similar to a lightly smoked German dark beer.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.74/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I usually don't enjoy hipster beer and I positvely dislike Marmite so Love-Hate is perhaps an optomistic proposition with this one. But nothing ventured nothing gained, and as with art with beer, I've found I can learn usefully even from what does not suit my own taste.
ps. Apart from the front logo this is blind-tasted, no can detail or reviews of it read beforehand.
L- By lamplight after dark it's a very dark ruby-chestnut. It also appears to have some haze to it. Poured with a 5-7mm mid-tan creamy looking fine-bubble head. So far so good.
S- I'm congested but can register it's non-standard. I get charred wood and hints of smoke.
T- Smoke and toasty charring. That comes together (in the finish) as an aspect of very heavily roast malt that lingers on the palate. The big surprise is that I don't register a Marmite aspect leaping out and whacking on mah ding-dong.
F- High CO2, very. First sip and I was swallowing gas. After that it calms a bit but it's a good level. It's a pungent beer, probably well suited to winter vs other seasons.
O- If handed this by a friend and asked to guess the style I'd probably suggest a German Rauch (smoked) beer. I don't get Marmite at all. I got my wife to try it too, nope, no hint for her either. So there you go, it was worth my trying this one. I expected to dislike it as a Marmite-beer, but it's pretty good as a smoked dark lager. 'Nothing ventured...!'
Bought from Wholefoods, London W8, 330ml can £2.30 BB: 30/03/2022. First new beer I've seen in London for weeks now - Review#2055,
--- Now to check the can: contains smoked malts and Marmite...
Dec 27, 2021ps. Apart from the front logo this is blind-tasted, no can detail or reviews of it read beforehand.
L- By lamplight after dark it's a very dark ruby-chestnut. It also appears to have some haze to it. Poured with a 5-7mm mid-tan creamy looking fine-bubble head. So far so good.
S- I'm congested but can register it's non-standard. I get charred wood and hints of smoke.
T- Smoke and toasty charring. That comes together (in the finish) as an aspect of very heavily roast malt that lingers on the palate. The big surprise is that I don't register a Marmite aspect leaping out and whacking on mah ding-dong.
F- High CO2, very. First sip and I was swallowing gas. After that it calms a bit but it's a good level. It's a pungent beer, probably well suited to winter vs other seasons.
O- If handed this by a friend and asked to guess the style I'd probably suggest a German Rauch (smoked) beer. I don't get Marmite at all. I got my wife to try it too, nope, no hint for her either. So there you go, it was worth my trying this one. I expected to dislike it as a Marmite-beer, but it's pretty good as a smoked dark lager. 'Nothing ventured...!'
Bought from Wholefoods, London W8, 330ml can £2.30 BB: 30/03/2022. First new beer I've seen in London for weeks now - Review#2055,
--- Now to check the can: contains smoked malts and Marmite...
Reviewed by Spike from England
3.9/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
330ml can.
L: Clear, dark red/brown with a smear of off-white head.
S: Woodsmoke and barbecue.
T: Predominantly smoked malt (rauch malt) with sweet, rich marmite in the finish.
F: Medium body, drying.
O: Not what I was expecting. What *was* I expecting from an ale brewed with marmite? But as soon as it was poured, and a massive barbecue aroma emerged, I realised this is a rauchbier and the addition of marmite made sense. A properly experimental craft beer from Camden Town Brewery, available in UK supermarkets. Kudos.
Dec 14, 2021L: Clear, dark red/brown with a smear of off-white head.
S: Woodsmoke and barbecue.
T: Predominantly smoked malt (rauch malt) with sweet, rich marmite in the finish.
F: Medium body, drying.
O: Not what I was expecting. What *was* I expecting from an ale brewed with marmite? But as soon as it was poured, and a massive barbecue aroma emerged, I realised this is a rauchbier and the addition of marmite made sense. A properly experimental craft beer from Camden Town Brewery, available in UK supermarkets. Kudos.
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.7/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Canned in a little 330ml stubbie crafty craft can and purchased from Tesco supermarket
Pours a very very very very dark brown body with splatterings of tan head
Aroma is rye toast
Flavour bramble jam on burned toast
Sep 22, 2021Pours a very very very very dark brown body with splatterings of tan head
Aroma is rye toast
Flavour bramble jam on burned toast
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