Beer – #18 in a series – Marston Pedigree

Wow, it’s been like drink a beer a night week. Tonight I have a pleasurable guest in the name of Marston Pedigree, a 500ml sized bottle of Classic English Pale Ale.

This is a spectacularly nice beer, and I’m as happy as my picture looks, well that’s not true because I look a bit of weirdo in the picture but let me tell you I am smiling away like a smily thing.

It’s rich and Golden, and has a taste that really hits the spot for me. With an ABV of 5% this is something that I would be happy to hanker down over a game of dominos with, or more correctly over Game of thrones with. This really works for me unless you hadn’t worked it out already.

We only use natural Burton spring water and traditional varieties of barley and hops (Maris Otter Barley, Fuggles and Goldings hops), rather than less expensive, commercially grown, modern hybrids. Unique in this world, it is still brewed in the oak casks of the Burton Union to preserve its unique character, consistent quality and taste.

Needless to say this is at 9.5 Arbitrary stars on the equally as arbitrary Pdubyah-o-meter, which is just as well since I have a fridge full of more exotic things left to drink, and they’re going to have to be good to beat this and get a 10.

In and of itself a fine beer, and thanks to the fine people at WineCircle in Huapai who keep me on the straight and narrow. Twitter them @winecircle