{"id":1165,"date":"2009-02-09T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T11:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:15:45","slug":"marstons-pedigree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2009\/02\/09\/marstons-pedigree\/","title":{"rendered":"Marston’s ‘Pedigree’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Marston's<\/a>
Marston's 'Pedigree'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A classic English ale, with a nice old-school bent in that they still use a peculiar system of oak casks all piped-together for the brewing, which does give it definite woody undertones, especially late. It’s a nice light amber, starts smooth, and is generally easy-going, understated, but rewarding. Lots of subtle little flavours drifting up as you go, making for an enjoyably complex sipper. It’s also got the solid minerally-ness that comes from the Burton water, and became a characteristic of the stronger, hoppier India Pale Ales, when they were developed.<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, February 2011:<\/strong> In another instance for the Strange Timing files, I’m just getting back on to the archival-uploads task bang on two years after I first had this. I still have fond memories of this beer, and have had a couple in the intervening time. So sedate, and worth spending time with.<\/p>\n

\"Marston's<\/a>
Diary entry #78, Marston's 'Pedigree'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love that the label says “Official Beer of England”, too. A wonderfully over-reaching marketing effort, since they mean “of the English Cricket Team”.<\/p>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Marston’s Pedigree. 9\/2\/09. 500ml 4.5% $11 @ Malthouse. Classic English ale, brewed in a weird old oak cask system, and it shows. Very woody undertones, especially late. It’s a nice light amber, and has a smooth start. Easy-going, understated but rewarding. With the Burton water mineral note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A classic English ale, with a nice old-school bent in that they still use a peculiar system of oak casks all piped-together for the brewing, which does give it definite woody undertones, especially late. It’s a nice light amber, starts smooth, and is generally easy-going, understated, but rewarding. Lots of subtle little flavours drifting up … Continue reading Marston’s ‘Pedigree’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,6,17],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-ale","tag-pages","tag-england"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1330,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/01\/01\/archive-compendium-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":1165,"position":0},"title":"Archive Compendium #1","author":"Phil","date":"January 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The original plan, back in October 2010, was to conduct a complete Great Uploading of Diary I before starting in with the new notes. 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