Marston's Owd Rodger
Cask; Occasional. Mainly a bottled beer.
"Owd Rodger, brewed to a recipe believed to be over 500 years old, is Marston’s award winning 7.6% strong ale. Brewed using malted barley, whole leaf English aroma hops and well water, Owd Rodger offers an explosion of rich fruit flavours with a dry bitter-sweet finish."
From 2014 the bottled beer reduced to 7.4% from 7.6% ABV.
"Owd Rodger, brewed to a recipe believed to be over 500 years old, is Marston’s award winning 7.6% strong ale. Brewed using malted barley, whole leaf English aroma hops and well water, Owd Rodger offers an explosion of rich fruit flavours with a dry bitter-sweet finish."
From 2014 the bottled beer reduced to 7.4% from 7.6% ABV.
3.4
255 reviews
Burton-on-Trent, England
Community reviews
Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 16.12.19. Dark mahogany. Small beige head. Fine aroma and taste of dark berries, dates and sweet medium dark malt.
Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours almost clear dark ruby with a tiny head. Aroma is malty, dark caramel, treacle and some weak herbal note. Taste is malty, dark bitter chocolate, treacle and ripe red fruits
Hard to locate. Malty, flavourful. Not overwhelmingly alcohol as real craft ake claims. Worth a try.
Bottle. A chestnut colored beer, hazy, with a finger thick beige head. Chocolate, roasted malts, caramel and dark dried fruits in the aroma. Hints of bread. It's full bodied and smooth, nicely carbonated and lightly warming, with some bitterness dealing with the sweetness. Caramel, chocolate, oat biscuits, roasted malts and some treacle in the flavor. Lasting finish. Sure a fine one, perhaps a bit fresh though. 191130
500 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 7.4%. Mahogany colour, moderate off-white to beige head. Lovely aroma of malts, ripe red fruits and dark berries, raisins and sultanas, fruitcake and plum pudding. Rich and malty flavour with the same elements as the aroma, moderate earthy and fruity hops. An excellent and classical English strong ale.
Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Clear, deep amber to dark ruby red body with a small beige head. Aroma has dark malt, caramel and dry fruit. Flavor is sweet, dark malt, caramel, rye bread and dry fruit, not much bitterness. Fine body and smooth, sweet aftertaste. It feels a bit like something in the crossing between a strong stout, British brown ale and a barley wine. Nothing to challenging here but it’s well made and tasty.
Bottle, from historic notes. Source not recorded. Poured dark amber / brown with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, light wood and dried fruit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture. Not bad this one.
Kastanjebrun, karamell, tørket frukt, kandisukker, god munnfølelse....................
Dark golden in colour. Hop and malty. A bit neutral, but absolutaly an OK beer.
Deep brown body with a large, frothy, short-lived, beige head. Strong aroma of sweet caramel, dark caramel, dark berries, dark dried fruits, and sweet fruits. Strong flavour that follows the aroma, with additional wood, vanilla, and hints of fortified wine. Moderate sweet taste with a light bitter finish. Full-bodied, incredibly smooth and delicious texture, soft carbonation. Sweet, dark, powerful, and modestly hopped.
[50 cl bottle, enjoyed 8 months before BB date, from Vinmonopolet Ullevål, Oslo]
Drukket på Lillehøgda. Mørk mahognybrun. Skum som blir raskt borte. Utmerket eikearoma. Sherryaktig. Oljeaktig munnfølelse. Smaken innholdsrik. Tre-/sherrypreget forsterkes og preges etterhvert av nøtter & karamell. Lett tørr bitter avslutning.
0.5l bottle. Pours dark brown with beige head. Aroma of malt, caramel, brown sugar/toffee, british hops. Taste is sweet, malt, caramel, dark fruits, toffee, hops come though in the finish. Decent.
Aroma of malt, caramel, dried fruits and hints of chocolate and liquorice. Dark brown with a tan head. Medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter. Full body with average to soft carbonation. Dry and slightly bitter finish. Overall a very nice example of an English Strong Ale. A rich and complex beer.
Strong , but not overpowering, easy drinking
Bottle drunk at home. Dark Ruby appearance. Aroma is dark fruits, cherry, pine, roasted and toffee. Flavour is caramel, toffee, malt, cherry and roasted.
Bottle from Beers of Europe.
Appearance - deep brown to black with red chinks. Decent head.
Nose - treacle, nuts, raisins and just a hint of liquorice.
Taste - treacle again. Raisins and prunes.
Palate - rich and full bodied. Mouth coating sweetness. Not refreshing at all but that's not the style.
Overall - good stuff.
Strong flavour but not overwhelming, gorgeous colour and great taste. Brilliant find on cask in a place out of the way just outside of Lincoln, woodcocks. Definitely not a session beer but good for a few...
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Cask at Chaplin’s, Boscombe. Clear dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, toffee and butterscotch. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Gurney Slade with Ross
Dark/red heavy bitter taste
Fruit cake/plum
0.5l bottle from simontomlinson EU local swap 3/2018. Rich fruity old ale, plums. Quite sweet. Smooth. Would drink again.
Deep, dark red beer. Smallish head which lasts for a fair while. Aroma of prune juice and caramel. Sweet taste which is easy to drink and a nice buzz thanks to the 7.4% alcohol content. Aftertaste slightly grassy. Would buy again.
Bottle from Turkish 24/7 on Alfreton Road, Nottingham. Plum pudding in a glass
If I had not seen the alchol percentage beforehand I would never have guessed it was as high as 7.4%
Drinking it you get a very smooth and sweet taste. For some maybe too sweet - but I enjoyed it very much.
Not a session beer as it's too strong. Used to be 7.6% up until recently I think. Pleasant, deep-flavoured country-style pint as a good starter for the evening. Rich aroma and taste if served not-too-cold. A beer that can make you reminisce about past visits to country inns.
Cask at the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, 2018. Reddish-brown pour with a beige head. Aromas of burnt toffee, caramel, dark fruit, red apple. Flavours of toffee apple, caramel, more dark fruit, raisin. Sweet, malty finish. Very nice.
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Sweet carame and fruits aroma. Treacle brown. No head. Sweet. Syrupy. Sugary. Thick bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Abrupt finish. Not normally keen on sweet beers, but that's more in terms of artificial tastes. This is more of a warming caramel sauce. Good stuff.
Lethal. Pours as dark as expected. Complex aromas of treacle, oats and even some tar. Tastes of molasses and oats again. Everything I’d expect of something labelled a ’country ale’, just a shame that having one than two over a normal session would be headache-fodder!
Something has probably turned really wrong here. Infected I suppose. Lots of butter and vinegar. As you surely understand, not meant for human consumption.
[Cask at The Fat Cat in Norwich, England]
Draught at Fat Cat in Norwich, shared with friends. Dark brown body. Dissipating beige head. Dark fruity nose with hints of vinegar. Toffee and dark jam-like flavours partially overrun by vinegar. Gone? (18.02.2017).
Cask @ Fat Cat, Norwich. Pours dark brown with an tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, butter, burnt brown sugar, light vinegar. Flavor is sweet, light sour, malty, caramel, butter, brown sugar, vinegar. Medium body, soft carbonation. Erk! 180217