Jennings Sneck Lifter Strong Ale

The second beer from my Cumberland Ales pack, Sneck Lifter Strong Ale (5.1% abv) is a deep red ale with roasted barley notes and a nice crisp bitter finish, a definite winter warmer. My colleagues from the north tell me that in local northern dialect a sneck is a door latch, and a sneck lifter is a bloke who used to steal money from under the door latch to buy beer? I don't know, sounds all a bit odd. There is a little bit about this sort of thing on the website as well. I wont be a toff and go into all the ticker speak, but I did find this beauty on rate beer!

Appearance: dark mahogany color. Medium, beige, lasting and dense head. Aroma: intensive fresh toasty unmalted-wheat smell and of others toast grains. This aroma remembers me the fresh “toast flour”. Caramel, cacao, sugar and light smoke aromatic reminiscences. Flavor: lightly sweet start with nice toast-wheat taste and the reminiscences of “toast flour”. Fresh roast-coffee, cacao, caramel, wood, candy figs and plums, toast-breed and light smoke notes. Light dry and lasting final, mainly from the toast. Palate: medium body and light carbonation. Remark: nice toast-unmalted-wheat and light smoke taste. Advisable beer with own-character

I bet this guy is a tosser! I for one could not taste wood, candy, figs or plums in this beer. I suspect that the poor bloke who reviewed this beer with such detail may not be familiar with the intricacies of DMS which is common in some immature ales and has some of these flavours? Anyway, i say talk less and drink more!