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Marston's: Firestoker

This bitter is/was brewed by Marston's in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It's achieved an overall score of 51.12%. Based on 17 tastings, the average ABV is 5.00%.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
21st Aug 2002 at 8:00 pm bottle (home - yard), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 88.89%
Clarity: 100%
56.268% cream 30
24th Aug 2002 at 8:30 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
55.931% vanilla 30
8th Sep 2002 at 10:15 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 40%
Ease: 88.89%
Clarity: 100%
50.679% vanilla 31
12th Nov 2002 at 7:35 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 82.35%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
43.474% creamy 35
9th Dec 2002 at 8:50 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
50.562% creamy 38
10th Dec 2002 at 9:00 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
53.383% fire-starter 38
6th Jan 2003 at 8:45 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 82.35%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 40%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
39.769% vanilla 40
3rd Apr 2003 at 8:10 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
50.349% pleasant 48
14th Jun 2003 at 10:10 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 82.35%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
46.419% vanilla 56
29th Jun 2003 at 9:40 pm bottle (home - yard), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 40%
Ease: 88.89%
Clarity: 100%
48.715% spicy 57
25th Feb 2004 at 9:10 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
52.270% sharpish 90
3rd Apr 2004 at 12:05 am bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
50.616% citrus-fruity 93
23rd May 2004 at 6:50 pm bottle (home - yard), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 100%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
52.614% tarty 99
7th Aug 2004 at 11:25 pm bottle (home - yard), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
49.303% sharp 102
2nd Nov 2004 at 11:15 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 100%
Ease: 88.89%
Clarity: 100%
58.737% flavoury 115
23rd Nov 2004 at 11:05 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 100%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
56.580% flavoury 116
2nd Dec 2004 at 9:05 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.00 medium-golden Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
53.309% tasty 117

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Other Beers (etc.) by Marston's

Apart from Firestoker, Hop Horizons lists 101 others by Marston's. These are:
61 Deep
Ale Shandy
American Style IPA (for Sainsbury's)
Ashes Ale
Burton Bitter
Burton Cathedral
Cherry Head
Christmas Ale (for Marks & Spencer)
Christmas Everyday
Double Drop
Drayman's Best Bitter (aka Tesco Best Bitter)
Drayman's Dark Mild
EPA (English Pale Ale)
Fever Pitch
Flyer Amber Ale (Single Hop)
Golden Ginger Beer (for Morrisons)
Harper's Amber Ale (for Aldi)
Harper's Amber Stone (for Aldi)
Harper's American IPA (for Aldi)
Harper's Golden Ale (4.1% version) (for Aldi)
Harper's Golden Ale (4.5% version) (for Aldi)
Harper's Golden Ale with Elderflower (for Aldi)
Harper's Golden Crown (for Aldi)
Harper's IPA (for Aldi)
Harper's North Bridge Brown Ale (for Aldi)
Harper's Ruby Red Ale (for Aldi)
Harper's Summer Ale with Peach (for Aldi)
Harper's Toffee Ale (for Aldi)
Harper's Wild Bill's IPA (for Aldi)
Hatherwood Gnarly Fox Lager
Hatherwood Gold Ale
Hatherwood Ruby Ale
Hatherwood Shark Bay
Hatherwood The Ginger Grizzly No. 6
Help for Heroes Blonde Ale
Hobgoblin Dark Stout
Hobgoblin Session IPA
Hoggy's Night Watchman
Honest Graft Amber Ale
Honest Graft Golden Ale
Honest Graft IPA
Hyde & Wilde American Style IPA (for Sainsbury's)
Hyde & Wilde Craft Lager (for Sainsbury's)
Hyde & Wilde Pale Ale (for Sainsbury's)
Hyde & Wilde Session Pale Ale (for Sainsbury's)
IPA (for Morrisons)
IPA (for Sainsbury's)
India Export Ale
India Pale Ale (for Marks & Spencer)
King Goblin Imperial Ruby Beer
Koningshoeven Lodewijk’s Dutch Delight
Lambrate LigΓ©ra
Late Hopped
Long Hop
Low 'C / Resolution
Merrie Monk
New Fangled
Old Empire
One is 90
Owd Rodger
Oyster Stout
Pale Ale
Pedigree (old 4.5% version)
Pedigree Diamond 60th Anniversary
Pedigree New World
Pedigree Pale Ale (new 5% version)
Pedigree Six
Pedigree VSOP
Pedigree Victorious Bitter
Perfect Union
Revisionist American Hop Rye Pale Ale
Revisionist Belgian Saison Beer
Revisionist California Common Steam Beer
Revisionist Craft Lager
Revisionist Craft Stout
Revisionist Hefeweizen Wheat Beer
Revisionist Pacific Hop Red Ale
Revisionist Red IPA
Revisionist irish Peated Ale
Ruby Ale (for Tesco)
Rye Pale Ale (for Sainsbury's)
Shipyard American IPA
Shipyard Little Horror of Hops
Shipyard Portland Lager
Shipyard Rye Pale Ale
Shipyard Steam Beer
Simply Alcoholic Ginger Beer (for Tesco)
Simply Dark Ale (for Tesco)
Simply Golden Ale (for Tesco)
Simply IPA (for Tesco)
Simply Stout (for Tesco)
Single Malt
Smooth
Staffordshire IPA (for Marks & Spencer)
Stout (for Morrisons)
Strong Bitter (for Tesco)
Strong Pale Ale
Sundance
Sunrise (for Waitrose)
Sweet Chariot
Wainwright Amber

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