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J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Good Word Brewing & Public HouseBrewed at/by: Adnams
Brown Ale Special
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Score
6.66
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This deep amber beer is brewed in the style of a traditional English brown ale, delivering a balance of deep malt and subtle hop flavours, with hints of dark chocolate.
Brewed by Todd DiMatteo at Adnams Brewery, Suffolk.
Hops: Goldings
Brewed by Todd DiMatteo at Adnams Brewery, Suffolk.
Hops: Goldings
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Not bad. Pleasant toasted malts, nips of caramel and brown sugar, mild earthy bitterness, a suggestion of cocoa. Drinks fine.
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Sir John Hawkshaw (JDW)
on 12 Mar 2026
at 17:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear amber with a thin double cream-coloured head. Aromas of toffee and light fruit. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2026
at 16:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Chestnut brown with a small frothy white head and a toffee malt and mellow floral hop aroma. Light to medium bodied, has a touch of chewiness to it, sweet toffee, maybe some chocolate, floral hops lighten it and offer a touch of bitterness, finishes dry and bittersweet.
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Montgomery's Tower
on 11 Mar 2026
at 16:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a pint in my local Spoons on Sunday 8th March 2026. Clean dark amber body, white topping. Malty front with a slight nutty chocolate flavour, low hop content made it a little sweet, almost liked it.
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William Withering
on 08 Mar 2026
at 16:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Shakespeare Head Holborn JDW. Clear mid brown colour lasting beige head. Yes some malt. Some light chocolate flavour. Could do with a bit more brown malt to be a brown ale. Not any real bitterness on the finish. Light fruit esters. Some yeast character on aroma. Bit bland.
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Shakespeares Head (JDW)
on 07 Mar 2026
at 12:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#3. Not a full-on brown style, in this quite hoppy clear golden-amber ale. Its malty too, not low on taste within its style and a decent festival version for this guest brewer. Some sweetness, only a slightly watery texture lowering the tone.
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Regal Moon (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 18:22
7/10
Malty and slight nuttiness. Slight sweet finish.
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Ritz
on 05 Mar 2026
at 17:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Bell Hotel, Norwich. This was served straight from cask. Pours fine. Aroma is malty, hedgerow, berries, sweet fruits, hint of chocolate, liquorice and burnt rubber. Bittersweet taste. Lightly drying. Finished sweeter. Quite drinkable.
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Bell Hotel (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 12:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Third of a pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Thin off white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
Thin off white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness
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Red Lion (JDW)
on 04 Mar 2026
at 18:01
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Imperial (JDW)
on 04 Mar 2026
at 11:49