26/03/2015. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2015. Copper coloured with a decent, off-white, head. Sweet, earthy malts, some vague earthiness and a moderately bitter finish. So so.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ White Swan (JDW), Islington N1. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, light fruit, taste is dry, peppery, toffee, sweet.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - deep golden amber with a decent head. Nose - canned mandarin. Taste - mostly toffee malt with a very light mandarin note at the back. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - the nose is better than the taste.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

16th March 2015
Crosse Keys Spoons. Cask. Clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is softish and smooth. Modest fine carbonation. Smooth light malts with a little creamy sweetness and a trace of toffee. Sweet bubblegum ester. Dried fruits and a little apple on the back end. Light semi dry finish. It’s okay.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Monks’ Retreat (JDW), Reading. Copper coloured with a loose white head; the aroma has some rye and also berry fruit; full bodies, with a fruity taste that nicely balanced and not too sweet; then a crisp dry finish with some lingering red berries.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Deep nutty color with a finger thick off white head that ends up in a thin layer. Bready, fruity and herbal aroma. Medium body. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft to flat carbonation. Caramel, bready, herbal and fruity. To flat carbonation destroyed this one. Could have been quite ok.
[Handpull at Moon Under Water (JDW) in Watford, England]

5.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at the white lady. Pours clear amber, thick white head. Aromas of light spice, butterscotch. Taste is rye bread, spice, gnarly. Not great.