30/04/2016. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Tried at the Royal Hopole, JDW, Tewkesbury. Deep golden orange colour with a white head. Aroma is light citrus, bready, but as as much as I’d expect from an APA. Taste dry citrus with a bitter finish. decent body.

6.1

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

Pours a clear honey amber colour with a small off white head. Doughy bread and honey aroma, some citrus there as well. Very sweet, fruit salad and honey sweetness some grassy hop bitterness and more sweetness in the finish.

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the King and Castle, Tourist Town Zentrum, 28/05/16. Hazed golden orange with a decent off White head. Nose is bread dough, light orange, straw, faint hop. Taste comprises tangerine, grass, melon, lemon rind, light bready notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness.Average fayre ... lacks hop presence.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Wibbas Down. It pours clear golden - amber with a medium white head. The aroma is cereal, bread, grass, floral and dull sulphury farmyard. The taste is crisp, clean, bitter, biscuit malt, floral, lemon citrus, touch of grapefruit and soap with a short, dryish finish. Light - medium body and fine carbonation. Not a huge amount to it. Fair.

6

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

Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Golden with a creamy head. Has an acute bubble-gum sweetened tropical fruitiness in its taste, that lingers in the palate. There’s a bitterness too, and a sugary-malty nose.