17/04/2014. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

7

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

On cask at the Haymarket Bar. Appearance - hazy golden yellow. Did not expect that from a marzen. Nose - flowers, lemon and custard. Taste - lemon custard again. Again not what I expected. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long rich finish. Overall - light a rich golden ale rather than a Bavarian malty lager. Nice though.

6.1

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

Cask at SRAF. Pours golden, nose is light spice,toffee, taste is crisp, bitter, toffee, thin.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Scottish Real Ale Festival 2014. Not surprised this is under Bitter! Malty, with a light orange bitterness. Not bad.

6.3

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

Cask at SRAF 2014... Golden yellow... Light fruit nose... Soft floral.. Light soft sweet.. Easy drinking

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the WG Grace (JDW), Bristol, February 2014. Pale gold in colour, with a light, leafy hop character, hint of citrus, crisp malts and a gently bitter finish. Fine.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Gold with a large creamy white head and a light sparkle. Sweet sherbert and pepper up front but then turns watery and descends into nothingness followed by a mild cardboardy bitterness. Poor.

5.5

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

Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW, Victoria SW1. Pours a clear golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty grainy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy finish.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at The Square Peg; light amber pour with a frothy white head, toffee aroma, taste is malty with a hint of fruit and a lingering bitterness.

6.5

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

Cask at the Tilly Shilling (JDW), Farnborough. Straw coloured with a dense white head; fruity aroma; soft & malty, sweet and creamy in the mouth; with a lingering fruity finish. Different and very drinkable.