29/03/2014. MOON & STARS, 164-166 High Street, LONDON, SE20, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.1

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

Cask at Wetherspoons. Sweet, bitter, zesty citrus, light floral fruit, yeasty.

5.6

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

Cask @ Penderel’s Oak, JDW, Holborn WC1. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty orange peel aroma. Fruity wheat malty citrus hoppy flavor. with weak coriander hints. Has a fruity wheat malty citrus hoppy finish.

6.1

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

Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Yellow-gold with a small white head. Light Belgian yeasty flavours up front- a bit of banana here, a little bread there. Definite wheat beer tendencies too, with sweet lemon and some spice coming through. But there’s no sign of the hops- it’s definitely not a white IPA, whatever that may be. It’s fairly weak and watery, but by the end I was quite enjoying the simple refreshment it offered. Ok beer if you don’t judge it by the attempted style.

5.4

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

On gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, March 2014. Hazy yellow in colour, with a slight white head. Odd mix of yeasty acidity, lemon fruit and a hint of herb and spice. Made me think of stomach bile. Not nice.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

27th March 2014
Masque Haunt Spoons. Cask. Pretty much a clear pale gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and semi dry. Very modest carbonation. Light floralness. Whisper of banana ester. Floral light finish with a touch of citric bitterness. Light and crisp. Not bad.

6

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

Cask at the Claude Du Vall, Camberley, 12/04/14, JDW Spring 2014 Fest Beer #26. Clear golden blonde with a moderate off white swirl atop the glass. Nose is citric peel, corriander, wheaten bread, straw. Taste comprises lemon rind, spice, grain, corriander, herbal effect (I always want to type essence after herbal - fucking TV advertising!), bitter orange. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close. Ok I suppose and OK for style, just A.N.Other whelming beer from a whelminf festival. Whelmed !

6

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

Cask at William Stead JDW Darlington. Clear pale golden colour, thin white head and aroma of wheat, lemon. Taste is similar, wheaty with fruity lemon, some spice and light bitterness. Slick mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, clean light bitter finish. Quite OK.

6

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

Cask at Hamilton Hall, JDW - London. Pours extremely pale yellow with a creamy white head. Sugary dough in the aroma with nips of lemon meringue. Sugary sweet pale, doughy bread flavor with some cereal, hay, lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Sweetfinish with furher doughy white bread, minimal bitterness, hay, faint grains. Just OK.

4.6

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

Cask at the Columbia press JDW Watford. Pale yellow straw colour with a soapy fleeting head. Aroma is sweet banana bread., ripe bananas. Flavour is sweet ripe banana with flabby grains. Firm earthy lemon bitterness. Palate is lifeless and flabby. Ferment is overcome on the German yeast phenols. Not good.