Black Wattle Original Ale
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Barons Brewing CompanyBrewed at/by: Banks's
Amber / Red Ale Special Out of Production
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Score
5.94
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Special Cask beer for the JDW beer festival Autumn 2008. We welcome our first Australian guest brewer who will be re-creating one of his speciality beers for us at Banks’s brewery, in Wolverhampton. Flavoured by native Australian-roasted wattle seed, this multi award-winning ale has a rich amber colour and a base malt flavour of toffee and caramel, with hints of hazelnut and chocolate, supplied by this unusual ingredient. It’s a full-bodied beer which is surprisingly smooth, with an amazing silky finish.
Hops used: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles
Hops used: East Kent Goldings, Fuggles
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Penderel’s Oak, JDW. Holborn WC1. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity mlaty slightly sweetish spicy finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2009
at 05:58
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
cask at JDW edinburgh ...WELL FIRST OFF LETS JUST SAY I LIKED THIS WAY MORE THAN THE AVERAGE ... amber ... light malt light hazelnut nose ... mellow fruity malts ... some toffee... ligth chocolate ... and hazelnut ... TK2 as i defintly wanted a 2nd the next day ... very nutty very tasty ... could see the nuttyness getting too much over several pints.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2009
at 05:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Crosse Keys JDW, London City, 20 Nov 2008) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with dried fruit, caramel and sugar or honey. Malty, nutty taste with notes of dried fruit, prunes and caramel. Low bitterness with the hops disappearing in the sweet and nutty malt. Medium body, fairly sweet. Interesting, not bad, but hardly amazing. In short: sweet caramel with roasted nuts.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2008
at 09:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Knight’s Templar, London
Amber color. Simple aroma, light honey. The sweet caramel flavor is pleasant, with a light touch of cookies, balanced, easily drinkable, with correct final bitterness. Easy but pleasant.
Amber color. Simple aroma, light honey. The sweet caramel flavor is pleasant, with a light touch of cookies, balanced, easily drinkable, with correct final bitterness. Easy but pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2008
at 11:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at the sir John Moor. Pours dark orange to brown with a small creamy off-white head. Mild roasted and sweet berry fruity aroma. Mild sweetend to a light caramel malty back bone. Light fruity and bitter into the finish. Mild spiced impressionin the far finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2008
at 02:32
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial rooms JDW, Bristol 1/11/08. Deep amber with next to no head. Aroma of caramel, red fruit and a hint of herbs. Flavour was very bitter, to the point of being overpowering, with the wattle seed adding a touch of strangeness. One was quite enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2008
at 09:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Gold with a ring of white head; nutty aroma; caramel sweetness with some roasted nuts, very full bodied with the consistency of runny honey. Lack finish, and way to sweet for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2008
at 09:59
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[gravity cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Deep amber; slight white head; no carbonation. Don’t know what wattle tastes like, but this beer was a pretty average bitter. Some bitterness, a little malty earthiness, some nuts and a rather gloopy mouthfeel; fairly forgettable. c6
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2008
at 04:12