25/03/2011. WOODROW WILSON, 48 Botchergate, CARLISLE, Cumbria, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.9

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

Draft at The Windmill (JDW) at London Stansted Airport. Pours dark brown with medium creamy tan-like head and nice lacing. Aroma of caramel, moderate roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and grassy hops. Taste starts with light sweet and roasted malt, follows by chocolate and earthy notes with dry and moderate bitter finish. Medium body, creamy texture and soft carbonation in palate. Pretty average stout, but good enough to get amused at the airport...

7.3

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

bottle at home ... deep from ... thin tan head ... soft roast .. light chovcolate roast nose ... dark malts ... chewky chocolate ... light thin roast ... but nice solid dark roast ... light cooking chocoolate ... soft toffee .. ok

6.4

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

Bottle from B & M, Worcester purchased Saturday 4th January consumed at home Thursday 9th January 2014 Pours dark, dark brown with a tan head. Quite but not massively rich with bitter dark chocolate tussling with lots of roasty, toasty flavours. Very good for not being too sweet, in fact it was a little dry, also good for the abv, it really is very easy drinking for a 6% beer. Not bad. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Live review: hope this is going to be better than the 4% ABV Cask version I had back in 2011. 500ml Bottle: BBD end of Jan 14, I am about to pour it into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home 18th Dec 2013. Really dark body, a deep reddy brown: on top a full foam blanket of tanned mini-bubbles. Coffee and dark chocolate in the aroma, same in the taste. The roasted malts giving a richer and more flavoursome feel than the 4% Cask one. This is a whole lot better with the dark chocolate taste turning a little bitter towards the finish and the coffee esters becoming stronger.

6.4

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

Bottle from B&M Bargains; dark brown pour with big foamy off white head, coffee aroma, taste has coffee chocolate and a hint of hop bitterness.

5.9

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

Sturdy stout that stands up well with a healthy body. Dark and drinkable ale.

6

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

Bottle. Dark brown pour with a small off white head. Light roasted, chocolate aroma. Chocolate, malt and roasted flavor. It is a little light and thin but not too bad.

5.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

March 2011: This beer is brewed to celebrate the 125 years of brewing at Northgate: based on a recipe for one of their first beers brewed there. Sadly it wasn’t a great recipe in my eyes. Looked good enough, dark and rich. The aroma was fairly heavy, some coffee and roasted/toasted malts, they use muscovado suger in the brew apparantly. The taste and mouthfeel were both weak and watery, which is a shame as four different hop varieties are added: Bramling Cross, cascade, Fuggles and Goldings. I couldn’t find much evidence of any hop content, it was just a dry finish to a sugary, watery alcoholic liquid.

4.5

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

[Cask at Hope Tap (JDW), Reading] Dark brown, small off-white head and a moderate fizz that gets very annoying. Weak and watery is the main impression I got, though hints of smokey roasted malt do emerge. Leaves a vague sour bitterness. A warming smokiness in the aftertaste comes too late to save it. Much as I love Waddy’s (it’s the closest brewery to where I grew up, and has one of the most pleasant visitor centres of any brewery I’ve visited) I’m forced to agree with the other reviews here - this is cack; one of the worst stouts I’ve ever tasted.