14/03/2018. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.4

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

Pours a clear golden colour with a small diminishing white head. A floral aroma, elderflower blossom with some light sweet malt notes. A sweetish floral taste, sweet pale malt, elderflower, orange blossom flavours with a light dry and light bittersweet finish.

6.2

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

Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2022. A crystal clear pale gold coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, green wine gums, chewy, light grains, hay, green berries, apple flavour. Flavour is composed of semi sweet earthy grains, apple, straw, earthy. Green apple, adjunct. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, airy dusty. Ok.

6

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

Cask-conditioned, on gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2018. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Some floral hops, sweet and synthetic elderflower notes, cereal malts and a gently bitter finish. Ok.

6.8

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

.. Light dry floral fruit nose Cask as.. Golden amber.. Thin white lacing.. sweet elderflower floral fruit.. big sweet... Fruit

5

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

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Deep gold with a negligible rim of white and a light fizz. Watery elderflower juice is the order of the day here. There's a little twist of lemon. Sweetish with just a mild hint of bitterness. Watery is the main theme though. Disappointed with this, as I like elderflower and thought this one might have been worth a punt.

6.6

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

Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt. Taste is cereal grains and a faint floral note. The elderflower is there, but quite subtle.

6.2

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

Cask at the white lady. Pours hazy golden, nose elderflower, floral, orange, lime, taste is sweet, grassy, floral.

6.3

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

Cask @ Montgomery's Tower. Pours gold, white head. Floral nose. Taste has a nice elderflower character, some sweet icing, sweet malt, fairly fruity. Not bad.

5.1

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

Cask handpull at The Society Rooms Maidstone JDW. Clear pale gold colour lasting white head. Some elderflower some sweet perfume. Not much beer character. Too sweet. Too perfumed. Eeek.