Alpha 5
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Chelsea Craft Brewing CompanyBrewed at/by: Banks's
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special Out of Production
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Score
7.18
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Mark Szmaida has travelled to Banks’s Brewery in the West Midlands to brew this golden-amber beer for us. The hops used provide pine & citrus notes in the aroma and flavour, giving a gentle bitterness that is balanced by a dry malt finish.
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16/07/2016. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 28 Jun 2023
at 10:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Pump House, Shirley, Solihull. Poured a clear medium brown with a frothy white head and lots of clingy lace. The aroma is woody hop, some malt. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a dry light spicy, woody, light resin hop bitter, light malt palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2016
at 13:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Isambard Kingdom Brunel (JDW), Portsmouth
Amber color, good creamy beige head. Lots of citrus and grapefruit in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Pale malty with hints of pils and cara, grapefruity hoppyness. Nicely sessionable ale.
Amber color, good creamy beige head. Lots of citrus and grapefruit in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Pale malty with hints of pils and cara, grapefruity hoppyness. Nicely sessionable ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2016
at 14:37
9/10
Really solid pale No nonsense. A good malt whack. Banks's please use this yeast more.
Tried
at
Ivory Peg (JDW)
on 08 Jul 2016
at 12:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Alexander Graham bell. Pours clear amber, nose is zesty lemon, sweet toffee, taste is dry, lemon, soft toffee, biscuity.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2016
at 07:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the foot of the walk.. Golden amber.. Thick white head.. Soft zesty floral fruit nose.. Soft zesty citrus.. Juicy creamy fruits.. Big juicy floral orange
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2016
at 09:51
7/10
Tried
on 04 Jul 2016
at 16:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Hedley Verity, Leeds. Deep clear golden with a creamy head. Has a strength, but it’s fruity pale ale texture is nevertheless well stated, and the ale is full-bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2016
at 11:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled pint in a Birmingham Wetherspoons on 30th June 2016. Amber pour, with a white, lasting head. Decent enough brew with a tropical fruit feel to it, leaning towards citrus flavours as it warmed a little. Started semi-sweet and slowly got more bitter as I got into it more.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2016
at 09:19
8/10
Tried
on 29 Jun 2016
at 16:47