J D Wetherspoon Alpha 5

Alpha 5

 

J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Chelsea Craft Brewing Company
Brewed at/by: Banks's
  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special Out of Production
Score
7.18
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 12
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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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a clear orange amber colour with a frothy off white head. A sweet fruity aroma, mandarin and peach. Some underlying sweetness complimented by orange peel and a mild spicy woody bitterness with a lasting bitter finish.

Tried on 29 Jun 2016 at 14:21


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Standing order. Pours clear golden orange with a thin white head. Aromas of fresh orange, faint malt. Taste is bitter orange peel, light sweet backbone. Mineral finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jun 2016 at 05:53