Townshend Dinner Ale
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Townshend BreweryBrewed at/by: Hook Norton Brewery
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.50
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UK CASK VERSION ONLY
An amber coloured English Best Bitter, with subtle hop notes balanced by a malty backbone, resulting in a smooth, full-bodied character and a clean finish. Brewed exclusively for JD Wetherspoon at Hook Norton Brewery by Martin Townshend from Townshend Brewery, New Zealand.
Hops: Challenger, Northdown and Target
An amber coloured English Best Bitter, with subtle hop notes balanced by a malty backbone, resulting in a smooth, full-bodied character and a clean finish. Brewed exclusively for JD Wetherspoon at Hook Norton Brewery by Martin Townshend from Townshend Brewery, New Zealand.
Hops: Challenger, Northdown and Target
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a clear amber colour with a small, mostly lasting, creamy head. The aroma is fruity, dark fruit, nutty, and twiggy hops. A moderately sweet malty and fruity taste, sweet malts, caramel, sweet figs, nuts, raisins, and twiggy hop flavours and a smooth bitter finish.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2024
at 14:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A pale amber pour with a close white head; malty aroma; biscuity malt taste with a hint of treacle; and a dry finish with a herbal bitterness. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 10 Oct 2024
at 09:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Waterloo spoons. A clear orange amber coloured pour with a a lasting speckled off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, raisin, prune, nutty brown bread, leafy hop. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded layered malts, toasted, nutty, trail mix dried fruits, twig. Palate is semi sweet z rounded, decent cask condition. Solid enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2024
at 17:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at Archibald Simpsons, Aberdeen. It pours clear golden - amber with a lasting white cap. The aroma is sappy, resinous, oily, earth, leather, toffee and twiggy vibes. The taste is drying, earthy, woody, sappy, leathery, some tannin, leafy hops, nuttiness and some muted toffee with a drying, twiggy finish. Average body and soft/light carbonation. Probably needs a touch more carbonation as it sits a bit heavy for this kind of style. A pretty oily and twiggy offering. I wouldn't rush back.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2024
at 11:24