29/10/2010. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

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

Notes found recently from a 2010 Wetherspoon Beer Festival. Excellent body but less impressive in taste.

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

Cask (handpump) @ The Standing Order, 62-66 George St, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2LR.>Clear medium to dark red brown to amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty - chestnuts, overripped fruit, roasted notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101029]

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading] Deep amber, moderate creamy head. Sweet treacley malt aroma. Taste is dominated by wonderful roasted chestnuts. Lots of hazelnut too. The treacle and sweet malt is still there behind it all, and there’s some green leafy hops too. Just a hint of bitterness, but this is all about the sweet smooth chestnuts. Lovely stuff.

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

Cask at The Central Bar JDW. Pours dark copper with a light, filmy beige head. Mild malt aroma with caramel, sugar syrup and nuts. Flavor has light to medium sweetness, with decent caramel and bread notes, faint maple, and some modest earthen hops. Light bodied with fine carbonation. The finish is quite dry, a little bready and sweet, with just light bitterness. Very basic character overall but not altogether bad.

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

From cask at The Turnhouse. Pours clear and golden orange to hazzlenut brown with a small tan head. Aroma is mild fruity and caramelish. Light fruity, malty and caramelish. Vague nutty touch. Sweet and rather subdued bitterness.

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

JDW Fest Autumn 2010
Cask @ Sir John Moore, JDW. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is vegetables, caramel malts. Flavour is caramel malts, some fruits, a bit nutty. Slightly sweet finish.

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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 2/11/10. Brown with a decent, off-white head. Sweet, red fruits and caramel aroma with a touch of hazelnut. Flavour was much the same with a decent, bitter finish. Ok.

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

Cask, handpump at a JDW in Leith, Nr Edinburgh in company of Craig, Rob and his mate (sorry forgot name) & Loz 29.10.10 Pours dark amber in colour. BIt chewy in the mouth, there was some dispute amongst our group over whether there were indeed chestnuts in this or whether chestnut was just the description of the colour (Rob’s theory) , I personally found there to be a nutty creamy taste which I would liken to a chestnut, distinctly fruity, tasty beer. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2

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

Cask handpull at Society Rooms, JDW, Maidstone. Dark brown colour thick lasting beige head. Some caramel and toffee. Not much if any nuts. It’s a toffeeish best bitter. Not huge hop finish. Fine.