27/04/2010. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours dark ruby brown with a medium head. Aroma is an eggy, sulphurous mess. Taste starts with bready malt and has a strong bitter finish.

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

Cask (handpump) @ JDW - The Manchester & County, 49 Piccadilly, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M1 2AP. [ As Marstons Run For Life ].Clear medium brown amber color with a average, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, pedigre, light roasted and caramel, light to moderate hoppy, vitamin pills, vomit notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100425]

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

cask - Pours amber with an off-white head, lingering head. It has a sweet malty aroma and tastes like a well-balanced bitter that finishes with the usual distinctively English hops. Nothing outstanding, but goes down well.

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

Cask @ Society Room, JDW, as Marstons Run For Life Dragons Tale. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is initially grainy and vegetables, then caramel malts. Flavour is glue, caramel malts. Very watery. Poorly done.

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

cask at standing order JDW ... dark copper ... thin white head ...light malt nose ... malty toffee hop ... very 1d ... boriing ...

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

Cask at the Exeter Arms, Derby. Copper with a creamy cream head; slightly sulphurous, vegetable hop aroma; smooth and creamy, slightly dry and nutty, then full and sweet; leaving a soft, long, bitter finish.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Minster Inn York 3 May 06. Brown colour. A rounded balanced beer with a subtle bitter aftertaste. Fruity hints. A good bitter.

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

Cask at the Penny Black, Bicester, 15-04-06, served a bit on the chilly side for my liking, malty and in truth little bit sweet, some hops and decent bitterness, not bad but nothing special.

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

Cask. Fresh, fruity malt aroma. Brown colour. Very malty flavour, a little nuttiness. Nice mild sourness in aftertaste.