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J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Terrapin Beer CompanyBrewed at/by: Banks's
Brown Ale - American Special Out of Production
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Score
6.49
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This russet-coloured American brown ale delivers a smooth, easy-drinking mouthfeel with distinctive, toasty roasted and chocolate notes, balanced and enhanced by a prominent hop bite in the flavour.
Brewed by Jess Hurd at Banks’s Brewery, West Midlands.
Hops: Centennial, Progress
Brewed by Jess Hurd at Banks’s Brewery, West Midlands.
Hops: Centennial, Progress
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..soft sweet woody toffee ...juicy woody ouly hoppy fruit
Tried
on 22 Sep 2025
at 11:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Half pint, cask.
Poured near black in color, off white head.
Nice coffee flavors, roastedness, nutty character.
Poured near black in color, off white head.
Nice coffee flavors, roastedness, nutty character.
Tried
from Cask
at
Willow Walk (JDW)
on 29 Mar 2025
at 09:54
6/10
Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - roasted malty with notes of cocoa and caramel, some spicy peppery herbal hoppy undertones, soft cask carb, light nutty, roasted malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
21/3/2025. Cask at The Willow Tree, Stowmarket. Underwhelming. Very cheap!
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from Cask
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Willow Tree (JDW)
on 21 Mar 2025
at 18:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at Archibald Simpsons. It pours clear deep brown with a handsome brown head. The aroma is charred pine, brown bread, fruit cake, sappy, resin, dark chocolate and coffee. The taste is pleasantly bitter, bitter - sweet character throughout, toasted nut, charred oak, pine needles, varnished wood, cacao nibs and coffee beans with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy cask carbonation. Rather nice. A shocker when you see this was brewed at banks. Surprised by the mixed reviews tbh.
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from Cask
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Archibald Simpson
on 20 Mar 2025
at 12:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the standing order. Pours deep amber, nose is nutty, floral, roasted, taste is bitter, roasted, earthy. 7/6/6/6/6
Tried
on 17 Mar 2025
at 15:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a small bubbly tan head. Light bodied, some brown sugar on the nose, it’s bitter with treacle and hazelnut, light roasted malt and even a touch of coffee before a dry bitter finish
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from Cask
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Montgomery's Tower
on 16 Mar 2025
at 12:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear chestnut brown coloured pour with a creamy magnolia head. Aroma is semi sweet, subdued, chocolate malts, twigs, dried fruits, apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, jammy dried fruit, fig roll, raisin, bitter burnt cake, vanilla. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, creamy, moderate carbonation. Meh.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2025
at 20:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Briar Rose; dark brown pour with a broken thin beige head, aroma has light chocolate, taste has slight resinous pine, chocolate, some dark fruits
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from Cask
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Briar Rose
on 09 Mar 2025
at 10:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at Barrel Vault JDW St Pancras. Clear darkmahigany dark ruby beer. Lasting tan head. Earthy hop flavour almost like newspaper. Gets a but better. Malty yes some nut flavour. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
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The Barrel Vault
on 08 Mar 2025
at 09:42