J D Wetherspoon Estuary Session Ale

Estuary Session Ale

 

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

Collab with: Land & Sea Brewing
Brewed at/by: Hook Norton Brewery
  IPA - Session Special Out of Production
Score
6.76
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 9
This golden beer has aromas of grapefruit, candied ginger and spruce, with floral undertones, leading to a toffee-malt sweetness, complemented by grapefruit and a hop resin bitterness, resulting in a clean, crisp finish.

Brewed by Tessa Gabiniewicz at Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire.

Hops:Cascade, Centennial, Citra
 

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7

Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - light citrusy fruity aroma and taste, floral and grassy hops, straw, cereal, soft cask carb, floral bitter hoppy finish. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:05


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

[Cask at the Lion & Unicorn (JDW), Waterloo.] Hazy amber with a tight white head; tropical fruit aroma; sharply bitter taste with a fruity body; and a dry finish.

Tried from Cask at The Lion & The Unicorn on 22 Mar 2025 at 16:13


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, citrus, taste is bitter, zesty citrus. 6/7/6/6/6.5

Tried on 17 Mar 2025 at 08:08


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Standing Order. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of grain and lemon. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

Tried on 11 Mar 2025 at 10:51


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On cask at the Standing Order.
Appearance - clear golden yellow with a thin white head.
Nose - bread, orange and lemon.
Taste - orange, caramel and bready.
Palate - light bodied, generally thin.
Overall - decent.

Tried from Cask at Standing Order on 10 Mar 2025 at 15:51


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

Beer Number 12 at the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, leaving 16 of 30 still untried. On the easier side of hoppy, but a decent body to be found here too. Some sugars available in both aroma and taste.

Tried from Cask at The Moon Under Water on 09 Mar 2025 at 16:07


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

Cask at JDW Ritz Lincoln. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty and sweet floral. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at Ritz on 08 Mar 2025 at 14:57


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask handpull at Wetherspoons Victoria. Clear gold colour lasting off white head. Its an OK pale ale. Some malt some biscuit flavour some drying hops on the finish. Some white stone fruit. Decent condition and temperature. Yep drinkable enough. Malty.

Tried from Cask on 08 Mar 2025 at 11:33


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Third of a pint at the bankers draft.
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness.

Tried from Cask at Banker’s Draft on 06 Mar 2025 at 17:44