Wallaby
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Penny Red Beer CoBrewed at/by: Oakham Ales
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Special Out of Production
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Score
6.81
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This golden-yellow pale ale is a little slice of Aussie sunshine in your glass, with plenty of tropical fruit and citrus notes delivering an easy-drinking character and a lingering bitterness in the finish.
Brewed by Steph Cope at Oakham Brewery, Cambridgeshire.
Hops: Galaxy
Brewed by Steph Cope at Oakham Brewery, Cambridgeshire.
Hops: Galaxy
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
golden pale ..thin white lacing ..soft sweet floral ..Bright floral pithy fruit ..soft bitter fruit ..dry pithy herbal ok
Tried
on 22 Sep 2025
at 11:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Half pint ,Cask.
Poured slightly hazy and golden in color.
Smooth, citrusy and nice sessionable ale. Bitter finish.
Poured slightly hazy and golden in color.
Smooth, citrusy and nice sessionable ale. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Willow Walk (JDW)
on 29 Mar 2025
at 09:57
6/10
Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - light tropical and citrus fruity notes, semi sweet bready malts, soft cask carbonation, drying piney bitter hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:05
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
So so. Some decent citrusy notes but it’s overtaken by an oddly bitter, astringent finish. Low drinkability.
Tried
from Cask
at
Sir John Hawkshaw (JDW)
on 20 Mar 2025
at 17:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Archibald Simpsons, Aberdeen. It pours clear ever so slightly hazed golden - yellow with a decent fluffy white cap. The aroma is green, straw, fragrant , floral, honey cake, melon, greengage and a twist of citrus. The taste is firmly dry, decent snap of bitterness, pithy, zesty, zingy citrus, kinda green, white grape, gooseberry, floral, soapy, peppery spice and some biscuit in the malt base. Finish has some legs and is rather bitter. Light to medium body and soft, fluffy cask carbonation. A pretty punchy number flavor vs abv. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Archibald Simpson
on 20 Mar 2025
at 12:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is musty toffee, hay, floral, taste is juicy citrus, bitter, orange peel. 6/5/7/6/6.5
Tried
on 18 Mar 2025
at 16:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Standing Order. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of tropical fruit and citrus. Taste is bitter orange, biscuit. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2025
at 14:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On cask at the Standing Order.
Appearance - clear golden with a thin white head.
Nose - orange and melon.
Taste - bitter orange going into grapefruit and bready.
Palate - light bodied, gloopy middle, then bitter finish.
Overall - quite enjoyed this!
Appearance - clear golden with a thin white head.
Nose - orange and melon.
Taste - bitter orange going into grapefruit and bready.
Palate - light bodied, gloopy middle, then bitter finish.
Overall - quite enjoyed this!
Tried
from Cask
at
Standing Order
on 10 Mar 2025
at 15:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Beer Number 13 at the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, leaving 15 of 30 still untried. Mildly hazy, easy drinking texture, quite hoppy, some settled fruit available in both aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Moon Under Water
on 09 Mar 2025
at 16:10
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Hamilton Hall Liverpool Street. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Good condition. Good citrus hops. Tastes like any number of Oakham golden beers. Some bitterness on the finish. It's got some ok citrus. Some sherbet hop. Cracking condition.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hamilton Hall (JDW)
on 08 Mar 2025
at 13:10