Wickwar Wessex (prev Wickwar Wessex Brewing)
Client Brewer
in Bristol,
Bristol,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: White Lion Hotel (Wickwar)
Established in 1990
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Amber color. Some malt taste and aroma, dry caramel, quite simple. Ends with a touch of roasted malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask (gravity dispense), St Albans Beer Festival 2005. Deep russet. Good autumnal fruit. Quite deep flavours. OK. Hops give is a goodish balance. Fruits are nice though
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Reddih brown slightly hazy bottled beer from Sainsburys. Thin beige head chocolate and niceish dark fruit. Rich dark fruit in mouth with more choc and dark syrup leading to a good balancing hop finish. Good beer with these flavours for its strength
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On draught at the Green Tree, Bath: Almost black, thin brownish layer, lasting; rich aroma: vinous, roasted malts, traces of alcohol, dried fruits; fruity mild and sweetish start; sulphuric taste, light but distinctive herbal bitterness, quite full bodied, not too dry, sweetish, alcoholic finish; all in all quite well rounded; very well quaffable !
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet and rather hoppy and fruity, where oranges stand out. The flavor is fruity with oranges and peaches being present, leading to a dry bitter end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Kent beer festival. Dark gold with an almost nutty aroma, goodish balance. Some light white flesh fruit flavour, with fruity finish. Good session bitter, tasty for its light strength
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy amber color with brown hue; huge rocky head. Some malt and hop aroma. Medium body, some malt, a lot of caramalt, the hopping is partially aromatic, with some resins. Strong ending bitterness, with caramel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Nut brown. Dry and distinctly roasty. Medium bodied with soft mouthfeel and a hint of chocolate. Salty, bitterish finish. A well balanced cask ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask conditioned
Chestnut brown, not much head. Flowery hoppy, trefoil aroma. Light-bodied, mild aromatic hops flavor. Honey sweetness. Sweetish aftertaste. Enjoyable session beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask conditioned (hand pump) at Ye Olde Dolphin Inne, Derby, at their Heavyweight Beer Festival February 2005 (but this one is possibly one of their regular beers). Dark ruby colour, low head. Fruity, chocolate sweet aroma and flavour, moderate roastiness. Very nice.
Notes 500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger: ABV is 6.1%. Very dark brown to ruby colour, nice tan head. Fruit, chocolate, roast malts and bakery in the aroma. Very nice and well-rounded flavour with a moderate roastiness, some fruit, coffee and chocolate, maybe a tad more acidity than from cask.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.38 |
| Beers | 51 |
| Ticks | 354 |
Top Reviewers (Not including batches)
|
eurosoba | 28 |
|
|
Downender | 26 |
|
Olut | 14 |
|
|
Harrisoni | 13 |
|
BlackHaddock | 12 |
|
|
oh6gdx | 12 |
|
fonefan | 12 |
|
berkshirejohn | 12 |
|
|
Ungstrup | 12 |
|
Deanso | 9 |