Westgate Brewery (prev Clarks Brewery)
Client Brewer
in Wakefield,
West Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Henry Boons (Clark’s)
- Out of business
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at Tadcaster Albion Clubhouse - clear yellow fizz. Boring standard lager, slightly ricey.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask half at The Minerva, Hull. Pours clear amber with beige foam. Malt, caramel, berries, hedgerow. Light sweet & bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. OK
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ White Swan, Hebden Bridge. Dark golden with a creamy-smooth head. Hoppy brew with a mild sweetness, good body, but might have reserved this name for something deeper and darker tasting than this.
26/01/1999. BANKERS DRAFT, 1-3 Market Place, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at The Borough Lancaster, as Westgate Pale at 4.0%. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light floral hops, light biscuit. Taste has a hint of caramel on top. Thin finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at The Borough, Lancaster. Pours clear pale golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light lemon and biscuit Taste is more of the same. Watery finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask pint (as Westgate Classic Blonde) on 1st Sep 2019. Minerva Hotel, Hull being the place it was poured. Clean golden body, white crown on top. Light citric aroma and taste, yet another light coloured citrus flavoured beer that although refreshing is leaning towards bland in nature.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Head Of Steam, Didsbury. Clear copper with a creamy head. Fuller-bodied and lightly spiced, it has a malty-grainy bitterness, but a low bitterness. Has a good smoothness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Clarks Beachcomber ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, light apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 5-3-6-3-11
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2015 - London. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white topping. The nose holds dry biscuits, light tangy lemon, hay. Light sweet flavour with grainy pale malts, suggestions of citrus. Light bodied with fine carbonation; pretty good condition. Moderate sweetness to close, with more biscuits, hay, pale bread. Fine stuff.
