Wadworth

Commercial Brewery in Devizes, Wiltshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 18 Venues

Established in 1875

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Northgate Brewery, 41-45 Northgate Street, Devizes, SN10 1JW, England
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Description
Brewer of real ales, with over 150 pubs across the South of England. The original Northgate Brewery had been in existence since at least 1837. Henry Wadworth bought the company in 1875, moving to the present purpose built Northgate Brewery building in 1885. John Smith Bartholomew, Wadworth's son-in-law, became a partner in 1887, and it has been owned by the Bartholomew family ever since. In 2016 Wadworth brewery completed an ambitious 4 years investment plan to move all aspects of the brewery onto one location.

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

[Cask at Charlie's Bar, Copenhagen] The aroma is hoppy and grassy. The color is hazy orange and it has a small but steady and lasting head. The flavor is sweet malty to start of with notes of fruit, fresh hops, hop oils, and a little grass. It ends on a slight bitter and oily note, that lingers prickling on the tongue. A fantastic flavor.

Tried from Cask on 22 Nov 2003 at 06:44


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Cask Conditioned
Red color. Grass nose, I would say… it smells. Uninteresting taste, a touch of sourness, a lot of caramel. Long, strong final.

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2003 at 01:26


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

[Cask at Charlies Bar] The aroma is flowery, fruity, and sweet with hints of yeast. The color is a dark amber and it has a small head. The flavor is rather sweet and very strongly spicy - but from what? It is a little cask flat but it still prickles the tongue. It ends on a fine light bitterness combined with some flowery notes (from aroma hops?) - at last the bitterness turns dry. It has a good palate.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2003 at 08:26


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(500 ml bottle). Ruby (rather: reddish brown) colour, very low head. Vinous aroma, full malty flavour, slightly alcoholic, good bitterness. Despite it being called a "table beer" (with robust foods) by the brewers, I would rather call it a typical "sipping beer". Recommended.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2003 at 15:45


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[cask] An amber beer with a small head. The aroma is a funny fruity one. The flavor is flat and funny - the same as the aroma. It tastes a little of cow - I can't really put it into words. A mystical beer - but OK.

Tried from Cask on 15 May 2003 at 11:07


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask Conditioned [5-4-5-3-11]
Amber color. Average aroma and taste, even Cask Conditioned; it's lacking some fruitness and a good hopping. It's an easy to drink Pale Ale.

Bottle [3-2-2-2-6]
Amber color. Light, unpleasant aroma. Corn, peanuts and caramel taste, a bit too watery.
Better to forget...

Tried from Cask on 01 Feb 2003 at 15:20


6.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Amber color, creamy head. Some nice hop aroma; very light malt and caramel. Pleasant, with some malt and caramel, light fruitness, pretty strong bitterness, but a bit metallic, not finished, not mature.

Tried on 01 Feb 2003 at 15:18


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5

Bottled. Reddish amber. Sweet and fizzy with sharp, short malt profile. Slightly nutty with a drier finsih with low bitterness. Drinking this after a couple of cask ales was like drinking vacuum.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2003 at 12:04


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Smooth n' malty, maybe a bit too sweet......................................

Tried on 01 Jul 2002 at 06:56


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Nut brown, rounded maltiness, very balanced and complex. ................

Tried on 23 Feb 2002 at 09:44