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Wadworth JCB (Cask)

Score
4740
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Wadworth
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Devizes, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 23   MEAN: 3.06/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.99   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular.
Brewed in honour of John Cairns Bartholomew, grandson of the Brewery's co-founder.
A deep amber, robust but perfectly balanced traditional English ale with a rich malty body, complex hop character and a hint of tropical fruit in the aroma and taste. A gentle 'boiled sweet/barley sugar' sweetness blends wonderfully with a smooth nutty malt and rounded hop bitterness before a dry, biscuity, moreishly bitter finish. JCB is matured for seven days in the brewery, prior to despatch.
JCB is brewed from 90% pale and unusually high (10%) rates of crystal malt. Substantial quantities of traditional English aroma Fuggles hops (50%) and Goldings hops (50%) are added both at the start and near the end of the boil to give bitterness units of 35. A 'tea' of Goldings hops infused in hot water is added as the copper casts, further enhancing the hop character. Colour rating is 38.


2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
TEJA (708) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - MAY 27, 2010
Thin foam over a copper color ale. Some hop aroma and a fruity hop taste. Realy fresh summer beer with a thin body that enables you to drink large amounts of this beer.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
wheresthepath (1010) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - APR 8, 2009
[Cask at Sweeney & Todd’s Pie Shop, Reading] Amber with a small white head. Slight carbonation. Smells like a farmyard (so it’s a true Waddy’s, then!). A spicy hop tingle at first with biscuity overtones. This is soon ovetaken by more farmyard, before sweet malt and autumn fruit arrives. There’s some sweetness in there, but nicely balanced against a robust bitterness in the finish. Not a bad ale, and certainly far better than the insipid bottled version.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (4186) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - FEB 18, 2008
Cask-conditioned at the Rising Sun, Frampton Cotterell, S Gloucs 17/2/08. Deep copper coloured with next to no head. Malty caramel aroma with a touch of earthy hop. Flavour of red berries and more sweet malt with a bitter finish. Good.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
omhper (15600) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - FEB 26, 2007
Cask at Duke of Ellington, Southampton. Nut brown. Syrup and minerals up front. Sweet and rather malty. Some grain ans salty sweat. Fairly soft with somewhat soapy mouthfeel, Medium bitterness. Not bad - if a bit unrefined.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
dnas2 (705) - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - JUL 16, 2006
Handpump at The Square Peg, Birmingham. Copper colour with a small head. Malty scent. In the mouth, there are lots of summer berry fruits, with some hoppiness. Perhaps a bit too sweet.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
leaparsons (6082) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - MAY 1, 2006
Cask, The Gateway, Leicester. Amber/red with an off-white head. Aromas are sweet caramel malts with spices. Fruity with lots of citrus, especially. Fairly sweet. Flavours are sweet candy and sugar with toffee maltiness. Some floral and fruity aspects. Pretty dry with a fruity finish.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Fin (5483) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - APR 17, 2006
Cask handpump at the Trigger Pond, Bucknall, Oxfordshire, 16-04-06. Dark amber, decent white head, great maltyiness and very chewy beer, very flavoursome not had this for a very long time really enjoyed this beer.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
TheGrandMaster (2308) - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - APR 10, 2006
Half pint pulled at The Turf Tavern, a clear darkish amber witha think white frothy head. The aroma is malty while a good combination of malt and hops produces flowery flavours. Smooth mouthfeel at the front with a sweetish tart finish.


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