Wickwar Bankers Draft

Brewed by Wickwar
Style: Bitter
Wickwar, Gloucester, England

Small creamy offwhite head. Slightly hazy coppery body. Fruity caramel aroma with floral resiny notes. Dry-sweetish metallic fruity resiny taste with chalky floral notes. Mid-bodied. Smooth, mild mouthfeel. Dry resiny metallic aftertaste with papery straw notes. Nice, highly drinkable. (0.25l cask, Regent, Edinburgh. Pump clip said "Last Order’s Banker’s Draft." Assuming it’s this beer.)

Draught. Hazy golden brown with little head. Lemony flowery aroma. Medium body, low carbonation. Bland foretaste followed by tea and lemon and flat finish. A bit dull and flat but ok.

50cl bottle from Threshers, Hythe, Kent. Amber with a ring of off-white head; malty aroma; carmel malt flavours, with some rough hops. A very basic bitter.

Handpulled cask at the Southern Cross, Watford. Amber with a short lived white head. A very ordinary bitter with plenty of harsh english hops and little to balance them. Not particularly enjoyable.

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a small off white head. Sweet fruity appleskin aroma and taste. Slight bitterness. Some developing caramel malt aroma gives a toffee apple character. Not enough else.

Cask conditioned at The White Lion, Bristol. Amber with white head, served in warm glass (yuk). Malty sweetish bitter, little life with some fruity notes. Fairly dull though.

Cask gravity, The Crown Summer BF 09, Nuneaton. Murky brown flatness with a trace of a rim. Faint watery sultana fruit, caramel, toffee attempts, distant buttery biscuit for dessert. Drab malty fluid.

[Cask at the Oakford Social Club, Reading] Bought this as it was brewed to raise money for the Wooden Spoon charity, which I’ve raised money for in the past. Pale amber, moderate white head. Vague biscuit malt flavour, some bitterness, hints of honey in the finish. A decidedly average bitter. c5