Woodfordes Wherry

Brewed by Woodfordes
Style: Bitter
Broadland Brewery
Woodbastwick, England

Cask-conditioned at the Edgar Wallace, London 11/1/08. Amber coloured with a decent white head that left plenty of lacing. Aroma had a touch of hay, some sweet malt and gentle hoppiness. The flavour had some fruit and grassy hops with a long, bitter finish. Very good.

Pours amber with a white head. The aroma has hops and sweetness. The flavor has hops and a bit of fruit. Nice bitter finish

Bottle from Party Town. Poured hazy copper color with an average fizzy light brown head that diminished slowly with fair lacing. Moderate tart fruit and sweet malty aroma. Medium body with a thin texture. Medium sweet malty flavor with a medium bittersweeet finish of short duration. Average start to a soft finish.

Dark golden with a small head. Weak aroma of malt and caramel. Dry malty flavour

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Copper(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3     Lasting: 3     Lacing : 3
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : 2   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulphur : XX  
Malt : 3   Pilsner : XX   Pale : XX   Vienna : XX   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : 3   Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 3   Grainy : 2
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : 2  
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 3   Farmy : XX   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Crisp : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 2   Oily : 2   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 3   Oxidation : XX

Comments: A fruity, almost strawberry-like bitter with fine and subtle leathery notes. Pleasant yeastiness, gently rolling on the tongue. Good stuff.

Cask - Fur & Feather, Woodbastwick. Pale amber in colour. Quite a floral nose, accompanied by a fruity taste with a citric hop finish. Rather on the thin side in terms of body but a pleasant mouthfeel nevertheless. Another top quality brew from Woodforde’s.

Cask, St Radegund, Cambridge. Slighty cloudy dull bronze beer. Attractive hoppy/fruity aroma let down by soapy mouth feel. Soapy finish persists.

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is nectar, wood and some bitter fruits. Flavour is pretty much the same. Quite long wooden aftertaste.