Czech Mate
Wadworth and Company Ltd.

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From:
Wadworth and Company Ltd.
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
English Bitter
ABV:
3.5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
2.67 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 26, 2006
Added:
May 21, 2006
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by wl0307 from England

2.67/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Tasted by half-pint at a JDW pub at Baxter's Court, Hackney, N. London during the Wetherspoon's beer festival 11-21/05/06. The festival leaflet mentions that this beer is made with Czech Sladek hops, besides Goldings and Fuggles... hence the name, I guess.

A: dark straw to pale amber colour, coming with little beer head.
S: very light grapefruity-citric hoppyness with some fragrance and a salty hint at the back, backed by a very mild malty overtone; overall the semi-sweet flowery scent outperforms other elements.
T: slightly cosmetic yet also fragrant hops approaches... followed by a feather-light texture of grapefruity hoppy input, leading to a sour-sweet, malty aftertaste. No clear structure in the taste.
M&D: slightly lacking in structure and body, the beer tastes rather thin-ish and weird... I suppose the beer is not kept ideally at this pub. Don't mind trying it again, but the hop formula doesn't work beautifully IMO.
May 26, 2006