6X - Wadworth and Company Ltd.

crwills

Ontario (Canada)

3.45/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500mL can purchased at the LCBO. A nice, malty English Pale that went well with starchy comfort food. Moderate carbonation, light mouthfeel, slightly roasted flavours (although not in the aroma), and a clean aftertaste. Very little in the way of hops, although enough to make it mildly refreshing. Fine, just fine.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2007 18:03:20 | More by crwills

Bustersuess

New York

4.25/5  rDev +23.2%

05-14-2013 18:27:22 | More by Bustersuess

Beerstorian

District of Columbia

3/5  rDev -13%

02-16-2013 03:13:21 | More by Beerstorian

alexworsnip

4/5  rDev +15.9%

01-28-2013 05:06:58 | More by alexworsnip

Lazaro

Washington

3/5  rDev -13%

01-27-2013 03:24:40 | More by Lazaro

jazzyjeff13

United Kingdom (England)

3.29/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

A 500ml bottle with a BB of Jan 2013. Purchased a while back from a B&M store. This is a classic ale that I've enjoyed in the past.

Poured into a tulip pint glass. A coppery-amber colour with light carbonation and floating sediment. Forms a large head of creamy white foam that lasts for a few minutes before reducing to a thin surface layer. Aroma of caramel malt with hints of toffee, fruity ale yeast, faint raisins, stewed hops and a whiff of cardboard or sherry in the background. Slightly sweet.

Tastes of caramel malt with a mild fruitiness and a dry finish. Notes of fruity ale yeast, faint toffee, earthiness, stewed hops and hints of wet cardboard. A faint harshness in the background, followed by a mild, dry bitterness upon swallowing. Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with light carbonation and decent body. Slightly astringent, with an aftertaste of fruity caramel malt and harsh stewed leaves.

OK, but nothing spectacular. A fairly humdrum malty flavour with mild bittering hops and little hop aroma to be found. Cardboard notes suggest that it might be a tad old. Decent body. Rather average, although I suspect it would be better on cask. Worth sampling, but don't go out of your way.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2013 00:38:06 | More by jazzyjeff13

Wezzle

California

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

01-17-2013 23:51:50 | More by Wezzle

Pelicanrocks

United Kingdom (England)

3.25/5  rDev -5.8%

12-08-2012 22:28:26 | More by Pelicanrocks

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Hand-pulled pint in The Euston Way (a plastic pub) in Telford on 17 Nov 2012 as I wait for my transport to a beer festival.

Dark gold/old gold in colour with a good covering of off-white foam as a head: lacing followed the beer down the UK sleeve it was poured into.

Slight aroma of fruitiness and malt semi-sweetness, but nothing strong.

The taste was as the nose: malty and fruity.

I used to love this before I started to stretch my taste buds and bounderies: still a good example of a UK Best Bitter but it could be so much more with a little more care and alcohol content.

Serving type: cask

11-22-2012 11:28:37 | More by BlackHaddock

BigBry

Alberta (Canada)

3.68/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

While visiting friends in England, of course we had to try some real ales from hand pump.
6X has become one of Wadworth's flagship brands, and is available every time you turn around. Served a proper pour, pint glass, cellar temperature.
Clear golden brown color, with a thin head that left thin lace sheets. Aromas of earthy malt and slightly fruity hops. Tastes clean and crisp, lots of flavor but without one element coming through too much. Not as full bodied as I was expecting. Slight balancing hop bitterness to finish. Dry, slightly herbal finish. A decent sessional English Pale Ale.

Serving type: cask

09-08-2012 23:54:06 | More by BigBry

corby112

Pennsylvania

3.23/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Cask at The Farmers' Cabinet in Philadelphia, PA.

Pours a dark golden copper color with amber edges and a thin half finger white head that immediately disappears.  No lacing.

Slightly earthy aroma with delicate grassy hops countered by sweet and spicy malt notes.   Slightly spicy with caramel, rye toffee and hazelnut.

Medium body with very soft carbonation and a nice balance of subtle hops and sweet malt notes.  Minimal dryness and not too bitter with soily hops countered by spicy rye, sweet caramel, toffee, nut and light fruit.  Not terribly complex but well balanced and very quaffable.

Serving type: cask

08-28-2012 00:24:03 | More by corby112

MEP

4.25/5  rDev +23.2%

07-14-2012 18:05:10 | More by MEP

jrfehon33

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -13%

04-12-2012 16:01:09 | More by jrfehon33

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.3/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Appearance: Served up a clearish, dark amber-hued body with not so much a head as a pile of large, bone white bubbles.

Smell: Cheerfully fruity, like a good whiff of fresh-baked fruitcake, but there's also some cream caramel and herbs in there as well.

Taste: Modestly sweet, with malty flavors of toast and caramel. Nibble of tart apple skins. So far, it's not nearly as fruity as the aroma, not by a long shot. Leafy, herbal hops with a light, cleansing bitterness. Firmly dry, herbal-toned finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-light carbonation.

Overall: Good enough, I guess.

Serving type: cask

02-18-2012 17:36:17 | More by ChainGangGuy

pin

Australia

4.5/5  rDev +30.4%

02-10-2012 03:12:55 | More by pin

ohtheguilt

Georgia

3/5  rDev -13%

01-29-2012 13:56:21 | More by ohtheguilt

soju6

Missouri

3.78/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Served a deep copper color with a small head and nice lacing.

S: Primarily a malt aroma.

T: Mainly a malt flavor with a bit of fruit. Has a nice touch bitterness and a clean finish.

F: Medium body, smooth and creamy.

O: Easy Drinker and true session beer. This is my go to beer when in the "South of England". Worth a try.

Serving type: cask

08-02-2011 10:39:46 | More by soju6

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

First had: on gravity cask at Farmers' Cabinet, Philly, PA

Pours a golden brown, slightly hazy, with a frothy white head. Not much in the aroma...nutty, toasty, some funk. Taste is grassy and bready up front, some light caramel; a load of farmhouse funk comes in afterward, finishing off with lots of hop bitterness and a decent drying effect. Light mouthfeel, a little stale and metallic, but pretty decent overall.

After reading some other reviews, I wonder if this was a bad cask, but whatever...I just go with what I had.

Serving type: cask

06-05-2011 04:17:24 | More by Rifugium

thierrynantes

France

3.35/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Beer bottle (50 cl.), tasted in 2011.

Appearance : copper color, with white foam head.
Smell : malty and fruity aromas.
Taste and mouthfeel : malt and caramel flavours, with bitterness finish.
Drinkability : an average beer in the style English bitter.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2011 18:45:59 | More by thierrynantes

johnmichaelsen

Oregon

3.38/5  rDev -2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On cask at Max's today.

The beer pours a solid amber orange color with fair head retention and lacing. As soon as I enhaled, my first thought was the "burton snatch?" However, the sulphar aroma dissipated pretty quickly, leading to a light aroma of light sweet malt and cereal. The flavor profile replicates the nose, though I get a bit more on the palate than I did on the nose (thankfully). There's a hint of bitterness in the finish that is enjoyable. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a decent, slightly bitter finish. As one might expect, there's barely a hint of alcohol in this beer.

Mehhh... would certainly take this over BMC in a heartbeat, but otherwise this is pretty mundane stuff.

Serving type: cask

05-06-2011 20:27:24 | More by johnmichaelsen

benclimbs

California

2.98/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

pours brownish non opaque with a slight head and a small amount of lacing

the nose is a bit of nice bread and brandy notes with a strange astringent chemical smell

taste is quite biscuit like with some bready warm malts and a hint of dry bitter flat hop character - this is taken back a bit by some more of that nasty astringent chemicalish tastes - does not finish very clean.

overall, some nice flavours but is significantly taken back by some baaad smelling and tasting strangeness

Serving type: cask

02-14-2010 11:39:40 | More by benclimbs

Daredevil

Switzerland

3.6/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

quite rich copper colour .... fresh hoppy smells
the taste is quite interesting, at first there is a wave of flavoured mineral water, but it is immediately followed by exotic fruits over a strongly caramelized flan (almost creme brulee) with some fresh hops on the side ...
this brew seems to have some potential .... the makers seem to put more emphasis on power than on elegance though ...
.... overall, a bit uneven, but a great canned ale (will have to check the bottle version one day) ....

Serving type: can

08-05-2008 12:33:23 | More by Daredevil

hunteraw

China

3.58/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: light leather color, nice head that exhibits good retention. More carbonated than I'd expected for the style.

Smell: slightly soapy aroma, hints of toast and floral hops.

Taste: solid malt backbone, but balanced nicely. Hops are not too assertive, flavor-wise, but provide a long finish. Slight soapiness carries over from the nose.

Mouthfeel: smooth texture, better carbonated than I had anticipated

Drinkability: Quite nice, actually.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2008 22:07:34 | More by hunteraw

1759Girl

California

3.3/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance> chestnut colored, lacing.

Smell> Bih-tuuur

Taste> sweet start, bitter middle, rye-ness, finishes almost lagery which I 'm not a fan of

Mouthfeel> goes down smooth and easy. good mouf.

Drinkability> asi-asi. not my favourite pale in England, but not terrible.

Serving type: cask

05-21-2008 17:55:11 | More by 1759Girl

Quej

Ontario (Canada)

3.73/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3

A - Hazy red colour with lots of head and no visible carbonation.
S - Smells quite roasty and malty, sweet, boozy and fruity.
T - Sweet and malty, lots of caramel and molasses flavours. Hints of maple, fruits, peaches, apricots. No aftertaste and quite light in taste. Very English tasting.
M - Quite creamy and nicely thick and slightly coating.
D - Pretty good, but a little heavy for a long session.

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2008 16:39:45 | More by Quej