4BEERS: W

WADWORTH

6X (4.3%): A copper coloured beer with a malty, fruity nose, and hop in the backgroun. There is a satisfying malty finish.
Bishop's Tipple (5.5%): A smooth, rich bitterness, underpinned by a spicy, citrus finish, from Saaz and Styrian Golding hops. The malt is pale Optic giving a biscuity flavour. A recreated classic, formerly brewed by the now defunct Gibbs Mew, of Salisbury.
George and the Dragon (4.5%): A pale ale produced under the Manns brand to a receipe of the now defunct brewery, with a firey amber hue and crisp, tangy taste. The hops are WGV.
Henry's IPA (3.6%): Gentle malt and light hoppiness create this popular session bitter. The bitter aftertaste becomes biscuity.
Horizon (4%): A pale golden beer introduced in 2007 — something of a departure in terms of style for Wadworth. Light and easy drinking with a citrus hop aroma and crisp, tangy finish, delivered through Cascade, Fuggles and Styrian Goldings hops.
JCB (4.7%), Malt 'n' Hops (4.5%, September), Old Timer (5.8%, Winter), Summersault (4%, Summer), Usher's Best Bitter (3.8%)

WALSH'S BAKEHOUSE

Bakehouse Bitter (3.8%), Bun in the Oven (3.8%), Fired Up (4.1%), Flying Top (4.4%), Old Gridlap (5%), Rock 'n' Roll (4.2%), Two Llocks (4%), Walsh's Warmer (5%)

WAPPING

Bitter (3.6%), Bow Sprit (3.6%), Summer Ale (4.2%), Stout (5%), Winter Ale (6.5%)

WEETWOOD

Ambush (4.8%), Best Bitter (3.8%), Cheshire Cat (4%), Eastgate Ale (4.2%), Oast House Gold (5%), Old Dog Premium Bitter (4.5%)

WELLS & YOUNGS

Bombardier (4.3%): A rich, copper coloured bitter with a smooth, light fruity undertone, leading to robust finish. Made with Challenger and Goldings hops.
Courage Best Bitter: A standard session beer with good balance and a bitter aftertaste. The hops are Target.
Directors (4.8%): A full-bodied best bitter with sweet, malty notes balanced by a dry Target hop aroma and flavour. Now brewed by Wells and Young's.
Wells Eagle IPA (3.6%): A very drinkanle session beer with a dry-bitter finish, described by Roger Protz as having a "complex finish of bitter hops, nuts and citrus fruits".
Young's Bitter (3.7%): A refreshing session bitter with a fresh, fruity aroma, light, dry palate and a long bitter finish.
Young's Champion Live Golden Beer (5%): Styrian hops, which I'm used to experiencing with Skinner's beers down here in Cornwall, give this bottle-conditioned beer its bite. A refreshing, citrussy, fruity beer with a bitter tang and a satisfying, subtle malt balance. (DN: 26-03-06)
Young's Christmas Pudding Ale (5.5%): Does what it say on the bottle pretty much, but there is an over-riding taste of what I eventually deduced was almond. (DN)
Young's Double Chocolate Stout (5.2%), Young's Golden Zest (4.7%), John Young's Christmas Ale (4.3%), Young's Kew Brew (5%), Young's Light Ale (3.2%), Young's Old Nick (7.2%), Young's Ram Rod (5%), Young's St George's Ale (4.3%)
Young's Special (4.5%): Robust, with good malt but citrussy notes too. Dry finish. (DN)
Young's Special London Ale (6.4%): A light, fruity, hoppy beer that belies its serious strength. Plenty of orange flavour balanced by some subtle malt. Ridiculously drinkable. (20-02-08)
Young's Waggledance (5%), Young's Winter Warmer (5%)

WELTONS

Old Cocky (4.3%): A complex golden beer with a fruity aroma and initial fruitness on the palate that bitters out. Hops are Northdown and WGV.

WENTWORTH

Best Bitter (4.3%), Black Zac (4.6%), Gryphon (5.1%), Gun Park Dark (3.4%), Needle's Eye (3.5%), Oatmeal Stout (4.8%), Rampant Gryphon (6.2%), Venture (3.6%), WPA (4%)

WEST BERKSHIRE

Decadence (4.5%), Dr Hexter's Healer (5%), DR Hexter's Wedding Ale (4.1%), Full Circle (4.5%, or 5% bottled), Good Old Boy (4.%)
Maggs Magnificent Mild (3.8%): A good standard mild with plenty of bitterness. (DN)
Mr Chubb's Lunchtime Bitter (3.7%), Old Father Thames (3.4%), Skiff (3.6%), Spiced Porter (4.5%)

WESTERHAM

Black Eagle Special Pale Ale (3.8%), British Bulldog BB (4.3%), Finchcock's Original (3.5%), General Wolfe 1759 Maple Ale (4.3%), God's Wallop Christmas Ale (4.3%), Grasshopper Kentish Beer (3.8%), India Pale Ale — 300th brew (4.8%), Little Scotney Best Bitter (4.3%), Little Scotney Green Hop Harvest Ale (4.3%), Little Scotney Pale Ale (4%), Puddledock Porter (4.3%), Sevenoaks Bitter 7X (4.8%), Summer Perle Golden Ale (3.8%), Westerham Special Bitter Ale 1965 (4.8-5%)

WHITE HORSE

Bitter (3.7%), Black Horse Porter (5%), Christmas Ale (4.8%), Dragon Hill (4.1%), Flibbertigibbet (4.3%), Village Idiot (4.1%)
Wayland Smithy (4.4%): A red beer with an initial hoppiness, from Bramling Cross and Cascade varieties, and a dry, biscuity taste leading to a fruity finish.

WICKWAR

Autumnale (4.6%)
BOB (4%): A light brown bitter with nice malt flavours balanced by Challenger and Fuggle hop bitterness which develops in the aftertaste. Oh, and BOB stands for Brand Oak Bitter, apparently.
Christmas Cracker (4.2%), Coopers (3.5%), Cotswold Way (4.2%), IKB (4.5%), Mr Perrett's Traditional Stout (5.9%)
Premium Spring Ale (3.8%): An amber gold beer with fruit flavour and a slightly sweet finish, thanks to Fuggles, Challenger and Cascade hops.
Rite Flanker (4.3%), Spring Ale (3.8%), Station Porter (6.1%), Sunny Daze (4.2%)

WILLIAMS BROTHERS

Red (4.5%): Rich ruby red in colour, quite malty, but with lively hops in the background offering some balance. Great for an autumn evening. (DN)

WINDSOR CASTLE

1900 Original Bitter (4.5%), Abdication Ale (4.3%), Amber Moon (4.5%), Cold Turkey (4.4%), Elf's Revenge (4.6%), Gentle Ginger (4.4%), Green Man (4%), Harey Ale (4.6%), Hop Monster (4.3%), IPA (4.%), Jack's Ale (3.8%), Kimber Drop (4.1%), Mellow Yellow (4.3%), Mild (4%), Mud City Stout (4.7%, winter), No Angel (4.5%), One Stop Hop (3.7%), Seventh Heaven (4.7%), Sixth Sense (4.6%), Solar Bear (4.2%), Sprung (4.5%, spring), St George's Bitter (4.4%), Stumbling Badger (4.9%), Thin Ice (4.5%), Worcester Sorcerer (4.3%)

WIZARD

Druid's Fluid (5%): Pale, crystal and chocolate malts, wheat, and Challenger, Green Bullet and Northdown whole hops — a long list of ingredients for a complex, strong bitter.
One for the Toad (4%): A light, golden beer with good hoppy flavour.
(DN: 14-02-08)

WOLD TOP

Wold Gold (4.8%): Brewed from a selection of Maris Otter, Wheat and Cara malts, together with Goldings and Styrian hops, to produce a beer with a soft, fruity flavour and a hint of spice. (brewery notes: 17-01-08)

WOLF

Woild Moild (4.8%)
A rich and fruity traditional Norfolk mild. Good balance of malt with liquorice bitterness and lots of chocolate malt. Dark ruby-red mild with a long lasting finish. (brewerry notes)

WOOD'S

Anniversary Ale (5%), Bonfire Brew (5.4%), Christmas Cracker (6%), Craven Ale (3.8%), Get Knotted (4.7%), Holy Cow (4.5%), Hopping Mad (4.7%), Old Fireside (5.5%), Pot o' Gold (4.4%), Saturnalia (4.2%), Shropshire Lad (4.5%), Summer That (3.9%), Twist Grip (4.4%), Wheatear (4.5%), Wood's Quaff (3.7%), Wood's Parish (4%)
Wood's Special (4.2%): Wood Brewery's original brew, a bitter with pale crystal and chocolate malts balanced by Fuggles and Goldings hops.
Wood's Wonderful (4.8%, Woodcutter (4.2%)

WOODEN HAND

Pirate's Gold (4%): A golden bitter with a dry, fruity finish.

WOODFORDE'S

Admiral's Reserve (5%), Headcracker (7%), Mardler's Mild (3.5%)
Nelson's Revenge (4.5%): Wonderful hop aroma. Very bitter hop taste rounded off with Maris Otter barley, grown and malted in Norfolk. The hops definitely win the balance contest. A gingerish taste in the background. (DN)
Norfolk Nip (8%)
Norfolk Nog (4.6%): A smooth and rich award-winning old ale, with hints of chocolate, treacle and liquorish.
Sundew (4.1%), Wherry (3.8%)

WOODLANDS

Gold Brew (5%), Lager Beer (4.1%), Midnight Stout (4.4%), Old Willow (4.1%), Woodlands Bitter (4.4%), Woodlands IPA (4.3%)

WYCHWOOD

BeeWyched: A golden, amber-coloured ale, combining powerful honey aromas, a crisp blend of citrus grapefruit flavours from the hops, and a subtle honey background. (Wychwood 27-02-07)
Black Wych (5%), Circle Master (4.7%)
Dirty Tackle (4%): A full-bodied, malty beer with a clean citrus aroma, featuring Crystal and Wheat malts with Challenger and Northdown hops. (25-01-08)
Dog's Bollocks (5.2%), England's Ale (4%), Festive Spirits (4.8%), Fiddlers Elbow (4.5%), Firecrest (6%), Goliath (4.2%)
Hobgoblin (4.5%): A warming red-to-dark ale for a stormy, autumnal night. Crystal malt helps gorgeous choclatiness come to the fore. The ABV was dropped from 5.2% to 4.5% in spring 2008 with the aim of making the beer more "sessionable". (DN)
Mad Hatter (4.2%): Cara and crystal malts give a red colour and biscuity flavour, while Fuggles, Goldings and Northdown give an intense hoppiness. A spring 2008 seasonal brew.
Osprey (6.5%), Shires Bitter (3.7%)
Wychcraft (4.5%): A very pale blonde beer with a citrus aroma and subtle maltiness balanced by Fuggles, Styrian Goldings and Target hops.

WYE VALLEY

Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout (4.6%): Maris Otter pale, Crystal and chocolate malt, with roasted and flaked barley, balanced by a single hope, Northdown, to create a complex and satisfying stout. In its bottle conditioned form it was a silver medal winner in the 2007 Champion Beer of Britain contest.