The Bruery Or Xata

Or Xata

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Golden / Blonde Ale Rotating
Score
6.91
ABV: 7.2% IBU: - Ticks: 138
Blonde Ale Brewed with Rice and Lactose, with Natural Cinnamon and Vanilla Flavors Added

Horchata is a traditional, sweet, milky drink originating in Spain and Latin America that has become quite popular in Southern California, particularly with Mexican cuisine. Our homage to the traditionally non-alcoholic drink is a blonde ale brewed with a heavy dosing of rice, cinnamon and vanilla along with lactose for a little extra creamy character. These ingredients meld together to create a taste and experience that hints at horchata, but it's much more than that. The flavor is hard to describe, but for those who know it, you know you love it.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cloudy yellow. Pour white head from whole old town. Nice cinnamon spice taste up front. Honey vanilla

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:44


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is spicy with strong cinnamon, vanilla, sweetish pale malt, some creamy lactose, rijstevlaai. Sweet flavour with little room for bitterness, body is medium. Drinkable but not for me, too spicy and sweet for one thing. That being said, I'm sure this brew fits the intentions.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can 0,473 ltr: Clear orange coloured brew with an medicinal-like sweet bitter taste, hints of cinnamon a lot, some vanilla and lactose.

Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:16


10

Well then. Smooth as hell. I'm glad I got this. My life is better for drinking it.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:28


7

Tried on 27 Oct 2024 at 14:43


8

Cloudy, muddy amber color and a white head. Full nose of cinnamon and vanilla, candy sugar. Taste is spicy, sweet, cinnamon, Lactose sweetness, vanilla, herbal finish

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2023 at 19:25


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

473ml can, 2022 Edition. Pours a hazy golden amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of vanilla, cinnamon. Taste is sweet, creamy vanilla/lactose, cinnamon definitely there but seems somewhat mild against the sweetness, pale malts and caramel. Medium bodied. Expected a bit more spiciness and to be insanely sweet based on past reviews, but it seems they've found a good a balance now and this was pretty decent imo.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2022 at 18:40


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can, 0.473l. Aroma of vanilla, cinnamon, cereals, flowers and yoghurt. Pours cloudy dark golden color with medium sized creamy white head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts with sweet vanilla, coconut and cinnamon, following is sweet tropical fruity and milky, mouthfeel is smooth and mild spicy, while finish almost without any bitterness. Full body, oily to slightly sticky texture and average carbonation in palate. Milkman’s beer..

Tried from Can on 27 Aug 2022 at 13:24


7

Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2021 at 21:37


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From a 473ml can on 1/11/2021. Pours a clear deep golden with barely any head. The nose features light cinnamon and vanilla. Tastes quite sweet, again cinnamon and vanilla, with some brown sugar and just a hint of ginger. Has barely any bitterness. The lactose gives it a quite creamy texture. Unusual but pleasant. Definitly worth a try if you like things on the sweeter side.

Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2021 at 05:33