Or Xata
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Rotating|
Score
6.93
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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.
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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(473ml can from Glasbanken) Pours clear pale orange with an average white head and some lace. Aroma of cinnamon, vanilla, some rice pudding/horchata, creamy sweetness, touch of pale malt, a little fruity yeast that I think is supporting the horchata vibe in the nose. Flavour is quite sweet up front with vanilla, horchata, pale syrup/honey, ample cinnamon, apple and fruity esters forming the background, no real creamy lactose feel to go with the sweetness. Finish is drying and a bit short overall, though there's ample cinnamon filling through the aftertaste and a little grassy hop as well. Light to medium bodied, average carbonation. I particularly like the cinnamon here and it does recall horchata, but the weak finish makes me think a stout would be a better base.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2019
at 23:30
5/10
Not sure about this one. Lots of cinnamon.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2018
at 20:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a hazy orange with a large white head. Aroma is just enough cinnamon with some rice flour. Flavor is more of just a barely there cinnamon and vanilla with some dry wheat malt. Not overly flavorful but the additions were there just not to the extreme which I'm used to from this brewer. The canned on date was 10/23/18 so this was not old but again this was fine but could have used more umph from the adjuncts.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2018
at 03:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flaska från Beergium drucken med ölföreningen. Gyllengul klar vätska. Ett av de märkligaste öl jag druckigt. Väldigt söt, massor av vanilj, lätt banantouch och kanel och aningar av mynta på det.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2018
at 18:00
7/10
Tried
on 30 Sep 2018
at 13:42
9/10
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Tried
on 03 Sep 2018
at 08:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
$4.10 pint can, Wine Warehouse. Golden pour with a hint of hazy, large off-white head. Aroma is sweet vanilla, cinnamon, grass, light herbs. Flavor is cinnamon - very nice and freshly ground, cream, vanilla, grasses, green leaf. If this was thicker, I'd think it was a milkshake. ACTUALLY, after more thought, this tastes like rice pudding. This is tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2018
at 23:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Randolph DUMBO: pours orange with a small head. Aroma is cinnamon, sugar, horchata and all. Taste is fairly sweet. Loads of cinnamon spice. Too much for me.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2018
at 19:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours golden, nose is huge cinnamon, vanilla ice cream, caramel, taste is chewy, creamy, spiced, dry finish.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2018
at 18:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flaska från Beergium drucken med ölföreningen. Gyllengul klar vätska. Ett av de märkligaste öl jag druckigt. Väldigt söt, massor av vanilj, lätt banantouch och kanel på det. Men till en het chili funkar den förvånandsvärt bra. Och just för att kombon är så bra måste jag gilla denna dryck.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2018
at 10:47