X33-Beer
U Medvídků in Prague, Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿
Bock - Doppelbock Regular|
Score
6.80
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X-BEER Mini-brewery “U Medvídků” is at present the smallest Czech restaurant brewery. Because we like challenges, we got the idea to try to brew, on the contrary, the strongest beer in the Czech Republic. And in that way X-BEER, semi-dark special was born.
X-BEER is produced by traditional technology, using special procedures at different phases of production of beer. Used for the production is the Plzeň malt and caramel malt in the maximum quantity that we are still able to mash. How we achieve the high extract of the original hopped wort, will remain our secret, however, we may disclose that the high strength is achieved from barley malt only. The main fermentation proceeds in open oak fermentation tanks for 14 days. End fermentation proceeds in oak barrels for 14 weeks and then, after adding a special yeast strain, secondary fermentation proceeds for another 14 weeks.
Under the conditions of “manual” production of beer of our brewery each brewing of produced X-BEER is an original that will differ by strength. The premiere brewing has the marking X-BEER 30 which means that we produced the so-called thirty with the content of alcohol of 11.8%. From the first brewing we bottled only 500 bottles, each of them will bear its original number. The second brewing in which the phase of end fermentation started, will probably have the name X-BEER 32. We will know the exact name only on filling into bottles after the performance of the laboratory analysis.
X-BEER is beer that has no equivalent in the Czech Republic. It is remarkable by the natural malt taste with a pleasant bitter after-effect. The high content of alcohol and sugar together with higher hopping, speed up markedly the absorption of alcohol to the blood. Therefore, we recommend cautious consumption It is suitable to serve X-BEER, according to our slogan presented on the label of X-BEER, to desserts or separately as digestive.
X-BEER is produced by traditional technology, using special procedures at different phases of production of beer. Used for the production is the Plzeň malt and caramel malt in the maximum quantity that we are still able to mash. How we achieve the high extract of the original hopped wort, will remain our secret, however, we may disclose that the high strength is achieved from barley malt only. The main fermentation proceeds in open oak fermentation tanks for 14 days. End fermentation proceeds in oak barrels for 14 weeks and then, after adding a special yeast strain, secondary fermentation proceeds for another 14 weeks.
Under the conditions of “manual” production of beer of our brewery each brewing of produced X-BEER is an original that will differ by strength. The premiere brewing has the marking X-BEER 30 which means that we produced the so-called thirty with the content of alcohol of 11.8%. From the first brewing we bottled only 500 bottles, each of them will bear its original number. The second brewing in which the phase of end fermentation started, will probably have the name X-BEER 32. We will know the exact name only on filling into bottles after the performance of the laboratory analysis.
X-BEER is beer that has no equivalent in the Czech Republic. It is remarkable by the natural malt taste with a pleasant bitter after-effect. The high content of alcohol and sugar together with higher hopping, speed up markedly the absorption of alcohol to the blood. Therefore, we recommend cautious consumption It is suitable to serve X-BEER, according to our slogan presented on the label of X-BEER, to desserts or separately as digestive.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at DadsThursday. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose and taste of caramel, toffee, sticky candy and dark fruit. Medium body. Some light molasses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2014
at 21:47
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thanks to MisoW for the bottle. Shared with ThirstyBird. The beer starts very intense, malt, but also fruit, sweetness, cherries. The mainpart is full flavoured, cherries, even wood, not too sweet and slightly bitter. The aftertaste is long, a bit sour, cherries, fruity, malty sweetness. --> great slightly sour beer!! --> 13/12/13/13
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2013
at 11:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 0,33l) Sweet, fruity, dried fruit, plums/cherry/raisins aroma. Hazy red-brown color. Minimal light brown head. Very sweet, fruity, berries taste. Full body. Very sticky texture. Light dry, sweet, long warm finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2013
at 03:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by MisoW. Brown color with medium beige head. Aroma of strawberries, raspberries, malt honey. Very sweet fruity taste with red berries, honey, sweet malt. Alcohol is well hidden. Little bit too much on sweet side for me, but overall tasty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2013
at 14:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
(Draught at U Medvidku, Prague, 27 July 2012) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with dried fruit, wild berries, brown sugar, figs and raisins. Malty, fruity taste with notes of caramel, dark fruit, brown sugar, chocolate and sweet hints of cherries. Fairly low bitterness. Alcohol is evident, but quite well balanced. Full body, with thick syrupy mouthfeel. Quite sweet. Nice one.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2012
at 15:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
27/02 A 0.33 l bottle from the brewpub. It poured hazy brown body with medium sized head. Sourish aroma, fruity malty, especially plums, apples and oranges. Fruity flavor, sourish more than sweet, quite well balanced. Full in body with nice long, sweetish and only slightly tart finish. Alcohol is present of course but not too much. It’s a nice brew, which might easily be infected but it only benefited from it generally. Strictly as a bock it would fail of course.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 14:44
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Tap @ brewery in Prague. Fairly clear, dark orangish brown appearance wit ha nice sized, light brown head. Fruit syrup, rich sugary, toffee, dried fruit aroma. Ultra sugary, very cloying, mildly metallic, raspberry fruit syrup, burnt sugar, light caramel flavor. Very cloying and over the top sugar count with a bad metallic note. I remember thinking this wasn’t bad on my previous trip but it was horrible during this visit. I think it’s just a sugar/alcohol bomb.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2012
at 15:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Brown 33cl flip-top bottle with a freshness date of 31st Oct 2009, drank and reviewed on 21st July 2009. Obtained from the brew-pub while on a boozy trip to Prague. Poured carefully into a Hoegaarden Grand Cru branded tulip glass. Looked like a redish stout or porter, not fully black, more a deep ruby red colour. Dense and misty, the tan head that arrived at first soon left leaving just a thin collar. Smells like a sour cherry beer (Rodenbach wise), a sweetness came as the beer warmed and after I’d tasted it. The sweetness didn’t wait for any warmth in the taste, it hits you straight away, very un-Rodenbach like in taste, although I’ve heard they have sweetened it now. I’ve had a few rearly strong lager based beers over the years and this one isn’t as sweet as some, but never-the-less it isn’t a beer for those that don’t have a sweet tooth. The aftertaste is boarding on sickly, the rich sweetness stays a little to long in the mouth. I can see why other reviewers have complained about the sweet nature of the beer and the lack of an alcohol feel. The sweetness certainly hides the alcohol very well, but I wouldn’t want to drive a car, even after only one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2012
at 04:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of and shared with heavy. Lovely opaque amber-red body with a beige head. Nose... Nicely infected malty nose. Yeah, bugs attacked this one and helped it immensely with the tartness... Fruity notes, full body, sweetish, bit sticky. Kinda balanced, heck, if this was only intentional. Bit yeasty, bit of a 2-trick pony, but hey. Nice fruity whateverbock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2012
at 12:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home. 1 year old. Dark golden redbrown colour. Aromas of port, wild berries and sweet liqueur. The sweet complex flavours hits you in the face. Here is everything: cola ice cream, syrup, wood, cherries, ice tea, leather, raisins. It feels also a bit vinous and reminds me of cough mixture. This is not a ordinary beer and for me this is too sweet and sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2012
at 10:45