XB (Cask)
(Batch of XB)
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.94
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A distinctive, well balanced bitter with a refreshingly dry bitterness and a pleasing hoppy finish.
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4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dark golden body with a tiny little head, but with good "Kirchenfenster". Very light malty to the nose. Caramel malty taste with a bitter touch towards the end. Well balanced, but not more than a ordinary bitter. I also had a haft of Bateman’s Rare Beer on cask (3.8%) - but this beer turned out to be a mis-brew of XB and did not changed my ratings (both found in well kept condition at The King’s Arms, Norwich 24.09.2006).
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2006
at 03:08
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Kings Arms Norwich 24 Sep 06. Golden coloured. A tiny disappearing head. Faint fruity flavour. A dry bitter finish. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2006
at 14:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Blackburne Arms, Liverpool, 26 July) Colour is amber with little head. Nose is malty and nutty with dried fruit (prunes, raisins). Taste is malty and nutty with notes of prunes and caramel. Earthy/dusty hop character in the finish with a balanced, slightly metallic, bitterness. An ok session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2006
at 15:29
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at Lincolnshire Poacher, Nottingham. Copper brown colour with thick tight white head. Some apple, some caramel. Mouthfeel is a bit thin. Finish has red apple fruit and acid and some hop. OK bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2005
at 15:48
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[Cask at Cockney Pub, Århus] An amber beer with a small head. The aroma is sweet and slightly hoppy. The flavor is very bitter with notes of oranges and malt. It is rather dry. An average bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jun 2004
at 18:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Sampled cask conditioned at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Orange-amber. Vague fruity aroma. Clean and resiny, fruity and rather sweet. Not as stable as other Bateman's beer. Bitter pine needle finish. Too clean to be really interesting.
Orange-amber. Vague fruity aroma. Clean and resiny, fruity and rather sweet. Not as stable as other Bateman's beer. Bitter pine needle finish. Too clean to be really interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2003
at 11:05