Axe^X
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.31
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Axe raised to the power of X. Where X is dry hopping increased by 200%. 20% oats added to the grist for enhanced mouthfeel and character and IBU's significantly reduced.
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8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can from Chez Sophie. Pours misty gold, medium white head. Aroma is fresh soft citric fruit. Tase is similarly fresh soft fruity, extremely smooth and light on the palette, drying of course. Incredibly well rounded sessionable IPA. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2018
at 19:28
7/10
Tried
on 01 Jul 2018
at 06:36
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Buxton Axe^X (by Buxton Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
23/VI/18 - 44cl can from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ my godchild's birthday weekend, the Abeels' place - BB: 23/IV/18 (2018-797)
Pretty cloudy blond to beige beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty fruity, bit cheesy, some passion fruits, sweaty feet, orange peel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, lots of orange peel, pretty bitter, bit sweet, some alcohol, very fruity. Aftertaste: mango, bitter, fruity, some caramel malts, bit sourish, orange juice, some grapefruit, very bitter finish.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
23/VI/18 - 44cl can from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ my godchild's birthday weekend, the Abeels' place - BB: 23/IV/18 (2018-797)
Pretty cloudy blond to beige beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty fruity, bit cheesy, some passion fruits, sweaty feet, orange peel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, lots of orange peel, pretty bitter, bit sweet, some alcohol, very fruity. Aftertaste: mango, bitter, fruity, some caramel malts, bit sourish, orange juice, some grapefruit, very bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2018
at 20:01
7.5/10
Canned 23 APR 18. Very fruity, including some light tartness. Stone fruits, mostly, bit of citrus. Behind that a solid IPA. All the flavors are there, the balance is ok, maybe just a bit too fruity. Doesn't wow me as some other UK hops did, though.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2018
at 22:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar, Berlin. Pours hazy golden with medium white head. Hoppy, tropical fruit, some apricot, grassy. Moderate bitterness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar
on 12 Jun 2018
at 18:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
11th June 2018
Can. Very hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, fairly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, lightly sweet, trace of thin cream. Light savoury orange hops. Mild pjne and mild hop spice. Juicier orange and a trace of ripe mango on the finish. Nice.
Can. Very hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, fairly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, lightly sweet, trace of thin cream. Light savoury orange hops. Mild pjne and mild hop spice. Juicier orange and a trace of ripe mango on the finish. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2018
at 21:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog, Tower Hill, London. A hazy golden/yellow coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, mango, tropical fruit on the nose. Tastes hoppy, citrus, mango, tropical fruit, some grapefruit in there too. Nice drinkable IPA that went down nicely.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2018
at 21:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Special edition of Buxton's Axe IPA, can from De Hopduvel in Ghent. Thick and frothy, egg-white, stable head over a hazy warm and deep orange-hued golden beer. Luscious, zesty and somewhat dank bouquet of freshly squeezed orange juice, mango flesh, stewing red onions, sweet curry, passionfruit, paprika, dough, touch of sweat, starfruit. Sweetish onset with sourish edge, notes of rich mango, granadilla, peach and lime, very refreshing and moreish, softish carbonation, slightly spritzy; soft, doughy, fluffy mouthfeel. Sweetish bready and bit honeyish malt soil underneath a lusciously tropical, citric, slightly dank retronasal hop wave, reminiscent of lime peel, mango, mandarin and granadilla, depositing a soft, mildly spicy bitterness on the root of the tongue while remaining very juicy and refreshing, with lingering tropical fruit notes. Exemplary modern, juicy, East Coast-ish IPA, representing Buxton's remarkably high quality standard - this to me is still among the very best breweries in Britain.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2018
at 17:43
8/10
Tried
on 30 May 2018
at 22:12