8 Dark Roast
XT Brewing in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.63
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Dark Roast - A smooth rich dark beer brewed with a careful blend of four malts along with a cocktail of hops to give a complex taste. Deep malty base with dark roasty chocolate flavours, very balanced beer.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cast at the Wellington, Birmingham: Very dark brown coloured brew with an good taste of roasted malts, chocolate and caramel and good dry long bitter finish.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:39
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2023
at 10:05
7/10
Excellent roast flavor
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2021
at 19:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
1/2/2019. Cask at the XT Brewing tap takeover at the New Inn, Colchester. As XT 8 Porter (Summit, Brambling Cross), same abv looks to be a rebadge of this. Pours mid to dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, hops and dark fruit with moderate roasting. Moderate sweetness and moderate roasted bitterness, and body. Oily texture, very soft carbonation. It's not really a brown ale but then it's a slight stretch to call it a porter too.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2019
at 13:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @Queen’s Head, Londres 03/08/18
Color negro corona de espuma blanca, aromas torrefactos, notas a regaliz, sabor regaliz, maltoso, cuerpo ligero.
Color negro corona de espuma blanca, aromas torrefactos, notas a regaliz, sabor regaliz, maltoso, cuerpo ligero.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2018
at 18:45
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can @ Brewery Shop Emporium, High Wycombe. Clear dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and bready. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 170218
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2018
at 13:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Brewery Shop Emporium, High Wycombe. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, nuts, malt and hops. Sweet bready finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2018
at 13:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from brewer's own stall at the Thame Food Festival. Brown with a thin tan head and a middling fizz. Chocolate and brown sugar with a touch of smoke and some oaky vanilla. There's a little red wine and some dry leaves. It's on the sweet side with just enough dryness and bitterness to balance it leaving a lasting roastiness in finish. Really good stuff, oddly far better than the barrel-aged version I'd tried previously.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2017
at 15:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As XT 8 Dark Roast ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2016
at 05:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Milton Keynes Beer Festival; hazy dark brown pour with a bubbly light tan head, aroma has raisins, taste has dark fruits, stewed fruits.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2016
at 10:53