Pitfield's Brewery Christmas Wheat

Christmas Wheat

 

Pitfield's Brewery in Moreton, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Wheat Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.01
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 9
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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
19th June 2010
Hazy brown beer. Cinnamon and cloves on the nose! Light dry palate. Dry spice through which cuts orange and cherry fruits - a little tart. Not exactly a subtle Christmas beer! Very spice dominated, in fact if not for the label I would not have known this was a wheat beer.
Tried on 20 Jun 2012 at 14:26

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg.Unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate yeasty, shoe polish - leather. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, spicy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100220] 5-3-5-3-10 Cask (gravity) @ 31th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2014, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Pitfield Christmas Wheat ].Unclear matt medium to dark orange color with a average to large, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, dusty spicy, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, spicy bitter, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, christmas spices, citrus, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141205] 5-2-6-3-11
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2010 at 14:53

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Pours hazy amber with a small creamy and bubbly head and lacings. Nose and flavor is sweet of cinnamon, bread and wheat. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2010 at 23:07

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and cinnamon. Finished bitter.
Tried on 20 Feb 2010 at 15:39

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle, 5.5%. Spicy aroma, pumpkin or christmas spices. Cloudy brown colour. Small white head. The flavour has some of the same spices as the aroma, again pumpkin and/or christmas pudding spices. Yeasty aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2010 at 14:27

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and some elderflowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a dry nutty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2010 at 14:24

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a hazy reddish amber with a rough off-white head. Sweet spicy aroma - nutmeg and cardamom. Medium body, sweet fruit and Christmas spices. Hardly any bitterness. 200210
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2010 at 14:14

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear BF 09. Really not htat good, some cereal, some peach fruit in the mouth. Odd.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 05:54

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence’s wine merchants, Brockley. Pours a rusty brown with no head. Low carbonation. Some coffee aromas as well as treacle, bubblegum, bit earthy with some floral notes. Flavours of smoke, wood, chocolate, biscuits. Finishes sweet and malty.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2009 at 10:58