XXXB (Cask)
(Batch of XXXB)
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.21
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A malty multiple-winner of CAMRA’s Champion Premium Beer of Britain, Batemans much loved XXXB is what you’d call an English tawny beer. Just like the first batch crafted in 1978, it’s brewed with four malts and three varieties of hops, for a deliciously spicy, fruity and biscuity flavour.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Pint on tap at Palladium, Llandudno. Slight hop aroma. Ruby red beer with small tan head. Creamy mouthfeel with rich roasted malt notes. Finish is short and a little sour. It’s good!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2015
at 15:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
22nd September 2014
Shakespeares Head Spoons. Cask. Almost clear deep amber beer. Residual pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry. Very modest carbonation. Light tangy malts, trace of toffee. Little dried fruits. Light semi dry finish. Okay.
Shakespeares Head Spoons. Cask. Almost clear deep amber beer. Residual pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and semi dry. Very modest carbonation. Light tangy malts, trace of toffee. Little dried fruits. Light semi dry finish. Okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2014
at 02:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at St Albans beer festival 2014, St Albans, Herts. An amber/brown coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Malty, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, malty, caramel, dark fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2014
at 13:18
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Manchester & County, Manchester. Copper-amber with a thin head. Has lots of sweet malts, so much so it’s fairly sticky in the palate and a touch tangy. Not that exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2014
at 12:40
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Cask at The Moon Under Water Watford. Hazed copper coloured pour with a fleeting greyish loose head. Aroma is salty disk water, stale malts and sour apples. Infected me thinks. Flavour is acetone, touch of vinegar, tart granny smith apple, some stale toffee malts. Palate has moderately high tingling carbonation. Very disappointed.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Aug 2014
at 11:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear amber pour with a frothy white head, sweet fruit aroma, taste is sweet caramel and dark fruits with a malty backbone.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2014
at 07:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a frothy white head and lots of broken lace. The aroma is stale malt and weak hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a watery hop bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with flat carbonation. A nice smooth creamy session bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 15:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ JDW Elgin [060713]
Copper amber, dense white head, clear, good lacing
Aroma - soft caramel malts, slight soft berry fruits, touch of bread, smooth caramel
Taste or caramel malt, touch of roasted malt, bit mineraly, soft spicy hops, some red berries, getting that Bateman’s yeast, this is quite decent, better than than bottle
Pakate - Medium body, little oily, smooth caramel. Finish quite dry, quite bitter finish, soft fruity caramel, dab of yeast
Overall - This is one of the best Bateman’s I’ve had...better than the bottled version
Copper amber, dense white head, clear, good lacing
Aroma - soft caramel malts, slight soft berry fruits, touch of bread, smooth caramel
Taste or caramel malt, touch of roasted malt, bit mineraly, soft spicy hops, some red berries, getting that Bateman’s yeast, this is quite decent, better than than bottle
Pakate - Medium body, little oily, smooth caramel. Finish quite dry, quite bitter finish, soft fruity caramel, dab of yeast
Overall - This is one of the best Bateman’s I’ve had...better than the bottled version
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2013
at 07:58
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Aug 2006 (from BA): One of my all time favourite beers. I have been drinking this beer for many years and when ever I see it on draught, I have some. Morrison’s and sometimes Aldi (in the UK) stock it in bottles, but it does not hold a candle to the cask conditioned draught. This review is from my last tasting, at the 30th Cotswold CAMRA Beer Fest, straight from the barrel which was inside a 15th Century Tithe Barn. The location of this fest is just great, you can’t help but enjoy the scene and beers on offer. Dark Amber, copper coloured, with a fine white head which stays for a long time within the glass, it looks the part. Fruity, both in aroma and taste, the brewer got everything right in my opinion, and they haven’t messed around with the brew since it was first introduced (whenever that was?). This is a classic British beer, and long my it be so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2012
at 06:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Willow Walk (JDW), Victoria. Golden amber with a tight cream head; malty aroma; rich, fruity, malt-lead flavour with some caramel towards the end; and a dry lightly hopped finish. A solid premium bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2011
at 07:05