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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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear amber with tiny off white off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel and malty notes. Flavour likewise with a sweet end.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2008
at 20:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
draught @ The Cannon Inn, Newton Poppleford. Clear, perhaps slightly hazy copper-brown colour, no head to speak of. Fruity-hoppy nose, caramalty touch. Full-bodied, malty body with an intensive hoppy touch, hints of bitter orange and orange peel/marmalade. Crisp and spicy with a fruity-hoppy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2008
at 10:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours slight cloudy orange with lasting white and bubbly head. Ligth fruity and bitterhops aroma. Flavour is a blend of sweet fruity notes and bitter hops. Goes into a dry hops finish. Light fruity note on top.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Apr 2008
at 10:21
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ St Aldates Tavern, Oxford. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty and slightly hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2007
at 02:58
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, 4.8%. Slightly sweet flavour with a distinct bitterness, slightly rough. Beautiful clear copper colour. Frothy tan head. Gets a little sour in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2007
at 17:57
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Wharf, Aalborg. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, caramel. Flavour is sweet, hop, caramel, fruit, apple. Nice and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2007
at 23:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wharf, Aalborg. Clear, golden with some small off-white bubbles on the top. Sweet aroma with caramel and hops. The same goes for the flavor, with a little fruityness added. Medium body and a quite hoppy finish. A nice, quite balanced beer, a bit on the hoppy side. (070331)
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2007
at 13:11
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a fluffy tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of caramel and fruit. The flavor is sweet malty with powerful notes of caramel, combined with light notes of butterscotch and tobacco.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2007
at 04:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at C4, Odense: Amber with white bubbly head. Fine fresh bitter aroma and taste. A little sour hop/fruity feel. Body is Ok for a cask. Slight caramel malty taste but mainly hops. Drinkable pleasant!
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2007
at 11:59
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Attractive mahogany in colour. Missing head. Thin malty to the nose. Complex spicy flavour with notes of malt and dark fruit. Medium palate. Alright, but not really my kind of beer (Half pint on cask at the cosy and local King’s Arms in Norwich 24.09.2006).
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2006
at 01:37