Subsidiaries
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Reading beer festival. Deep amber. Chocolate, wood and a dry finish. As per the base beer this is decent, but Iโm not sure that the oak aging has made any real impact. If anything, the dryness of the oak detracts from the richness of the underlying beer. A rare disappointment from XT; itโs still a good beer, just not quite up to the normal high standard of this brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2014
at 14:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Egham USC Beer festival 2014, Egham, Surrey. A hazy golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Lemon, yeasty aroma. Tastes lemon, yeasty, zesty, slightly tart and rather refreshing. Nice one from XT.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2014
at 00:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the egham festival... Hazy amber.. Small white head...lught salty fruits nose.. Soft sweet floral orange... Light salty lemon.. Nice refreshing
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2014
at 02:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ EBF14 2013, 14th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, cacao, vanilla, moderate roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, vanilla, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130328]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2014
at 09:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a small head. Has a pleasant hopped nose and a medium body. Some very light fruits in a pale ale texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2014
at 09:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Craven Arms; dark brown with a frothy tan head, coffee aroma, taste has coffee with some roast, dark fruits and a hint of chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2014
at 08:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ EBF14 2013, 14th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.Unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light leather - medicine - band-aid. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, brett. fruity, hoppy, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130330]
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2014
at 08:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Merton Beer Festival 28th February & 1st March 2014 also at brewery 25th Feb. I also had this beer at the brewery on Tuesday with Russ (brewer) where we tried both a very, very fresh one and a cask that had been on for a few days interestingly the latter was as clear as a bell and sparkling on the pour whereas the very fresh offering (like this at Merton) was throwing a haze. This is a very good Saison, authentic in taste, aroma and appearance and a very good effort. Very popular at Merton and the second quickest cask to run out. Light spiciness some subtle lemon and a gentle tart, tangy, fruity flavour. This would be brilliant in the summer and would likely score even higher from me, but even so I really like this wonderfully refreshing beer. Like all of the XT beers here this looks great on the pour. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2014
at 00:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at Merton Winter Beer Festival. Hazy pale gold. Collar white bubbles. Saison dry yeast aroma lemon. Hoppy finish. Good saison. Lovely saison. Really drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Mar 2014
at 08:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ EBF14 2013, 14th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.Clear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, citrus - orange. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130328]
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2014
at 10:44