Convair880 (6926) reviewed 8 Dark Roast from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Ealing beer festival 2013, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Malty, coffee aroma. Tastes malty, slightly roasty, some chocolate and dark fruit.
Convair880 (6926) reviewed XPA from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Ealing beer festival 2013, London. A light golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, tropical fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, tropical fruit, grapefruit, quite rich. Decent.
Fin (18365) reviewed 99 Roast Cacao from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Purchased this from brewery 26.06.13 (yesterday) drinking at home Thursday 27.06.13 pours dark brown with off-white head edging towards light tan, but up to the light the beer is actually a little lighter brown than it appears. The nose is chocolate and perhaps a little malty, in fact it is rather more subtle than you might expect, pleasant though. This is wonderful in the mouth, really soft mouthfeel, a rich chocolate grabs you straight away, lovely and smooth, in fact this has a very indulgent feel, really interesting. Getting further into this, you pick up a a nice graininess from the chocolate/cocoa and there is a decent roastiness, towards the end there it starts to leave a dryness. This is not a million miles away from Youngs Chocolate Stout which is indeed a compliment in my eyes as I rather like that beer, but this is certainly more chocolatey, I like this better, not sure how I rated Youngs Chocolate Stout but I think in a blind test I would go for this one. I really love the soft carbonation, makes me think of the aero bubble of chocolate that melts in your mouth, yes this is very, very good. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Convair880 (6926) reviewed 13 Pacific Red Ale from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Land of Liberty Peace and Plenty, Chorleywood, Herts. An amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Fruity, malty aroma. Tastes fruity, malty, almost buttery, some caramel in there too.
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked 6 Rich Ruby from XT Brewing 12 years ago
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed XPA from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. Amber with a thin white head; rich tropical fruit aroma with passion fruit and mango; thick and oily in the mouth with lots more tropical fruit - kiwi and pineapple this time; and a sharp, very tart, new world hop bitterness leading to a grapefruit finish with some warming alcohol. Very satisfying.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed 8 Dark Roast from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Gravity dispense at the CPFC beer festival, 2013. Brown pour with a beige head. Toffee, caramel and some dark fruit aroma. Licorice, dark fruit and light spice flavour. Spicy finish.
Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed 6 Rich Ruby from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On gravity, at Barrow Hill Beer Festival - Hazy orange gold body with medium sized white head. Aroma is caramel and malt.Sweetish malt and caramel taste with a hint of bittrness in the aftertaste. Very subtle background hint of fruit in the aftertaste too.Not fantastic, but okay.
stravale (3279) reviewed 4 Session Amber from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Highlander Inn, Craigellachie [180513]
Amber, clear, dense white head, some lacing
Aroma of soft fruity malts, dab of orange, light aroma
Taste of fruity malts, bit of orange zest, soft quite sweet caramel malts
Palate - Light to medium body, smooth, good body for abv, tangy palate. Finish - soft bitter, light fruits, bit dry, hint of biscuit.
Overall - Quite a decent golden bitter, good palate and finish for the abv
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed 99 Roast Cacao from XT Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
[500ml bottle from Alfred the Grape, Marlow] Dark brown with a small beige head and a light fizz. Roasted malt to the fore, with plain chocolate and cocoa coming through and maybe a little sherry. The chocolate and the roast malt balance each other out perfectly, and the beer does not fall into the trap that many chcolcate beers do of being sickly sweet, syrupy and artificial. It tastes good, although it could perhaps do with losing some of the fizz which hides the smoothess of the beer behind. You could perhaps accuse it of being a little one dimensional, but hey, what the hell, I like it so I’ll forgive that! It’s another winner from XT.