Xtreme Ales

Microbrewery in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

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Unit 21, Alfric Square, Peterborough, PE2 7JP, England
Description
Xtreme Ales is a father and son brewery with Mike & Neil Holmes and commenced production in July 2013. Head brewer Neil had been brewing beer previously for home consumption but this was his first foray into beer production on a larger scale! Our beers started appearing at local pubs and beer festivals. Due to the popularity of our beers we are now expanding with a bigger kit and our passion for real ale continues.

Mike Holmes continued brewing great beers old and new up until early 2020 when finally he decided to take off his wellingtons for the last time and retire. The Xtreme Ales Brewery was purchased on May 4th 2020 by two of the Peterborough based Hunt brothers Martyn and Simon. It continues to be a family run brewery producing many of the great award winning ales as well as a strong portfolio of new recipes the Hunt brothers have brought to the business.

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Lincoln Beer Festival 2024. Off black colour with a tan head. Big malty chocolate and citrus aroma. Full body.

Tried from Cask on 23 May 2024 at 14:19


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Gravicask, half pint, shared with Finn at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2023. A beige head resting over a black body, fair lacing. inviting aromas of chocolate malts and berry skins. Chocolate flavours joined by support of a cherry bite. Malt-berry ending, quite sweet. Quite alright. (St Albans, 27.09.2023).

Tried from Cask on 09 Oct 2023 at 08:01


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

På St. Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2023. Delt med Rune. Svart. Skumring med litt farge. Sjokoladearoma. Smaken søt. Vanilje. Uvariert.

Tried on 27 Sep 2023 at 16:21


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2023. A mostly clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, vanilla custard, berry fruits,, vanilla, adjunct. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded cherry flavour, blackberry, oily. Vanilla. Palate us semi sweet oily, jammy fruits. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 27 Sep 2023 at 15:41


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF'23, day two, 02/08/23. Golden orange with an off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is mellow citric zest, mandarin, papaya, grass. Taste comprises citric tinged straw, grass, melon, tangerine. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow hop bitterness. Okay if lacking hop presence for a single hop affair.

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2023 at 17:08


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Fortsatt godt lesbare og relativt pålitelige notater fra GBBF-23. Fra keg og delt med Steven: klar gylden med fint skum som varer. Furunål, skog, lys malt og litt krydder. Tørr avslutning. Fairly underwhelming.

Tried on 09 Aug 2023 at 19:04


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Tried on 02 Aug 2023 at 15:45


3.3
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

Cask at Fox Inn, Carlton, Beds. Pours deep brown towards black with a beige cap. Dark malt, caramel, sweet cherry, sour cherry. Moderate sweet & bitter. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jun 2023 at 20:35


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Off black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty and very sweet cherry. Medium body.

Tried on 26 May 2023 at 14:34


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Lincoln BF 2023. Of black colour with a pale tan. Aroma and taste re are very sweet strawberry chocolate and hints of vanilla. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 25 May 2023 at 11:35