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.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed SaXquatch from Xtreme Ales 1 year ago
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.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed BlaX Forest Stout from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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).
Finn (18112) reviewed BlaX Forest Stout from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.
Fergus (31329) reviewed BlaX Forest Stout from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed ChinooX from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.
Holmen_1 (14547) reviewed ChinooX from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed BlaX Forest Stout from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed BlaX Forest Stout from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Strawberry Xtreme from Xtreme Ales 2 years ago
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.