Batemans XXXB (Bottle)

Brewed by Batemans
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Skegness, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottled. An amber beer with a small white head. Aroma is malty and caramel. Taste is also malty, nutty, caramel, fruity. Nice bitterness. Soft carbonation

Pours a dark copper with a thin white head. Malty, hoppy with a strong aroma of grass and leaf. Earthy and bitter with malt and hops. Tis alright! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Clear copper color with excellent full head and lace. Sweet caramel malt and dry biscuit well-balanced by traditionsl peppery floral British hops. Not complicated, easy drinking. Terrific session beer. .

North American bottled version @ 5.0% abv. Pours a medium copper color through and through, a bit of haze settles throughout. Nose has fruity esthers - stone fruits and chewy, nutty malt esthers which is almost oak-like with a slight note of wet tobacco. Minimal fine head that leaves a soap-sud like lacing. Soft toffee, light caramel sweetness, a moderate amount of smooth bittering finishes the sip. I expected a bit more character from the Goldings hops, not as floral as other notable ESBs from across the pond. Noble aroma of the Liberty peeks through. A well balanced hop combo with a fairly pleasing finish which has just enough of a snap to garner another sip. However in the end, malt dominates but it’s missing that certain something that makes a complete beer.

Malziger, süßfruchtiger Geruch mit Noten von Pflaume und Sherry. Beginnt malzig-dunkel. Mitte schokoladig-würzig, etwas dumpf. Malzschokoladiger Abgang, moderat trockenbitter. Kaum Überraschungen - hätte mehr erwartet.

At a tasting, thanks Dagan, pours bronze with honey tones and a small head, aroma of caramel, wood, toffee, molasses, malt, flavor of bread, toasted bread, wheat, malt, light bitterness, some acidic notes, medium bodied, OK

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Dark amber pour with a small pale yellow head. Honey and caramel malts is about all I get on the nose with a touch of coffee. Honey sweetness and bitter, harsh coffee in the taste. Didn’t like this one at all

dark amber/light brown rather clear liquid, pours a slightly silky, thin, pale tanned head. a slightly musty, grape hop aroma with weak malt and stingy character. there is a nice sweet sour twang to the aroma, reminding on grape fruit and earth. The taste has a slightly weird balance of a wide and crispy bitterness with honey-like sweetness. the stingy bitterness unfortunately does not support this as a whole and sort of vanishes quickly into the background while being all over the place at the same time. the texture is a bit watery but has a pleasant dryness to it that saves some of the feel. carbonation is a bit too heavy in relation to this but is manageable. the structure seems to be a bunch of decent but weak aspects brought together not very well, leaving the end product without true character, but with a decent entirety.

4.8% Triple XB, very nice beer, amber colour with a thin head, toasted malt flavour with a hint of caramel, good stuff..

Chestnut brown with a decent off-white head. Hoppy aroma with grass, resin , mild licorice and some smoke/metallic notes. A mild bitter with a slight sourness. Bitter finish, which lasts and is quite warming. Overall, not too shabby and a favourite of the Batemans offerings.