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Castlemaine XXXX (UK)

 (RETIRED)
Score
214
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Samlesbury (InBev UK)
Style: Pale Lager
Preston, England

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RATINGS: 64   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.72   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Pasteurised keg and can.
Interbrew took over the UK licence from Carlsberg in December 2002, upping the abv from 3.9% to 4%.
AB InBev, which produced the beer on licence, agreed with brand owner Lion Nathan to retire XXXX from the UK at the conclusion of their licensing agreement on June 30, 2009.
Ingredients: Pride of Ringwood and Tasmanian Cluster hops.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Boystout (1000) - Chisinau, MOLDOVA - DEC 6, 2011
(Sampled in 2004). Некрепкий лагер, сваренный по австралийской лицензии. В австралийской версии используются два типа местного хмеля – Pride Of Ringwood и Tasmanian Cluster. Не уверен насчет хмеля в лицензионной версии, но его привкус очень слабый, хотя и необычный.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
manuchampions (1154) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - APR 12, 2011
Old rate. On tap in Lincolnshire, England. Pours a pale gold with a small white head. Aroma was stock macro lager and served too cold which might be a blessing in this case. Aroma was slightly adjuncty, grainy and a hoppy, medium dry finish. Not the worst pale lager Iґve had, but barely passable.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Gary (1013) - London and Rochester, Kent, ENGLAND - FEB 11, 2011
(canned) This actually was never that offensive . Its TV comercials relied on the sterotypical unsophsticated Australian life-style that some people in the UK like , and it made this popular for a time. A grainy ,creamy -sweet and lightly hopped beer is what you’ll get with XXXX.

0.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
kwik-lime (597) - London, ENGLAND - OCT 27, 2010
This stuff was frighteningly poor. Weak as anything, too carbonated by far and the only real taste is its brutal aftertaste. Didn’t know it had been withdrawn from the UK market but won’t be missed. Horrible.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
angrybeerman (258) - Dublin, IRELAND - SEP 4, 2009
UPDATED: OCT 4, 2009 Had four cans of this some while back. Yellow with little head to speak of. Only alcoholic and slightly malty taste. Finish was very poor. An offensive lager. Why did I have four cans? It was cheap! I won’t be getting any cans of this again though. But fear not Queenslanders for I have yet to try XXXX in a bottle or better yet on tap and will hopefully be able to do this soon. For now though this was quite horrible.

1.6
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
SeanMacGC (330) - Dublin, IRELAND - NOV 2, 2008
Draught. Pours clear yellow, with quickly dissipating white head. Not much on either the nose or the palate, and insubstantial mouthfeel. Typical of bulk-produced fare.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
undercurrent25 (447) - Barnton, Cheshire, ENGLAND - OCT 19, 2008
This is just about drinkable if there is nothing else available, I use to love this beer when I was a teenager which shows how my taste has matured

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
Palidor19 (2296) - Brandon, Florida, USA - OCT 10, 2008
very light and not malty at all, its very fizzy with not much taste anywhere.


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