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Castlemaine XXXX (UK)

 (RETIRED)
Score
114
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Samlesbury (InBev UK)
Style: Pale Lager
Preston, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
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RATINGS: 65   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.73   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
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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.


1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
anders37 (9908) - Malmö, SWEDEN - JUL 22, 2006
Bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow colour with a white head. Malty aroma. Malty falvor with some hints of honey. Dry malty finish.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 9/20
TBone (9414) - Pori, FINLAND - FEB 29, 2004
Tap (sampled: Heathrow Airport 16.2.04)
Golden with small white head. Aroma softly hoppy and fruity. Mouthfeel is creamy. Flavor malt with hints of hops. Finishes quickly and watery.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
yngwie (9188) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - SEP 25, 2007
Bottle at Berliner Bierfestival. Clear, pale golden pour, with a white head. Weak nose, mostly grain and hay, but there’s something alcohol-like there as well. Weak flavor as well, with fruits and some hops, leading to a finish with some hops and bitterness. Thin to medium body. Boring and quaffable. (070804)

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - FEB 6, 2006
1. Keg Handpump at Walkabout, Sheffield 06/10/2004 Golden coloured smooth on the palate. Slightly spicy aroma. Dry lasting finish. 2. Bottle 21/03/2005 Clear golden smooth and hoppy. Slightly dry malt finish.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
bierkoning (8099) - La Tropica, NETHERLANDS - NOV 25, 2004
Can, drunk in the train from The Hague to Hengelo. Bought in Wijn en Bierboetiek, The Hague. Metallic and grainy. Thin. Hints of orange. There is some distant bitterness, probably not really from Pride of Ringwood hops, but a more nasty bitterness not taken from hops. Nutty. Cardboard. Not good.

1.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
madsberg (7568) - Søborg, DENMARK - AUG 5, 2005
Canned: Golden coloured. Clear. Flouffy off white head. Grainy and sweet beer. Very thin bodied. Very shitty lager.

0.9
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
imdownthepub (7473) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 10, 2004
Keg, pasteurised. Pale yellow wth large head. Poor sweet tinny lager, best served cold. Very indifferent.

1.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
chriso (7065) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - MAY 22, 2004
Beer # 6 in my lager marathon. Keg. UK version. No discernible aroma. Soft palate with no obvious hop presence whatsoever. Bland and tasteless. Next up was Sol.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
maeib (6632) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - SEP 9, 2004
Draught. Another standard mass produced lager. Bit of flavour there but would not have spotted the Tasmanian hops!

0.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
DonMagi (5599) - bantervile, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - JAN 24, 2006
Yes, outstanding. Was out with a friend in St Andrews over the weekend and he came down with a pint of this. Corn and nothingness dominate all sence of the drink.


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