Durham Triple X

Brewed by County Durham Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Pickering, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask at Smokeless Joe. Pours a slightly hazy orange-amber with a small frothy off-white head. Nice lacing. Mild aroma of fruity malt and light hops. Nice, smooth flavour starts off fruity and floral and ends quite bitter. Thin bodied. Enjoyable, this is a pretty good IPA.

Cask sample from C’est What?. Pale orange in colour with soft carbonation. British pale malt, orange and grapefruit peel are the dominant aromas. Well balanced flavours of crusty French bread, and citrusy hops. MEdium bitterness, and smooth bodied from the cask. Nothing over the top, but a nice sessonable pint

On cask at the Queen and Beaver in Toronto, served in a dimple mug. Pours clear orange-amber with a small, off-white head. The head fades to a thin remnant and leaves a trace amount of lace. On the nose, there are notes of citrus, caramel, bread, tropical fruit and herbs. The flavour is well balanced, moderately bitter with herbs and pine, along with a moderate toasty malty sweetness. The finish is moderate in length and balanced. On the palate, it is light-medium in body with a smooth, watery texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is a decent English style IPA. Though it is subtle and sessionable, I prefer the hop addict. This one could be more complex and assertive. 2011-12-15

cask C’est What. Pour hazy orange/copper body. Aroma citrus, malt, honey, grapefruit, sweet. Taste decent bitter citrus hopping with a mild malt backbone, grapefruit, herbs, light butter, orange. MF medium body somewhat slick. Wasn’t my cup of beer.

On tap at Volo. Aroma of sweet citrus, orange jam, and some light tropical fruit. Flavor was more of the same with a touch of sweet malts. A nice IPA, pretty straight forward, but good stuff.

Cast at C’est What? Pale golden pour. The nose has a lot of blackberry and soft fruitiness as well. The flavour is straightforward with a soft orange marmalade and crackery Maris Otter malts. Soft and lightly earthy with a nice balance of malt and hops. The nose become quite fruity as the beer starts to warm up. Soft bitterness – quite a lovely pint really. Nice lingering minerally bitterness.

[2868-20100514] Tap. Not much aroma, a little bad breath. Murky, light orange brown body with a long-lasting foamy off-white head. Orange flesh coated with a light dusting of chocolate powder flavour with a long dusty orange finish and aftertaste. Medium body has a bitter background. Drinkable.
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Cask at Cest What. Nice amber colour, nit much head, a little flat. Not a huge aroma, but good bitter taste.

On cask at Volo. Probably one of the oddest coloured beers I’ve ever seen. Like a chewed up toffee mixed with peach juice. Zero head (cask) deep and murky. Aroma: zesty hops, peach, raspberry, pine and a little malt. Flavour: creamy, a little pine but certainly the flavour does not match the hop profile in the aroma. Some elderberry & tea in the finish. A pleasant brew.

Handpump at the Victory Cafe, Toronto. Bright, glowing copper color. Big fruit nose, with hops, cereals, tobacco. Great balance; very fruity and smooth, with caramel and tobacco. Big hop finish. Good stuff.

Cask @ Victory. Gorgeous luminescent amber with perfect cream-colored head. Clean hopped nose is gorgeous, straightforward. Evergreen aromas. Palate is delightfully drinkable. Light aerated, gorgeous. Slithers down the throat. Flowery. Sublime subtlety achieved in hop balance. Hop flowers in the aftertaste. A genuinely nice brew made better with cask conditioning!