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Gardner Xtra Special Bitter (XSB)


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RATINGS: 1   MEAN: 3.3/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.83   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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Extra Special means a slightly more aggressive version of the Bitter style of English ale. It is slightly more hoppy, a bit maltier, a little darker, a little more alcohol and a bit toasty too! It’s a Bitterer Bitter! We use English Ale yeast from a secret source. XSB is the English cousin to our Oma’s Altbier.


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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Glouglouburp (4783) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - OCT 11, 2009
In short: An earthy yeasty ale with leafy hops. Nice non-ESB session beer.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Cloudy orange-amber body topped by a medium beige head
In long: Earthy woody hops on the nose. Taste of tree bark, earthy caramel, leafy hops, old dirty wet piece of wood, a tiny bit of toffee, forest floor. Body texture is both creamy and fluffy. Unusually yeasty for a so-called ESB. Far from clean and crisp, obviously far from what I’ve come to expect from a ESB. I actually liked that dirty beer, I like dirty beer. Yet I realize that it totally misses the mark as far as an ESB is concerned. A tough one to call. Like most beer it doesn’t have a phone.


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