Theakston XB (Bottle)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Bitter
Masham, England

Serve in English pint

Tastes of slightly sour cherries with some malt, not my kind of thing, ok for one pint, not necessarily something I’d try again

Copper colour. Oaky aroma. Oak flavour is quite prominent in the taste. Slightly dry with mild hop flavoured finish.

Pours a dark, lively amber with a medium off-white head that slowly disperses to leave a lasting layer of froth. Bright and fruity aromas, some caramel and toasted malts. Good fruity malts in the mouth with a light fruity sharpness and dryish hop bitterness. Light to medium body, mid carbonation and a relatively clean finish.

0,5L bottle. Amber coloured beer. Nice grassy, spicy hops, good bit of crystal malt sweetness; nutty toffee. Reasonably lean body, bitter finish. Quite good.

500 ml bottle, thanks to my beerpal Egil. ABV is 4.5%. Brown to copper colour, moderate but lasting white head. Pleasant aroma, hoppy / fruity with notes of berries, also notes of toffee. The flavour has a nice balance between the malts and hops, notes of berries again, typical Bramling Cross qualities. The pasteurised bottle has not quite the subtle character of the cask version (if well kept), but this is still a very enjoyable beer to drink.

Bottle, Scotland AP: red/brown with medium high white head AR: fudge, fruity, F: fudge, fruity, medium + bitterness

Bottle, Morrisons. Copper colour, off-white head. Nose of caramel. Flavour of caramel malts, hops, nuts.

50cl bottlle. Copper-colored. Head is almost non-existent. Aroma of fruit and malt, taste of caramel and hops, smoothly bitter finish, with banana-bread aftertaste. Not as complex as other Theakston brews, but, thankfully, not as weird either (read my review of their "Grouse Beater"!). Ok.