Theakston XB (Bottle)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Bitter
Masham, England

Serve in English pint

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, fruity, malty, light hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, malty, wood bitter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101227]

Sweet fruity aroma with toasted malt and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with caramel, malty and mild hoppy notes.

500ml bottle. Interesting to have this now it has split from Scottish and Newcastle. Deep copper colour with thin beige head. Slightly sweaty hop aroma. Red fruits and slightly yeasty. I like the aroma. Some caramel. OK in mouth and then more drying tangy hop. A nice premium bitter

Bottle. Pours a nice deep amber colour with an off-white head. Malty fruity aroma with hints of hops. Sweet malty fruity flavor with some woody hints. Has a fruity malty finish with some bitterness.

Ruby coloured ale, sweet malt nose, light malty fruit bitter. nice but not special.

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, caramel, hops and some nuts.

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. Boring beer.

Bottled, pasteurised, 500ml. Orange amber with carbonated head. Tremendously different to the cask, this is rather a thin, fizzed beer with a strained boiled hop note and a sweetish mid malt body. Lacks depth and subtelty.