Theakston XB (Cask)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Bitter
Masham, England

Serve in English pint

Cask (handpump) @ Ring O’Bells, WA1, Warrington. Clear amber color with a small fizzy fair lacing mostly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light yeasty, fruity, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.

Cask at GBBF 2006. A hazy orange-brown beer with a thick dense yellow head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of berries. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of honey, leading to a dry end with notes of berries. A bit boring.

Cask. Pours a clear amber with a small and creamy off-white head. Caramel and nuts in the nose. Medium body with a low carbonation, caramel, nuts and a slightly tart edge - plenty of fruit. Very subtle bitterness. 161111

From cask at Charlies. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is light fruity and toasted malt. Bitter, mild fruity and subdued sweetness from the malt. Bitter and light fruity to herbal finish.

[Cask at GBBF] Amber colour. Fairly sweet with medium body. Bold cookie malt, some light fruit and resiny hops. A touch of wood before a finish with fairly low bitterness.

Cask@GBBF2010. Copper colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wood, caramel malts, nuts and some mild earthyness as well. Flavour is wooden, a bit nutty, also some slight sappy and syrupy notes along with mild earthyness. Mild toffeeish notes lurking in the background as well.

Cask at GBBF 2006. Copper, thick creamy head. Bit too buttery, soft in mouth. Some hop. Way to much butterscotch

Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.