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XT 1 Blonde

Score
5284
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by XT
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Aylesbury, England

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RATINGS: 10   MEAN: 3.31/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.1   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 126   ABV: 4.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Seasonal - Summer.
Citrus and fruity hops flirt with reserved English barley and some very naughty Bohemian malts to make a characterful blonde ale that you’ll want to meet again.


most recent ratings

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
fonefan (29292) - VestJylland, DENMARK - FEB 6, 2013

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, fruity, riped fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120807]

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
downender (5187) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - OCT 28, 2012
On gravity at Swindon Beer Festival, 25/10/2012. Golden with a slight white head. Cereal malts, some hedgerow fruit and a touch of leafy hop. Forgettable.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
joe19612 (1496) - camberley, Surrey, ENGLAND - OCT 21, 2012
Ascot Beer Festival 2012. Pours a pale gold colour with a thin white head, aroma is all citrus, taste is sweet with fruit especially grapefruit, with a dry finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
berkshirejohn (3641) - Bracknell, Berkshire, ENGLAND - OCT 20, 2012
Cask at the Twickenham Beer Festival 2012. Straw in colour with a loose white head; aroma of citrus and corn syrup; sweet grapefruit dominates the taste; and the finish is dry and grapefruity. A rather basic blonde ale.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
imdownthepub (8470) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - OCT 15, 2012
Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Fest ’12, this is the fresh hopped version. Pale gold with white head. Good crisp malts lead into this hoppy dry beer, refreshing, lemon & bitter notes on a light body. Very pleasant.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
madmitch76 (9867) - , Essex, ENGLAND - OCT 14, 2012
7th August 2012
GBBF. Hazy gold beer, little white head. Fresh dry palate. Mild citrus. A little light skunk. Semi dry finish. Typical Golden - but all right.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Fin (6180) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 2, 2012
Cask, gravity at Oddington Arms ’on tour’ Fencott bridge, Oxon, Saturday 1st September 2012 Pours golden with nice white head, only the merest haze, great looking beer. Soft in mouth, v.good sweet lemony rush, nicely bitter. Touch furry, great stuff, each of these beers has been slightly better than the one before. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
oh6gdx (18575) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 19, 2012
Cask@GBBF2012. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, caramelly and mild nectary notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, grassy and quite earthy.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (10993) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 14, 2012
cask at GBBF ... 2012 ... golden yellow ... thin white head ... soft zezty lemon fruit ... big soft hop nose ... light zezt ... big lemon ... soft fruit ... mellow lemon... nice

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
daniele (3769) - ITALY - AUG 9, 2012
oro buona schiuma piuttosto persitente naso non molto intenso leggero lupplato citrici agrumato bi bocca buona luppolatura secca leggero erbaceo un tocco fruttato buon amaro


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