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Castlemaine XXXX (UK)

Percentile
2
overall
Brewed by Samlesbury (InBev UK - InBev)
Style: Pale Lager

Preston, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
601.61/5.01.72/5.04%13.9Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised keg and can.
Interbrew took over the UK licence from Carlsberg in December 2002, upping the abv from 3.9% to 4%.
Ingredients: Pride of Ringwood and Tasmanian Cluster hops.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
holliersteve (15), England
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Feb 6, 2008  
Avoid. Truly terrible. Perhaps a trip to the toilet would be preferable to having to queue at the bar for this rubbish.


 scotty (832), Scotland
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Jan 5, 2008  
This is awful stuff, lacks aroma, has an unbalanced maize/corn like palate. best avoided I’m afraid.


 dj (422), Gloucestershire, England
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/102/52/103/55/20
Dec 28, 2007  
Bottle, 330ml. A straw colour with an average head. Aroma is pretty much non-existent... maybe some citrus there. Taste has an almost undetectable hint of grain and grassy hop. High carbonation. Pretty much tasteless, but at least it’s not unpleasant.


 AaronBouchard (128), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/103/56/20
Nov 23, 2007    Updated: Feb 14, 2008
Ah Castlemaine good times!. Castlemaine reminds me of my first night in Dublin. Not a great beer and it kinda tastes like metal but I love the fact that over in Europe they put almost all beers in 500ml cans , we should start to do that over here.


 yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/56/20
Sep 25, 2007  
Bottle at Berliner Bierfestival. Clear, pale golden pour, with a white head. Weak nose, mostly grain and hay, but there’s something alcohol-like there as well. Weak flavor as well, with fruits and some hops, leading to a finish with some hops and bitterness. Thin to medium body. Boring and quaffable. (070804)


 Allen (1366), Switzerland
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Jun 4, 2007    Updated: Nov 7, 2007
Canned 440ml. It pours a golden beer with a lasting white head. Biscuitty malty aroma. Fairly tart, oily. Not a bad nose at all. Slightly metallic though. Oily, malty taste. Biscuity. This beer isn’t as good as the original Castlemaine XXXX. Nutty mouthfeel. Not great, but it’s definetely not a bad lager. Watery and nutty. Dry malty finish.


 downender (2587), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/51/101/54/20
Apr 29, 2007  
Canned. Woeful British brewed lager. Pleasant enough to look at, but next to no aroma. Watery mouth-feel with taste of skunky hops and depressing metallic aftertaste. Never again....


 beerandrugby (210), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/53/101/55/20
Apr 16, 2007  
Not a good lager at all. Thing is you could have 6 of these for 3.50Strl so this became a stand by



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