hopIQ found 10 beers that share XX's malty and hoppy character. Brewed to the recipe of the brewery's XXX, but at a lower 3.4 % ABV and without giving up body and flavour: 0.9 points below the 4.3 % of the original. That recipe was handed down by the Roberts family, who owned the Three Tuns Brewery in Bishop's Castle for several generations.
Similar beers ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.Similar beers ranked by flavour, not popularity.
Alongside XX on fullness and smoothness: adds honey notes, sweeter.
Structure: Very close — a touch more sweetness, a touch more body.
Structure: sweeter, a notch stronger
As with XX, same fullness and cleanness, plus floral notes, a notch stronger.
Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.
Structure: a notch stronger
Same smoothness and cleanness as XX, adds tropical notes, but without the fullness.
Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.
Structure: very close
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