XXXX is the beer brand of Castlemaine Perkins, brewing at the Milton site in Brisbane since 1878, when brothers Nicholas and Edward Fitzgerald bought a failed distillery there. The four Xs date from 1893 and refer to an old grading system for beer strength; XXXX Bitter followed in 1924. The brewery joined Castlemaine Tooheys in 1980 and belongs today to Lion, itself owned by Kirin. The range is built almost entirely on pale lagers, and the Milton site now runs carbon neutral.
← scroll to see all 7 beers →
Drawn from all 7 beers in the catalogue.
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.
Their beers place in the Top 27% of the catalogue on average, across 6 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.
Based on style overlap and flavor profile
XXXX is the beer brand of Castlemaine Perkins, brewing at the Milton site in Brisbane since 1878, when brothers Nicholas and Edward Fitzgerald bought a failed distillery there. The four Xs date from 1893 and refer to an old grading system for beer strength; XXXX Bitter followed in 1924. The brewery joined Castlemaine Tooheys in 1980 and belongs today to Lion, itself owned by Kirin. The range is built almost entirely on pale lagers, and the Milton site now runs carbon neutral.
Other breweries from Australia