Fox And Whistle
Triple Crossing Brewing

- From:
- Triple Crossing Brewing
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 4.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 11, 2023
- Added:
- May 23, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
Our latest modern take on a classic style comes by way of some of the earliest batches of beer brewed back in the 5-gallon days, when piloting batches for the eventual opening of our downtown location. The model for this beer, while hailing from Essex, was born out of the combination of PNW citrus forward hops, UK Ale yeast fermentation character, and highly characterful British ale malt.
Given the context of both where and when that beer was brewed, it must have been quite the brow raising UK pub bitter at its release, despite its eventual wins at both the 2005 and 2006 Great British Beer Festival.
And so, enters our take, Fox and Whistle, a sort of North American style bitter if you will. This beer was brewed with 100% Marris Otter, a classic Yorkshire ale strain, and a delicate quantity of hand selected Amarillo hops. Served via our nitro line, the fruit forward, silky delivery, and slightly stripped-down hop bitterness adds up to quite a bit more than the sum of the parts…indeed.
Pouring a gorgeously brighter bodied, golden straw-colored pint, we notice notes of bread crust, dried apricot, strawberry candy, and a lightly floral hop character. Every bit as drinkable as anything else we have on; this one is destined for nonic pours over conversations both deep, and vapid alike.
Given the context of both where and when that beer was brewed, it must have been quite the brow raising UK pub bitter at its release, despite its eventual wins at both the 2005 and 2006 Great British Beer Festival.
And so, enters our take, Fox and Whistle, a sort of North American style bitter if you will. This beer was brewed with 100% Marris Otter, a classic Yorkshire ale strain, and a delicate quantity of hand selected Amarillo hops. Served via our nitro line, the fruit forward, silky delivery, and slightly stripped-down hop bitterness adds up to quite a bit more than the sum of the parts…indeed.
Pouring a gorgeously brighter bodied, golden straw-colored pint, we notice notes of bread crust, dried apricot, strawberry candy, and a lightly floral hop character. Every bit as drinkable as anything else we have on; this one is destined for nonic pours over conversations both deep, and vapid alike.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.58/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Draft at Fulton location, cloudy golden pour, one finger fluffy head. Light malty aroma, grainy, dusty. Taste is pale malts, bready. Recalling more of a golden ale than a bitters. Still nice and soft, moderate and great accompianment to food ( in this case pizza).
Jan 27, 2023Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts
3.87/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a golden hue with frothy white head - akin to cappuccino foam. This could be due to the nitro treatment on this. It's kind of got a bubblegummy yeast character with drying bitterness. Soft feel from the nitro service. While this had a blend of PNW hops including Mosaic, I can't say any of them particularly distinguished themselves in the presentation. Overall, a good beer - more American breweries should try to bring to style to fit American palates without conceding to the haze bois.
May 23, 2021
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