Friday, July 20, 2012

Buxton Axe Edge: The British Isles

Buxton Axe Edge beer label
Buxton Castle on the hillside Buxton Brewery is a brewery located in Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District. The Brewery specializes in brewing great craft beers and has been featured on Rate Beers top beers from the British Isles 2012.  Buxton Brewery brews many different craft beers from Imperial Stouts to Indian Pale Ales with the range of alcohol content from 3.6% to 9.5%.  You can read a full article on how Buxton Brewery brews their beers by visiting their site here.  Buxton Axe Edge is a Double Indian Pale Ale and contains 6.8% alcohol.  Buxton Brewery uses Amarillo, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin hops in Buxton Axe Edge.  The Axe Edge beer is Buxton Breweries number one selling beer and has won many awards.  With the pour of this Double IPA there is practically no head.  The bubbles that are hanging out on top are cloud color white and the tone of the actual beer is a dark, orange, cloudy brown with a tad bit of lacing.  The smell of Buxton Axe Edge is of the tropics with passion fruit, mandarin, pineapple, grapefruit, and guava berries racing around in the air.  When you take a bigger sniff of Buxton Axe Edge you can actually smell some hops with the slight hint of pine.
Buxton Axe Edge beer and glass
Buxton Axe Edge bottles of beer Buxton Axe Edge tastes how it smells, with smooth tropical fruitiness in the beginning followed by the hoppy kick near the end with a dry finish.  The body of the beer is pretty medium as well as the carbonation.  Drinking this Indian Pale Ale you do get a great warming sensation all around.  Axe Edge is great beer to enjoy in the winter time when you need to take a vacation to the tropics in your mouth or even in the summertime when you want to get the feeling right.  Grab yourself a Buxton Axe Edge and enjoy the sweet taste of the United Kingdom.


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