The Bruery Or Xata (2015-)
Horchata is a traditional, sweet, milky drink originating in Spain and Latin America that has become quite popular in Southern California, particularly with Mexican cuisine. Our take on the traditionally non-alcoholic drink is a blonde ale brewed with a heavy dosing of rice, cinnamon and fresh vanilla beans along with lactose for a litle extra creamy character. If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was carbonated horchata. The flavor is hard to describe, but for those who know it, you know you love it.
3.5
347 reviews
Placentia, United States
Community reviews
Can. Light grain for the malt, perfume for the hpps, dough for yeast, with light dried fruit, white wine, with a big hit of cinnamon in the background. Head is small, fizzy turning wispy, with no lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is clear medium amber. Flavor starts moderately to heavily sweet and slightly acidic, then finishes moderately sweet and faintly bitter. Palate is on the fuller side of medium, oily, with a soft to lively carbonation. Nice easy drinking flavored Golden Ale, with a not so subtle note of cinnamon.
LCI. Uit blik geschonken. Een mooie blond ale, moutig, fris en zoet, volop kaneel en vanille. Lekker!
Clear, yellow colored, small white frothy head. Mostly spicy cinnamon, vanilla, lactose sweet, sweets spices, cakeish, some malty notes, medium to very sweet, light fruit. Medium bodied, soft- carbonation, oily to watery. Feels artificial.
Draught at Hogwash, small bubbly head, Hazy yellow color, aroma of shrubs, minerals and spice, flavor of almonds and shrubs, a bit sour, some sweetness, doesn't blend together. Strange, not too great.
16oz can. Pours a golden orange color and capped by a small off white layer of foam that fades away quickly to a thin film. The aroma shows notes of rice, grainy malts, cinnamon, and vanilla over a toasted caramel malt base. The flavor follows suit with notes of cinnamon, vanilla, and caramel up front to go with the pale and caramel malts, milk sugar, and sweetness with no real balancing bitterness. Medium bodoed and smooth with good carbonation that leads to a sweet cinnamon, vanilla, and toasted caramel on the finish. Just too sweet and heavy for me to drink much of. I get what they were going for, but not really my thing at all.
Bottle brought by a fellow local. Hazy bronze colour. Small, somewhat bubbly head. Insane aroma of cinnamon and vanilla bean. Taste is also plenty of vanilla and cinnamon. A bit of pastry, also.
Pours golden orange with white head. Aroma is malts, cinnamon, vanilla. Taste is similar. Creamy with some cinnamon kick. A little stale. Just ok.
@ L.A.
How: can
Head: two finger, white
Colour: golden, a bit of haze
Aroma: artificial vanilla, cinnamon, tropical fruits, spicy.
Taste: medium body, medium carbonation, really sweet, spices, cinnamon. Sweet& spicy medium long aftertaste.
Really odd brew to be a beer.
Pours a clear, golden amber coloration with a medium, fluffy head. Smell is quite unique, dominated by sweet'ish, biscuity, grainy malt and cinnamon and vanilla, with the cinnamon standing out particularly. Taste follows the nose, with sweet'ish biscuity, grainy and slightly caramelly malts and cinnamon and vanilla absolutely dominating and very little hops coming through, although there is mild estery yeast presence to this as well, with hints of apple and clove/nutmeg. Finishes semi-dry, with a light sweetness and some cinnamon and vanilla lingering in the aftertaste. Soft mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation. I never had Horchata, but this kinda reminds me of cinnamon rice pudding, especially the aroma, which goes in kind of a similar direction, I think. Anyway, while this is a rather unusual brew, there definitely is a great balance of sweetness and spicyness going on here, which lends a sweet character to this that never becomes cloying through, even finishing somewhat semi-dry. I'm not really a huge fan of cinnamon-heavy beers and this generally particularly to my taste, but I still enjoyed it well enough due to its uniqueness and good balance.
Can courtesy Fratto. Drank straight from the cab. Aroma is sweet, cinnamon, vanilla. Flavor to match. Pretty good.
Can 0,473 ltr: Clear orange coloured brew with an medicinal-like sweet bitter taste, hints of cinnamon a lot, some vanilla and lactose.
(or pur, blonde-cannelle (ad), > onctueuse, ~chouchen-cannelle, miel, all bizarre, mais pas horchata-esque du tout !)
Klares braunes Bier, kräftiger Zimt Geruch dazu Vanille, auch im Geschmack lecker Zimt teigig Vanille und leicht säuerlicher Abgang, schönes Sache!
1pint Dose. Goldgelbes Bier, heller dünner Schaum. Feine Zimt und Vanille Note. Süss im Geschmack. Zimt, Vanille. Schräg, aber rund.
Aroma: toast and some caramel, spice, lots of nutmeg and black pepper, some cinnamon
Appearance: clear golden color topped with a two-finger off-white head.
Taste: lots of nutmeg and black pepper, cinnamon, toast and some caramel, medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Palate: medium to medium-low body, noticeable alcohol sensation, mild dryness in the finish.
Overall: Lots of spicy flavor is present which is obviously out of balance. Interesting during the first sips but it gets boring quite easily later on.
16 oz can at 77090. Bright amber color with white foam. Nice cinnamon, vanilla, Rice Chex, lactose sweet dessert aromas. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Pretty tasty holiday drink flavor mirrors the aroma with cinnamon, rice pudding, vanilla-- easy smooth finish ___ good
On tap in Manhattan. Pale Belgian ale appearance. Scent is nearly scentless to my nose. Taste is quite sweet, clearly additive heavy, smooth chocolate milk flavors with some semisour lime properties. Orange. Finish is lingering citrus. Very good, but hugely additive heavy, and a little muddied/identity crisis situation.
Golden colour, clear. White head, one finger, decent retention. Soft carbonation visually. Watery texture with little fizz. Aroma is cinnamon, clove, rice, lactose sweetness. Spicy and sweet. Taste is rice with milk, cinnamon and clove. Traces of vanilla and coriander. Sweet. The cinnamon is not over the top, by any means, so I can't understand most of the bad reviews saying is pure cinnamon. Don't think it's really clever to buy a beer with this name and expect it to be the way you like it to be. You don't go to a Gore movie and then complain about the blood. You don't go to a musical and then complain about too many songs. So, yeah, almost like horchata, really good and radical job.
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is spicy with strong cinnamon, vanilla, sweetish pale malt, some creamy lactose, "rijstevlaai". Sweet flavour with little room for bitterness, body is medium. Drinkable but not for me, too spicy and sweet for one thing. That being said, I'm sure this brew fits the intentions.
Can. Hazy copper. Puffy cream colored head. Cinnamon, citrus, vanilla. Sweet and spiced, slightly milky taste. Medium bodied with a hint of booze and some fizz.
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19/03/20@啤啤
Restrained floral aroma in a golden pour. Interestingly different flavor profile with smooth milky hints of cinnamon and vanilla. In the end, it’s not something I’m looking for in a beer though.
Canned 473ml. -at Pivoteka Zagreb. Clear golden coloured, medium sized white head, cinnamon and whiff of rice in the nose. Tastes like cinnamon cake with notes of vanilla and rice with mild spicy finish. Interesting.
28/07/2022
Turbid golden/amber beer with a slight off-white head. Medium aroma; taste starts medium sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Belgian yeast, vanilla, custard, lactose, citrus and cinnamon. 7/4/8/4
15/03/2019
Clear/hazy golden/amber beer with a slight/medium off-white/beige head. Slight aroma; taste starts medium/heavy sweet and ends slightly dry. Malts, Belgian yeast, lactose, vanilla and cinnamon. 5/3/7/4
Tap @ Cloudwater BBF19, Manchester. Clear golden pour with a fluffy beige head. Herbal medicinal nose, herbal tea bitterness, some liquorice. Gruit? Tastes sweet, herbal and a bit sticky and syrupy. Feels traditional for sure, herbal booze.
Pours orange golden, quite big but quickly disappearing head, leaving thin but thick foamy layer. There is a lot of happening in the aroma, from citrousy, tropical peachy and maracuja beginning, turning into herbal, spicy, cinnamon, cloves and roots like smell. With some candy and cough syrup hints. Taste is quite heavy on spices and root-like notes as well, with clean body, high sweetness and belgian-like character. There is some vanilla, orange and zest as well, covered in Christmas-like spices. And something that reminds apple pie. It's really a fascinating, complex and surprising beer.
0.473l can. Clear orange body with a quickly disappearing white head. The aroma is quite spicy. Nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon dominates with a bit of grains. Taste of vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom, heavy cream and sugar syrup. Drinkable, but not really for my taste.
Great cardamom & nutmeg nose. Beautiful chai like flavours on the palate. Tiny amount of bitterness on the back of the palate but beautiful spices flavours. Been hanging out to try this, really delivered.
Gold pour, foamy off-white head. Very cream soda-y. Notes of cinnamon and vanilla. A bit thin, a bit artificial. Okay. Tasty, not bad, but not great.
440ml can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Feb '19. Not sure who brought this. Pours orangey gold with a light mist, white foam atop. Aroma has chai, cinnamon. Taste is thin, dry, lots of cinnamon and associated spice, generally quite pillowy smooth, insanely light for a 7.2% beer.