XT Brewing Company

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XT Brewing Company
Type Microbrewery
Location Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England
Coordinates 51°46′37″N0°58′09″W / 51.777°N 0.9691°W / 51.777; -0.9691
Opened2011 (2011)
Annual production volume80 barrels per week
Employees12
Website xtbrewing.com

The XT Brewing Company is a microbrewery based in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England.

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History

The brewery was founded in 2011 by Russell Taylor and Gareth Xifaras, the company is based on the Notley Farm Estate. [1] The brewery has a brew length of 20 brewers barrels and produces mainly for cask beer. More recently, beers have been brewed for kegs, bottles, and cans. The beers are branded as XT or under the Animal Brewing Co. labels. The brewery underwent a building and equipment expansion project during 2015 to increase capacity. [2] In 2017, capacity was increased for the introduction of the Eisbar Lager. [3]

The XT brewery produces a core range of beers which are mainly numbered from XT1 through to XT9, which follow a pattern of increasing darkness. [4] A range of seasonal beers are also produced. The Animal-branded beers are named after animals, animal sounds, or animal slang terms. [5] Speciality beers have been produced to mark local celebrations, such as the Magna Carta, [6] or as collaborations with other breweries or food specialists such as Will Torrent and the Roast Cacao Beer. [7] XT has also been involved as a partner brewer in the development of new English hop varieties, [8] working alongside the British Hop Association and Charles Faram's hop breeding programme. [9] The programme aims to bring new hop varieties to the market and offers a wider range of flavour profiles as an alternative to imported varieties. One of the experimental beers, named Brit Hop, was released at the 2017 Great British Beer Festival. [10] Such beers are available across the south, west, and midlands of England. [11] [12]

Community

XT is a founding member of the Alliance of Oxford Brewers and the Oxford Beer Week. [13]

Beers are occasionally made for national charitable causes such as The Lest We Forget project, which was initiated by XT to produce a nationwide collaboration beer to support the appeal, [14] [15] and for local charities such as the Florence Nightingale Hospice appeal. [16]

The brewery sponsors Wheatley Rugby Club, [17] Long Crendon Football Club, [18] and Thame Town Cricket Club. [19]

See also

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References

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  2. Tim Sheahan, XT Brewery Expansion Brewers Journal, 6 May 2016
  3. Darren Norbury, XT's Craft Lager Trial Beer Today, 31 July 2017
  4. Tim Hampson, Britain's Best Beers The Telegraph 14 August 2014
  5. Nick Moyle, Top Ten Beers 2017 The Independent 24 July 2017
  6. Neil Shefferd, Long Crendon 1215 Beer Bucks Herald 19 June 2015
  7. Graham Hicks, Will Torrent & XT Brewing Launch New Chocolate Beer Will Torrent, 28 June 2013
  8. Phil Mellows, Prototype hops get rare reveal during GBBF Brewery Manual, 18 August 2017
  9. XT Releases Pale Ale with Prototype Hops Morning Advertiser 26 July 2017
  10. Darren Norbury, GBBF Brit Hop Launch Beer Today, 20 May 2017
  11. Mike Clarke, Cross Keys in Thame The Daily Telegraph 1 July 2017
  12. Tony Naylor, Oxford Craft Beer The Guardian 19 January 2016
  13. Georgina Campbell, Beer lovers raise tankard for inaugural Oxford Beer Week 17 April 2017
  14. Iwan Berry, Breweries Team Up for Porry Appeal The Leader, 19 October 2015
  15. Darren Norbury, RBL Collaboration Beer Today, 13 October 2015
  16. Special Hospice Beer Thame Gazette, 18 October 2013
  17. Wheatley RUFC WebSite
  18. Long Crendon FC WebSite
  19. Thame Town Cricket WebSite