Dainton Family Brewery XSA (RETIRED)

Style
Mid Strength Pale Ale
ABV
3.5%
Bitterness
37 IBU

The second can to join the American Pale Ale as part of the evolving Dainton core range is the XSA. It's the latest entry into the local acronym lexicon, bastardising the "Is it really a style?" XPA (Extra Pale Ale) a step further to represent Extra Session Ale. In other words, imagine taking a session ale (whatever that means – in this case, something of mid-strength booziness) and then give it something extra (in this case hops). It's the Holy Grail for many brewers: creating a beer they're happy to hang the tag "craft" on in terms of character while keeping the alcohol low.

And we imagine Dan Dainton and his team will be happy that they've achieved their goal here, creating a beer with plenty of fruity hop aromas and enough malt of the caramel variety to deliver both balance and a weight on the palate that makes it feel bigger than it is.

NB: Following the brewery's rebrand in 2017, this beer was retired from the core range.

Published November 14, 2016

Name
Dainton Brewery & Taphouse
Address

560 Frankston Dandenong Rd
Carrum Downs
VIC 3201

Phone
For sales, call 03 9775 0334
Open Hours

Thursday: 3pm to 10pm
Fri & Sat: midday to 11pm
Sunday: midday to 8pm

Pickled OnMarket
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