The XT Brewing Company is a
microbrewery
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based in
Long Crendon
Long Crendon is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Haddenham and north-west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire.
The village has been called Long Crendon only since the English Civil War.Birch, 197 ...
, Buckinghamshire, England.
History
The brewery was founded in 2011 by Russell Taylor and Gareth Xifaras, the company is based on the
Notley Farm Estate. The brewery has a brew length of 20 brewers barrels and produces mainly for
cask beer. More recently, beers have been brewed for
keg
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Wooden kegs made by a cooper were used to transport nails, gunpowder, and a variety of liquids.
A keg is normally now constructed of stainless steel, although aluminium can be used if it is coated with plastic on th ...
s, 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. In 2017, capacity was increased for the introduction of the Eisbar Lager.
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. A range of seasonal beers are also produced. The animal branded beers are named after animals, animal sounds, or animal slang terms.
Speciality beers have been produced to mark local celebrations, such as the
Magna Carta
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, or as collaborations with other breweries or food specialists such as Will Torrent and the Roast Cacao Beer XT has also been involved as a partner brewer in the development of new English hop varieties, working alongside the
British Hop Association and Charles Faram's hop breeding programme. 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
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. Such beers are available across the south, west, and midlands of England.
Community
XT is a founding member of the Alliance of Oxford Brewers and the Oxford Beer Week.
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,
and for local charities such as the Florence Nightingale Hospice appeal.
The brewery sponsors Wheatley Rugby Club, Long Crendon Football Club, and Thame Town Cricket Club.
Thame Town Cricket WebSite
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See also
* Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of be ...
* List of microbreweries
This is a list of notable microbreweries. A microbrewery is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer. The qualifications to be classified as a microbrewery vary by country. The term "microbrewery" originated in the United Kingdom in the l ...
References
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External links
Official website
2011 establishments in England
Breweries in England
Companies based in Buckinghamshire
British companies established in 2011
Food and drink companies established in 2011