Cromarty Brewing Co. Burgundy Union

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Cromarty Brewing Co. in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Brown Ale Regular
Score
6.78
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
Part oak barrel fermented.
 

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6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

21st June 2016
Hazy amber - brown beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is light, dry and has fine minerally crispness. Watery malts. A damp musty something. Touches of esters and berry fruits. Airy finish. Quite hollow but inoffensive.

Tried on 02 Jul 2016 at 06:44


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared during the Sipper’s leaving do. Big thanks to the man himself for tracing down this rare brown ale. Pours clear caramel-brown with a creamy white head. Bready malts in the nose with accents of grain and dried out berries. Medium sweet flavor with more bread and berries, toasted grains. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet in the finale, with simple bready malt character and little else. Ho hum.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2015 at 07:00


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle split at Jack The Sipper leaves for the FBI again tasting, thanks to our very own sipper, 14/07/15. Lightly hazed amber orange topped with moderate off white spotting. Nose is bread, light toffee, biscuit, spice, straw, earthy notes. Taste comprises mellow fruits, biscuit crumble, light spice, dark fruit notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok if a touch thin.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2015 at 15:47


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared at craft beer co JackL leaving drinks. Thanks to JackL for this one. Aroma is mineral, nutty, woody, barrel, dishwater. Orange reddy brown coloured pour with a fine cream halo of head. Flavor is composed of nutty malts. Mineral, Berry. Little wood and spicy rye grains. Palate is light. Little thin, moderate carbonation. Not a huge fan.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2015 at 13:58


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Deeside Drinks Emporium. It pours hazy deep brown with a decent beige head. The nose is pretty earthy, oak, leather, toffee, cocoa, with more subtle dried fruits and berry. The taste is unsurprisingly woody, dry, leather, decent bitterness, earthy, light vanilla, tannin, dull dried berry, date, prune, fig, light vinous aspect and some spice. Medium body and fine carbonation. Good depth of flavours and rather. Rather good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2015 at 06:28


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours amber brown with a light haze and a thick off-white head. Aromas of light chocolate, vanilla, oak, stewed fruit. Taste brings a tea note and light yeast spice. Thin texture, but plenty going on flavour-wise.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2015 at 08:17


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from The Beerhive. Hazy brown body with a medium off-white head. Light lacing. Mild aroma of stewed tea, apricot and wood. Flavour of earth, dried fruit, light caramel, spice and fig. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. Subtle and nicely balanced. Each sip had me wanting more.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2015 at 15:49


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Appellation Wines Comely Bank. Appearance - deep amber to black with a sort of plummy sheen. Decent head. Nose - toffee, light prunes and chocolate, wood. Taste - more stewed fruit and wood spice. Definite wood tannins. Palate - medium bodied at least. Nice thick texture, dry finish with wood tanni Overall - really complex and interesting. In taste it falls more into a Belgian Dubbel than a brown ale. I think the oaking will mean it will drink better after a few months.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2015 at 17:34


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

5abv...deep copper brown.... Thin tan your... Soft toffee fruit.... Light berries nose... Soft malts.. Soft toffee chocolate dark wood chocolate roast... Dark malts

Tried on 16 Jun 2015 at 00:57


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at fynefest. Pours deep amber, nose is wood, toffee, floral, vanilla, taste is similar, bit thin.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jun 2015 at 13:56