Wee McAsh
Five Kingdoms Brewery in Isle of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.61
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Our take on the traditional English bitter. Smooth with well-balanced malt flavours and hops. Named in honour of wee McAsh, the miniature daschund that stars in local artists Amanda Sunderland’s children’s books. She’s also responsible for the brewery logo and beer badges. Malts – pale, cara, crystal, roast barley, wheat and torrified wheat. Hops – East Kent goldings and saaz.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Panda thanks to Grumbo: Poured a caramel brown color with a beige head. Aroma is rich malts, earthy, caramel. Taste is sweet malts, caramel, biscuit, drying finish that lingers.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 00:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer Without Borders. Pours clear dark copper amber with beige foam. Aroma: malt, caramel, hedgerow fruits. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Beer Without Borders / Riverside Tap
on 13 Jul 2025
at 21:37
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 31/05/2025.
Chestnut brown to amber topped with a light beige cap that escapes to the edge.
Nose is stewed fruits, grains, brown bread, herb.
Taste comprises biscuit, fruit rinds, straw, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable offering.
Chestnut brown to amber topped with a light beige cap that escapes to the edge.
Nose is stewed fruits, grains, brown bread, herb.
Taste comprises biscuit, fruit rinds, straw, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable offering.
Tried
on 31 May 2025
at 14:56
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2025
at 14:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2025
at 14:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
3/5/2025. Bottle from Beer Without Borders. Pours clear dark copper amber with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is malted, toasted, caramel, fruity, raisins, breadcrumbs, twiggy edge. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight foamy carbonation. Likeable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Beer Without Borders / Riverside Tap
on 03 May 2025
at 14:26
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
The Trackside
on 08 Mar 2025
at 18:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle - Pours a coppery amber colour with an average sized foamy off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, toffee, and brown bread. A moderately sweet taste, sweet malts, toffee, brown bread flavours with some earthy hops and berries in a moderately bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2024
at 17:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - deep amber with decent off-white lacing. Nose - brown bread and some toffee. Taste - brown bread and toffee, roasty edge. Palate - close to medium bodied, roasty finish. Good length. Overall - decent example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2021
at 16:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear amber to brown with a thin white head. Aromas of brown bread, light red fruit. Taste is bitter, light toffee. Light fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2021
at 16:47