Strathaven Ales Lord Kelvin

Lord Kelvin

 

Strathaven Ales in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Special
Score
6.11
ABV: 4.7% IBU: - Ticks: 9
A tribute to the centenary of his death. A copper coloured ale brewed with a combination of Maris Otter and Crystal malts, flavoured with Slovenian Hops and fresh ginger root, producing a distinctive nose and a spicy bitter finish.
 

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

Cask in the Crystal Palace. Pours copper amber, nose is light fruity spice, taste is sweet, malty toffee.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2015 at 03:21


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

500 ml bottle. A reddish amber body with a thin beige head. Aroma of burnt sugar, malt and ginger. Flavor is smooth, sweet malty, caramel, ginger and a kind of bitterness. Medium body and an aftertaste dominated by sweet malt and ginger. Not particular elegant, neither really original, but I find it rather pleasant anyway even if it tend to be one-dimensional and anonymous.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2012 at 05:14


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0.5l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This is a crystal clear dark nutty-brown one with a small sidesticking and bubbly off-white head. The aroma is light buttery, caramel-malty, some fruity tones and clear hint's of spices. Fennel seeds perhaps? Not to bad. It has a clear burned flavor all the yaw. At first quite disturbing actually, and it does not get any better. Also it has a near soapy-bitter touch that evolves near the finish. It feels really thin and almost watery in the mouth, and it has a really soft carbonation level. A boring and not particularly good one, but still drinkable. 16.06.2012

Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2012 at 23:59


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Dark golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is dough, succade, sugar, hop, cardamon. Flavour is dough, succate, hop, cardamon, malt. Weird beer.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2012 at 22:48


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. A clear, dark golden beer topped by a finger-thick, off-white head. Very weak aroma, with licorice, grass some dough and succade. Cardamom, dough, a touch of licorice and some faint bitterness in the flavor. Medium body, low but pleasant carbonation level. Short finish. A strange one, but drikable. 120413

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2012 at 07:55


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

Cask @ JDW Elgin
Dark amber, hazy, thin white head, some lacing
Aroma - spices, touch of ginger, caramel malts
Taste - spices, ginger, sweet caramel malts, some dark sweet fruits, touch of toffee, light bitter hops
Palate - soft carb, medium body. Finish as main flavour, bit of a spicy malt linger, slight sourness
Overall - Quite a spicy beer - could pass off as an Xmas ale

Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2012 at 17:41


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

500 ml bottle, as Strathaven / Craigmill Lord Kelvin Centennial, from Vaaland, Bryne. ABV is 4.7%. Deep copper coloured beer, moderate head, slightly off-white. Pleasant aroma of caramel and ripe red fruits. The flavour has notes of caramel, brown bread baked with dark syrup, and lightly toasted malts, balanced by a moderate fruitiness and decent hops in the finish. Just the slightest touch of ginger and chocolate. A very enjoyable brew. Even though Lord Kelvin himself miscalculated the age of the earth by some billion years, he probably still deserves a toast in his honour.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2012 at 19:26


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask @ 3 Judges. Brown colour, small tan head. Aroma of toasted malts, glue, fruits. Flavour of roasted malts, chocolate. A bit watery.

Tried from Cask on 07 Mar 2010 at 13:43


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

Cask at JDW ... Crisp copper ... slightly spiced nose ... no taste up front ... huge burnt toffee malt that was really quite nice.

Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2008 at 13:35