Fireside
Isle of Arran Brewery in Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland 🏴
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
5.92
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A smooth malty brew with a pleasant hop character. Fireside has a bitter sweet finish with a hint of ginger.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s. Pours a nice chestnut brown with decent head. Aroma is ginger, as is the taste, although it’s a fairly weak, watery taste. Disappointing
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2013
at 12:35
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle from Sainsbury’s, Murrayfield [130813]
Caramel brown amber, clear, off white large frothy head, some lacing
Aroma of spicy lemony fruity ginger up front, some caramel malts in background
Taste of strong lemony ginger - reminded me of washing up liquid, sour tangy, touch of caramel malt underneath, little beer flavour, unbalanced and poor
Palate - Soft carb, light body, sour tangy palate. Finish as main flavour, fairly bitter rather sour finish.
Overall - The taste reminded me of the aroma of those scented washing up liquids. Not very malty either, too much added flavouring - this was a mess tbh. Tipper.
Caramel brown amber, clear, off white large frothy head, some lacing
Aroma of spicy lemony fruity ginger up front, some caramel malts in background
Taste of strong lemony ginger - reminded me of washing up liquid, sour tangy, touch of caramel malt underneath, little beer flavour, unbalanced and poor
Palate - Soft carb, light body, sour tangy palate. Finish as main flavour, fairly bitter rather sour finish.
Overall - The taste reminded me of the aroma of those scented washing up liquids. Not very malty either, too much added flavouring - this was a mess tbh. Tipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 14:43
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Booths Salford. Deep golden ale with a thick bubbly head. Its aroma is bitter malt but even though the ginger is relatively subtle in its flavour, it still dominates taste. Has a carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2013
at 12:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask @ the Bow Bar. Pours dark amber with a proportionate head. The nose has spices - dried orange and cinnamon I get. The taste has more of the same and now I get the ginger. The palate is medium bodied with a medium thick texture and a decent clean finish. Overall, the best I’ve had from Arran.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2012
at 02:33
3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask handpull at County Hotel, Ashford. Deep chestnut. Ginger from the start. No great condition either. I tend to like ginger beers, but this one is awful. Almost undrinkable. Ginger lemon shandy. Taste of stale dust. Pretty poor.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2008
at 13:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
redish coloured ale, little smokey maly, sweet smokey malt with a satisfying linger
Tried
on 02 Mar 2007
at 07:50