Belhaven Best

Best

 

Belhaven in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.54
ABV: 3.2% IBU: - Ticks: 106
A sweet malty beer with lots of toffee & caramel notes from the pale and crystal malts. Fresh dry hop taste comes from the challenger and goldings which also give a satisfying easy drinking bitter finish.
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5

Draught keg at the Scotia Bar, Glasgow. Very light brown and ckear with a good-sized off-white head and lots of cloudy lacing. Caramel aroma, a little metallic. Sweetctaste, more caramel, a little malt. Not much here. Light joy with medium carbonation. It's as basic a bitter as you'll ever have.

Tried from Draft at Scotia Bar on 25 May 2025 at 18:05


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Van tap bij White Hart Inn in Edinburgh gedeeld. Caramel, toffee, zacht, smooth, fruitig. (9-5-2025).

Tried from Draft at White Hart Inn on 09 May 2025 at 14:33


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

A can into a pint glass at the Partick Borough Hall, Glasgow. A decent easy to drink bitter with a creme head.

Tried from Can on 04 May 2025 at 20:02


4.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 3

Can, courtesy of my mom. Kulonosebb hibat nem tudom felroni neki, mondjuk ez eppenseggel azert lehet, mert gyakorlatilag mintha vizet innek egy kis gabonaizesitessel. Ooooriasi meh.

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:18


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Nitro can.
Cheap sweet malts. Next to no hops. Very sweet, light bitter finish with a toffee honey aftertaste. Meh.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:17


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

Amber clear with a thick white head Not much going on with aroma and flavour It's very much like creamy best bitters from the 80s and 90s. Very easy drinking if not overly inspiring.

Tried on 02 Aug 2024 at 08:35


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

Pint on tap at Dickens Tavern, Melbourne. Pours a golden bronze with a thick head of cream on top. Zero carbonation. Nose is caramel and grass. Light body, easy drinking. Lots of sweet malt and a cleansing herbal finish. Very nice bitter, typically Scottish.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2024 at 08:17


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

44cl can from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Opens to quite a pop, must be nitrogen. Pours red towards brown, clean and transparent, with very fine creamy foam. Aroma is caramel, toffee and earthy. Body is rather thin, with no carbonation. Taste is very moderately sweet, rather absent, actually Final is dry.

Tried from Can on 14 Feb 2024 at 20:44


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5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at Station Bar, just on the north side of the city centre of Glasgow. Dark clear amber with a thick creamy-frothy head. Smooth fairly dense best bitter, towards the lower end of the bitterness scale.

Tried from Draft at Station Bar on 05 Feb 2024 at 21:21


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

Draft, pint. @No2 Baker Street, Stirling (Scotland). 31/07/2023 [#6.619 Global - #161 Scotland - #1 Belhaven (My Scottish brewery #50)] Pours clear amber with a creamy white head. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel and some berries. Taste: creamy malts, lot of caramel and some honey. Very creamy mouthfeel. Next one please!

Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2023 at 10:20