Deuchars IPA (Cask)
(Batch of Deuchars IPA)
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.09
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A naturally brilliant blend of malt and hop characters. Solid gold colour, remarkably aromatic. smooth body with hints of fresh citrus. Dry delicate hop flower finish. A drink that is both distinctive and long on refreshment.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Pennyweight, Darlington. Clear golden amber colour, foamy white head leaving lots of lacing, and a malty aroma. Taste is fruity malt mash, watery, with a biscuity note. Light creamy mouth feel, medium carbonation and a very slight hoppy dry bitterness. OK bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2013
at 07:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at The Three Compasses,London) Pours gold/orange in colour, clear, thin white head, minimal lacing low carbonation and light in body Aroma of light malts minimal citrus. Taste is light citrus, sweet biscuity malt. A bit "meh" really, nothing special but available nearly everywhere if there is nothing else.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2012
at 17:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From cask @ Adam & Eve, London. This is a near clear copper-golden one with a small bubbly and flocking white head. Light fruity with sweet apples and peach on the aroma. No carbonation with a soft oily texture. The taste is also infused with apples and peach. It also has a nice bitterness all the way. Light yeast-zesty in the finish. Good thirst quencher indeed. 20.07.2012
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2012
at 06:09
5/10
Tried
on 16 Jul 2012
at 00:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
This is the favourite beer of a mate of mine who lives in Edinburgh. This however is all about two hand pulled pints in the excellent ’Queens Head’ a small locals pub very close to Gretna Green in Scotland (9th June 2012). Fresh and well kept: pale with a good full, staying head. The aroma was all about hops and their smells: piney, citrusy, this was a fine smelling beer if you like your hops. The taste also had a hop front, side and back: not overly so, but it just seems right. A lovely couple of pints and although I’ve not rated/reviewed this in cask form before it is in fact a beer I often drink when in the UK, be it in England or Scotland.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2012
at 13:44
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask. Clear golden pour with off white head. Weak aroma but flavour of citrus, pine, caramel and a bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2012
at 10:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap in lyndon house hotel walsall. Decent white.head. clear golden pour. Nice enough beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2012
at 10:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Golden with white head. Couldn’t detect enough aroma to comment. Medium body, medium carbonation. Favor has toffee with notes of tea and hints f orange with some bitterness in finish. Overall it’s easy to drink but not great.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2011
at 16:32
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
2nd rate Cask @ JDW Muckle Cross, Elgin
Light golden, dense white head, some lacing
Aroma - Caley malts, popcorn, diacetyl, touch of spicy hop
Taste - buttery popcorn malts, touch of scorched butterscotch, corn, cereals, bit metallic, no citrus here, not good at all
Palate - soft carb, thinnish body, bit oily. Finish - quite bitter, some metallic cereal
Overall - I remember this years back being a pretty good pint but I only gave it 12/20 a year ago. Either my palate has changed or the beer is nose-dived in quality. I suspect more of the latter. It’s a shame such a poor quality golden ale is seen over so many pubs in Scotland. It’s just rubbish now.
Cask @ Muckle Cross, Elgin. 250911 5/3/7/3/12
Light golden beer, clear, thin white head.
Aroma of light malts and popcorn, some citrus.
Taste of light citrus, popcorn, sweet light biscuity malt, bit of cereal. Has that typical ’Caledonian’ taste, hint of yeast.
Palate - Soft carb, thinnish body, light citrusy cereal finish.
Overall - This ale is everywhere. Quite quaffable but to be honest it’s overrated, however, it’s not bad if it’s in top nick.
Light golden, dense white head, some lacing
Aroma - Caley malts, popcorn, diacetyl, touch of spicy hop
Taste - buttery popcorn malts, touch of scorched butterscotch, corn, cereals, bit metallic, no citrus here, not good at all
Palate - soft carb, thinnish body, bit oily. Finish - quite bitter, some metallic cereal
Overall - I remember this years back being a pretty good pint but I only gave it 12/20 a year ago. Either my palate has changed or the beer is nose-dived in quality. I suspect more of the latter. It’s a shame such a poor quality golden ale is seen over so many pubs in Scotland. It’s just rubbish now.
Cask @ Muckle Cross, Elgin. 250911 5/3/7/3/12
Light golden beer, clear, thin white head.
Aroma of light malts and popcorn, some citrus.
Taste of light citrus, popcorn, sweet light biscuity malt, bit of cereal. Has that typical ’Caledonian’ taste, hint of yeast.
Palate - Soft carb, thinnish body, light citrusy cereal finish.
Overall - This ale is everywhere. Quite quaffable but to be honest it’s overrated, however, it’s not bad if it’s in top nick.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2011
at 15:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. It pours clear amber, with a thin foamy white head and soft carbonation. The nose is sweet malt, grass, lime, fudge, sweet red apple and strawberry. The taste is lemon, lime, strawberry, sweet malt, metal, bread and hay, with a light bitter-dry finish. A solid sessionable beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2011
at 06:07