Wildcat (Cask)
(Batch of Wildcat)
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.26
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Deep amber in colour with a complex malt and fruit flavour and a delicate bitterness from Challenger and Fuggles hops. Strong and Distinctive.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is copper with white brownish head. Aromas and flavours are grass, sweetness, malts and bread. Strange alcohol in taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2012
at 07:27
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
I really wasn’t keen on this one. A nice-looking pint with a decent head, but I found the first taste too sickly-sweet and then it’s an almost burnt aftertaste which was far too bitter. Rather than offering balance it just meant there were two flavours I wasn’t very keen on.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2012
at 04:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Subtle wood aromas, nice and smooth, with less than obvious chocolate and caramel flavourings.
Tried
on 29 Feb 2012
at 05:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Prince of Wales, Aberdeen. It pours clear deep amber, with a small off-white head. The nose is wood, spice, milk chocolate and brown bread. The taste is varnish, wood, dark berry, light spice, leather, smoke and milk chocolate, with a dry, woody finish. Medium body, soft carbonation and good balance. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2011
at 05:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Market Porter. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is grass, herbs, some bready malts as well as some mild leathery notes. Flavour s fruity and floral hops along with some grass and maltyness. Rather bitter in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2011
at 01:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bon Accord, Glasgow 8/06/2011. Medium brown with a decent, off-white head. Sweet, caramel and bready malt notes, with a touch of fruit and bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jun 2011
at 02:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Crosse Key, JDW. Pours a clear, deep ruby with a bubbly, off-white head. Caramel, toffe and ripe fruits like grapes on the nose. Flavor is sweet and quite fruity, with some wood, sugar syrup, alcohol and herbal hops. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Light dryness in the finish with some pleasantly surprising roastiness, more almost ripe fruits, not too sweet. An interesting, slightly incongruous beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2011
at 14:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Sir Walter Scott, JDW. Amber colour, thin off-white head. Aroma is fruity and malty. Flavour is light malted, fruity, bit sweet, syrupy and nutty.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2010
at 02:16
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@ Halfway House. Dull dark amber. The aroma is actually kind of faint. Toasty, with hints of bread. There is some malty nuance, but the beer overall might be too sweet and insufficiently nuanced.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2010
at 12:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ JDW, Edinburgh airport landside, Edinburgh, Scotland.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, berry. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light berry and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100208]
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2010
at 14:38