80/- (Pasteurised)
(Batch of 80/-)
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.13
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Russet-brown best bitter with a malty fruit aroma and a good balance of dryness.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark brown, good head, nice retention.
malty aroma, some hops, caramel too. flavour is nice caramel and malt. NO bitterness to speak of, also kinda thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Süffiger, trocken karamelliger Beginn. Weiche milde Herbe, steigend getreidig, moderat würzig. Gut trinkbar. 8/9/8/8/7/8
Sledutah (12396) reviewed 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at The Edinburgh Castle, labeled as Caledonian Edinburgh Castle
Pours clear dark amber with a medium off-white head, good lacing. Bisquity, toffee, dark fruit and mild bitters
Good
Erzengel (18597) ticked 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 8 years ago
Grumbo (24737) reviewed 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Fergus (31537) reviewed 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle as Edinburgh Castle. A mid amber coloured pour with a lasting greyish white head. Aroma is toffee, twiggy malts, mild jam fruits, toasted malts. Flavour is composed of nutty twiggy malts, medium toffee, thin, chalky finish. Palate is thin, sugar water, chalky, highish carbonation. Meh.
Deanso (15822) reviewed 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle from home bargains. Very thin white head. Clear amber pour. A bit watery.
RichTheVillan (12446) reviewed 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at Edmunds brew house; clear copper pour with a creamy magnolia head, aroma has red fruits and smokey malts, taste has malts, fruits, basic.
WingmanWillis (38720) ticked 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
theplanck (7492) reviewed 80/- (Pasteurised) from Caledonian Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Quite smoky, easily the dominant aroma and flavour. Good, full bodies malt flavour. Low carbonation. Had at St Christophers inn London. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone