Burns Ale
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.13
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Bottle: Filtered; Occasional.
A classic ale to celebrate the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’ national poet, born January 25th 1759. Full bodied and malty, brewed using Pale, Crystal and Brown malts with generous quantities of the choicest Scottish Oats. A beer to bring poetry to the soul and to warm the cockles of the heart. Savour the flavour for Auld Lang Syne.
Reduced from 4% to 3.8% by 2016.
A classic ale to celebrate the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’ national poet, born January 25th 1759. Full bodied and malty, brewed using Pale, Crystal and Brown malts with generous quantities of the choicest Scottish Oats. A beer to bring poetry to the soul and to warm the cockles of the heart. Savour the flavour for Auld Lang Syne.
Reduced from 4% to 3.8% by 2016.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Lidl, Athlone [061016]
Caramel brown, off white head
Aroma - Initial skunk dissipated (clear bottle), sweet caramel malts, toffee malts
Taste of caramel malts, very light bitter hops, malty, some toffee, hint of toasted malt, quite like this, old fashioned
Palate - Soft carb, medium light body, light sweet malts. Finish as main flavour, smooth sweet malts
Overall - Despite initial aroma, better than expected, not too bad, nice to have a malty beer when there are so many hoppy beers about
Caramel brown, off white head
Aroma - Initial skunk dissipated (clear bottle), sweet caramel malts, toffee malts
Taste of caramel malts, very light bitter hops, malty, some toffee, hint of toasted malt, quite like this, old fashioned
Palate - Soft carb, medium light body, light sweet malts. Finish as main flavour, smooth sweet malts
Overall - Despite initial aroma, better than expected, not too bad, nice to have a malty beer when there are so many hoppy beers about
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2016
at 19:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Lidl. Pours clear mahogany with a thin, but long-lasting white head. Aromas of grain, malt, brown malt specifically, and light british herbal hops. Taste has some bitterness to back up the sweetened coffee. Palate a bit thin. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2013
at 10:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Lidl. Copper coloured with a thin, fading, white head; aroma of roasted grains; in the mouth the grains are toasty with lots of sweet caramel - not sure if I’d spot the oats if I hadn’t read the description, but once you know they are there they stand out; the finish is rather lacking, but overall this isn’t a bad "heavy" style bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2013
at 13:18
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Lidl. Dark brow beer with thin near white bottle. Some caramel, some malts, some diacetyl. In the mouth is a rather boring darkish malt beer with a pasteurised malt body. Bitter on finish, without much actual hop flavour. Just too buttery and a bit boring to be honest. Oh dear. Ugh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2011
at 13:41