Cairngorm Brewery Stag (Cask)

Stag (Cask)
(Batch of Stag)

 

Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.42
ABV: 4.1% IBU: - Ticks: 71
A mahogany coloured beer with medium to light body and initial bitterness that is then balanced by a light roast malt finish. Show Less
 

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6/10
Tried on 06 Jun 2014 at 06:26

6.4/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 3 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from a cask on hand at the Inverness airport. Has no aroma to speak of, eery really. Pours with a perfect head, solid as a rock, and a fine brown-copper body. Flavour is a nice sweet malt and hazelnut flavour with a dry finish. Its very tasty and highly sessionable.
Tried from Cask on 15 Sep 2013 at 18:24

5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Burnley Beer Festival. Mahogany coloured with a small bubbly head and light texture. Has some caramel in its aroma but more of a general bitterness for taste.
Tried on 06 Sep 2013 at 12:39

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tap at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 08052012. Colour is copper with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Sweetness, caramel and malts.
Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2013 at 03:35

5.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
4th February 2010
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear dark amber beer. Lightly sour - semi raw malt. A little insipid hop. Struggling with this one.
Tried on 08 Jun 2012 at 12:16

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at The Archibald Simpson, JDW, Aberdeen. Pours clear russet with a doamy, light beige head. Lightly toasted malt aroma with hints of caramel. Hello there, nice flavor! Has a nice, roasted toffee character, with some creamy caramel, hints of coffee and cocoa, mild leafy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Sweet, bready finish, lightly bitter, some creamy caramel, hints of ripe fruits, light vanilla, light bitterness. A very decent bitter, this.
Tried from Cask on 19 Feb 2012 at 05:55

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Wetherspoons, Inverness.
Appearance - Dark brown, clear, thin white head, reasonable lacing.
Aroma - Dark malts, molasses.
Taste - Very malty - dark caramel malts, sweet dark malts, some roasted malt, fruity berries, slight bitter hops (not much hops), hint of cocoa.
Palate - Finish is quite dry with some roast malt and lingering light bitterness.
Overall - A pleasent beer that emphasises the malts.
Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2011 at 12:46

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Cask (handpump) @ Bow Bar, 80 West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2HH.

Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, toffee - caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20101031]
Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2011 at 11:55

6.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Halfway House, Edinburgh (08/08): Clear, amber coloured, lacy creamy head; moderate sweet-malty nose with notes of roasted malt and a hoppy background; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, light bodied; balanced sweet-bitter finish with roasted malt in the aftertaste. Good, decent.....
Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2011 at 02:36

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask at Bow Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dark amber colour, creamy off white head. Aroma of light smoke, nuts and caramel. Flavour is watery, light roasted malts, caramel, light fruity. Thin bodied.
Tried from Cask on 04 Nov 2010 at 01:57