Nessie's Monster Mash
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.41
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A predominantly malty, lightly hopped beer giving a satisfying fullness of flavour with a warm finish. A glass or two is a must before seeking an audience with the monster!
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cals at Archibald Simpsons, Aberdeen. It pours clear chestnut brown. With a a handsome frothy beige head. The aroma is toasty grains, earthy, woody, nutty, filter coffee, raisin, sultana, toasted fruit cake and cacao nibs. The taste is firmly dry, some pleasing bitterness which lingers, woody, sappy, resin, dull coffee, cacao nibs, earth, dried fruits , some spice and molasses with a drying, slightly toothy finish. Average body and soft, fluffy cask carbonation. Well put together, flavourful and in good condition. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2024
at 11:40
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask Ben Nevis Inn 2024-05-25 Fort William AR: fudge, wee bitter, bread AP: amber dark clear, wee beige lid F: fudge, wee bitter, bread
Tried
from Cask
at
Ben Nevis
on 26 May 2024
at 08:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a clear amber-brown colour with a small bubbly off-white head. The aroma is malty with caramel and dark fruit notes. A moderately sweet and malty taste, sweet malts, light caramel and dark berry fruits with some peppery hop notes in a bittersweet finish.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2024
at 16:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A mahogany coloured pour with a translucent frothy rim; fruity malt aroma; rather thin in the mouth with a fruity malt taste; then a little spice to finish:
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2024
at 13:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear russet colour lasting beige head. Malty aroma. Full fruity ale yeast and malty flavour. Light bitterness on the finish. It's a decent malty bitter with some ok pepper character on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jan 2024
at 15:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the Shrewsbury Hotel (Spoons) on 24th January 2024. Looked fine, clean and clear autumnal amber with an off-white blanket of creamy bubbles. Malty front, but 'on the turn' should returned it really as it was clearly towards the end of the barrel. Scored kindly because I'm sure it's OK normally.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2024
at 12:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a bubbly off-white head and a malty nose. Sweetish malty flavour with floral hop bitterness and a dry finish
Tried
from Cask
at
Montgomery's Tower
on 22 Jan 2024
at 16:50
7.4/10
Tried
on 04 Aug 2023
at 18:43
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2022
at 20:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear mahogany. Soft spices, cardboard, caramel, leafy. A bit dry, dusty and cardboard-like. Chestnuts. Light sweet and bitter. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2022
at 18:41