Stag
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.35
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A mahogany coloured beer with medium to light body and initial bitterness that is then balanced by a light roast malt finish.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap (cask) at the Arch Inn, Ullapool, Highlands Tuesday 28th September 2022. Pours conker brown, good clarity, with an off white head. Fruity, bitterness, a little toffee and caramel, malty. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2022
at 02:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Deep brown colour with lasting head. A solid malty bitter. A touch of dried fruit and a rounded floral hop bitterness.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2022
at 09:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Has a clear mahogany colour with a beige head. Aroma of heather, bread, fudge, nuts and game meat. Flavour of grass, fudge, nuts and bread crust. Has a slick mouth feel, light body and a light to medium bitterness. Malty and decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2022
at 19:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Castle, Inverness, 10/10/21. Clear copper with a good sized off white head. Nose is malt loaf, dark fruit rinds, toffee, biscuit. Taste comprises fruit cake, biscuit, grains, caramel, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2021
at 07:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown with a creamy, off-white head that lingers. Aroma of roasted grains, tobacco, dark chocolate. Pleasant. Taste dominated by a steady, toasted bitterness. Bittersweet at the end with a caramel note. Body to the light side of medium, moderate carbonation. Good.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2020
at 16:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear, copper colored, medium off white head. Malty, some toasted notes, caramel and toffee, medium sweetness, touch of fruit, light+ bitterness, some herbal and earthy notes. Medium bodied, soft- carbonation.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2019
at 14:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - amber to brown pour with a beige head. Toasted and sweet bready malty, some caramel, nutty accents, medium to light body, slight grassy, twiggy and herbal hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2018
at 20:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2018. It pours clear deep brown with a thick beige head. The aroma is sweet, oily, toffee, caramel, toasted nut, earth and leather. The taste is dry, bitter, chewy, brown, bread, sticky, oily, toasted sesame, wood, leather, spice, grass and alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Oily and chewy. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2018
at 17:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Morrison's. Deep brown with a thin off white head. Fruit and caramel aroma, flavour is caramel and a little floral hop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2018
at 19:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear amber beer, thin bubbly head. Smell is dry, bitter malt and not a hell of a lot else. Flavour is bitter malt, some hop, a bit of fruit, caramel. There's not a hell of a lot to it but as this sort of archetypal bitter go it's got a reasonably clear flavour, nothing unpleasant lurking in the backtaste and low enough strength that you could enjoy a few without any bother.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2018
at 18:57