Wildcat
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.37
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Deep amber in colour with a complex malt and fruit flavour and a delicate bitterness from Challenger and Fuggles hops. Strong and Distinctive.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Crosse Key, JDW. Pours a clear, deep ruby with a bubbly, off-white head. Caramel, toffe and ripe fruits like grapes on the nose. Flavor is sweet and quite fruity, with some wood, sugar syrup, alcohol and herbal hops. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Light dryness in the finish with some pleasantly surprising roastiness, more almost ripe fruits, not too sweet. An interesting, slightly incongruous beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2011
at 14:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Fanø. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich carmel, fruits, malt and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2011
at 09:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Sir Walter Scott, JDW. Amber colour, thin off-white head. Aroma is fruity and malty. Flavour is light malted, fruity, bit sweet, syrupy and nutty.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2010
at 02:16
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@ Halfway House. Dull dark amber. The aroma is actually kind of faint. Toasty, with hints of bread. There is some malty nuance, but the beer overall might be too sweet and insufficiently nuanced.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2010
at 12:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ JDW, Edinburgh airport landside, Edinburgh, Scotland.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, berry. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light berry and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100208]
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2010
at 14:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled (BZ, BB 01/2011)
Clear deep ruby-chestnut brown color, good cloudy white head, lace. Aroma has dark toffee, cocoa powder, coffee and dark malts. Medium-bodied. Bitterish coffee beans in the flavor, some dark fruits and wood. Typical Scottish ESB. Decent.
Clear deep ruby-chestnut brown color, good cloudy white head, lace. Aroma has dark toffee, cocoa powder, coffee and dark malts. Medium-bodied. Bitterish coffee beans in the flavor, some dark fruits and wood. Typical Scottish ESB. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2010
at 07:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good fully lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Nice chocolate notes. Moderate bitter flavor.Nice caramellic and chocolate notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Really nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2010
at 11:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
cask at Guildford Arms about a month ago - Pours slightly hazy amber and smells of caramel malt with a little hops. The flavor is sweet caramel malt with mild bitterness. It’s medium bodied and overall is a decent ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2010
at 16:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, nutty, roasted sweet, light chocolate, light toffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100515]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2010
at 12:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Copper coloured with small white to slightly off-white head. Aroma is bready malts along with some fruits, wood and quite wooden and grassy as well. Flavour is pretty much the same in a quite nice, not too harsh, bittery way. Nice session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2010
at 12:30