McEwan's - 70/-
Eagle Brewery in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
5.67
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The shilling categories in our beers’ names have an interesting history. In the nineteenth century the taxman charged a duty in shillings on each hogshead (54 gallons) of beer depending on its strength. The stronger the beer, the more he levied.
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Cask @ Hayburn Vaults as Youngers Tartan Special. Amber colour, white head. Aroma has acidic notes, and skunky malts. Flavour is of skunked malts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap at Winstons. Pours clear and golden orange with a small, dense creamy and slight off-white head. Breadish and malty aroma, light roasted. Flavour is nicely roasted dry caramel malty towards breadish. Ends with a lingering malty flavour and light bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
keg at winstons ... clear light copper ... odd hoppyness light fruity hop ... little creamy... little citrus.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Half pint from keg at The Dome in Edinburgh. Deep, dark brown body with a thin, nitro creamy head. Plain malty smell. Smooth and careful hints of caramel malt in flavour. Soft carbonated. Clean tasting. A bit thin palate, but alright as an aperitif [13.11.2008].
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can. Deep brown with a slight, off-white head. I drank a lot of this as a student because it was cheap rather than good. Totally inoffensive with a vaguely malty aroma and flavour, and an industrial metallic finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draught. Golden amber color with thin off-white head, malty and caramel in the flavor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Draught. Darkish copper brown, small creamy off-white head. Sweet malty, a bit roasted aroma. A bit watery mouthfeel. Coffeish, roasted malty, whisky fudge -notes. Grassy hops in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at l’Autre Oeil, summer 2005. Reddish brown ale with an off-white head. Light caramel aroma, too cold. Good malt biscuit in taste with light nuts and light bitterness. Rather thin and boring. Nuttyness comes out well as beer warms.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear orange color, short creamy lasting head. More caramel and toffee than 80 Shilling, note of hazelnut. Not really bitter, lingering palate. Quite nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
This one is a good session beer. Light sweet fruity nose.Pleasant carmel malt palate with light hops in the finish