Heavy
Cross Borders Brewing Company in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.81
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Hops: Bramling Cross
A sublime modern take on a traditional Scottish style, our malt forward Heavy is definitely not your Dad’s 80/-, with the addition of the Bramling Cross hop giving it a slight bite to the finish of this rich and balanced beer.
Best Enjoyed: On cask alongside a tasty game pie or cured meat and cheese board.
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Kermis (23416) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draft at Borefts’19, day 2. Fairly hazy brown with a tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel and herbal notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from Salt Horse, Edinburgh. Cloudy glowing amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, toffee and dark fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Excellent Bitter. 170419
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask. Clear copper color with creamy white head. Aroma is fruity raisins, super interesting fermenting fruits, light toffee, super juicy. Taste is raisins, light toffee, lots of fruitiness. Oily mouthfeel, almost flat. About as good as Cask Ale gets!
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 7 years ago
stravale (3279) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Aroma: 7 Look: 4 Taste: 7 Palate: 3 Overall: 15
Cask @ Bacchus, Newcastle [040917]
Dark amber, clear, dense thin wnite head, good lacing
Aroma of sweet fruity caramel malt, light toffee
Taste of sweet fruity caramel malts, soft red berry fruits, slight strawberry, light toasted malts, touch of toasty cereal, soft sweet toffee, dab of brown bread, nice flavour but a bit light
Palate - Medium body, smooth, soft texture. Finish of soft sweet caramel, clean palate
Overall - Tasty stuff, but would like it brewed a bit stronger to get more of those malts
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Bow Bar Edinburgh. Clear chestnut brown colour lasting beige head. Malty soft easy drinking biscuit dry on finish. Likeable sweet then dry . Good. Residual sweetness.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Third of a cask pint at the Scottish Real Ale Festival in Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on 7th July 2017. Red hue to the grubby brown body, cream coloured head. A lot more malts than hops in the aroma and taste, hops add a little balance and bitterness but are overshaddowed by the maltiness throughout.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home. It pours hazy reddish - brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is malt - driven, brown bread, toasty, toffee, Scottish tablet, wood, cereal and earth. The taste is soft, sweet, some bitterness, toffee, fruit cake, dull spice, gingerbread, earth, tannin and leather with drying finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Good malty bitter. Works very well with a whisky on the side!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cans from The Beerhive and Cork & Cask. Hazy amber/brown body with a medium off-white head. No visible carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of toffee, stewed tea, copper penny, burnt sugar and crème caramel. Flavour of dried grass, apricot, rust and blood orange. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. Good flavour for the strength - a quality beer. I think this would be great on cask. A ‘double’ version of this could be amazing - 8.2% ABV with twice the depth, sweetness and body.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Heavy from Cross Borders Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Hanging Bat. Pours clear dark amber with a thick off-white head. Aromas of hazelnuts, light orange and caramel. Taste is more hazelnuts, biscuit and oranges. Clean, dry finish.