Finlaggan Ale
Islay Ales in Bridgend, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
5.97
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A mid-brown coloured ale brewed with Pale Ale and Crystal malts. Bittered with Goldings hops and finished with Mount Hood and Styrian Goldings for a fruity, hoppy flavour.
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6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Aunty Eileen, with BBQ, 7th July 19. Pours a golden beer, lots of ugly carbonated floaters. Aroma is slight sour, malt, citrus. Taste is citrus, slight sour, some malts, it’s sharp, full of live flavour. ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2019
at 19:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
One if the best from the Islay ales. Bitter and malty with a nice grassy/earthy note (fuggles/EKG hops). I enjoy it, nice light ale.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2017
at 11:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Yes, bitter indeed. Otherwise rather light with little hop and malt flavours. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2016
at 13:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy orange color with white head. Aroma is peated, fresh, earthy. Taste is fresh, earthy, slightly peated again. Quite fresh. Not bad!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2016
at 13:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at SRAF 2010. Pours deep amber brown, nose is light fruit, malty, taste is sweet and malty.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2015
at 01:33
6/10
Tried
on 13 Aug 2015
at 16:30
6/10
Tried
on 28 Oct 2014
at 12:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bitter from the Islay brewery, amber coloured, bit earthy and citrussy character, some grassy hops in the finish, dryish profile, slight hint of saltiness, thin mouthfeel. Rather bland, I had many a better ale in this style.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2014
at 13:25
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 5
Draft at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - Brick Lane, London. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. This is a very shabby bitter. There are dominant notes of plastic and dirt. Light bodied with fine, soft carbonation. Abrasive plastic in the finish, some grassy bitterness, lightly sweet brown bread. Really not at all enjoyable. Poor.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2014
at 15:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Lochside bar, Islay. It pours deep amber with a small white head. The nose is earth, wood, faint spice and brown bread. The taste is earth, wood, leather, brown bread, light bitterness and a hint of pithy lemon with a dry finish. Fairly standard bitter, but fine to cleanse the palate between whiskies....
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2013
at 11:19