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 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Gordon and MacPhail. Pours a honey colour with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has honey and medicinal herbs. The taste has more honey, a grassy, almost metallic dryness follows or dare I say it, seaweed. The palate has a medium body with a tangy middle and although there is good bitterness, the metallic thing is a little too much for me. Overall, I’ve had worse, but won’t be having another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2012
at 11:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden colour, off-white head. Nose is citric, bit malty. Flavour is well malted, fairly bitter, citrus. A bit harsh. Fruity and dry finish.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2011
at 12:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, Radical Road, Edinburgh. Amber and hazy. Loose head. Toasty, lightly fruity, complex aroma. Actually a bit strange - some toasty notes but also thin and grainy. Not terribly interesting. Fresh samples on Islay didn’t knock me out either.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2010
at 04:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
7th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Clear brown beer. Fruity clean hop start. No bitterness. Followed by a tame malt finish. A little dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2009
at 09:59
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled. An unclear amber beer iwht a fluffy orangey head. The aroma is acidic malty with notes of lemon and oranges. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of lemon and oranges, while the body is thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2008
at 16:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 08. That’s an alright bitter. Decent hop, ok malts. OK bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2008
at 08:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2008. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity, flowery and wooden. Flavour is malty, slightly grassy as well as earthy. Wellbalanced, but not very much surprises.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2008
at 04:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cloudy deep amber with tiny off white head. sweet flavor with mild hops and hints of malt and caramel.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2008
at 18:01
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[i] [b] 750ml bottle from Londis Westholme stores, Goring on Thames, Oxon 03-05-08 [/i] [/b] Hazy amber almost orangey in colour with a thin white head. Tangy, soft slightly sour tasting beer, bit fruity, nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2008
at 01:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Slightly hazy, pale amber golden with a rough, off-white head leaving some lacework. Unclean aroma with a touch of citrus. Light in body with an excessive carbonation. Some weird Brettish accents without any real sourness. A little fruit and caramel but no bitterness. Interesting. 311007
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2007
at 08:17