Dark
Isle of Arran Brewery in Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.24
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Rich in aroma of malt hops, with ripe fruit. Full malt with a deep bitter finish. A traditional style ‘Scottish Heavy’.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at jdw Aberdeen. Chestnut brown / copper coloured pour with a stodgy speckled cream coloured head. Aroma is nutty malts with touch of caramel woody twigs and some dried fruits. Flavour follows with some raisin, nutty malts, twigs and berry notes. Palate is medium bodied, semi sweet and moderately low carbonation. Drinks pretty well.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jun 2014
at 10:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head, medium dense with good lasting and moderate lacing. aroma is floral hops with light toasted ad caramel notes. Flavor is bittery and dry at the beginning, with mild notes of caramel and toasted malts, mild hoppyness. The final is moderate bittery and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2013
at 13:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle at home. Pours clear copper, thin white head. Metallic aromas, roasted malt. Taste has a roasted and chocolaty bitterness, and a light toffee sweetness. Quite light bodied, a little thin. Finishes abruptly. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2013
at 06:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark red beer with a fruity, malty aroma. Flavour is malt and a bitter caramel flavour with a light, fruity edge. Finish is almost smokey with the caramel. Could do with a bit more body but it’s pleasant enough.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2013
at 14:12
6/10
Tried
on 17 Sep 2013
at 23:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Deep amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is butterscotch, mild leathery notes along with some slight floral notes. Flavour is caramel malts, butterscotch, some mild leathery notes as well as mild floral and grassy notes as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2012
at 00:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Ghillie Dhu. Pours dark amber to black with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has honey nut cornflakes. The taste has more of the same and a nutty note too. The palate is medium with a creamy structure and a reasonably elegant finish. Overall, the best Arran beer I’ve had.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jun 2012
at 13:51
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Sainsbury’s Nairn.
Dark golden brown, very thin head that dissipates to nothing.
Aroma - Not much here, some roasted malts, slight hint of chocolate, hay.
Tastes of roasted and toasted malt, earthy. Rather rough and not great.
Palate is thin, low carb, very dry, rough, sourish finish.
Overall - Sub-standard bitter.
Dark golden brown, very thin head that dissipates to nothing.
Aroma - Not much here, some roasted malts, slight hint of chocolate, hay.
Tastes of roasted and toasted malt, earthy. Rather rough and not great.
Palate is thin, low carb, very dry, rough, sourish finish.
Overall - Sub-standard bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2011
at 15:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Henglers Circus, JDW. Slightly hazy orange - copper colour, foamy off-white head. Nose is bready, caramel, toffee, little fruity. Flavour is malty, caramel, toffee, creamy, some fruits. Bitter finish. Not much going on.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2011
at 10:22
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
500 ml bottle into tumbler, shared with Brenn79 and Anderson01. Pous deep gold with no head; leaves a collar of big-bubbly white foam. Smells like sweetbread. Taste is sweet and lightly sour with no bitterness. Dry. Carbonation is soft, body is light. How is this a dark beer? I was expecting a black beer. The carbonation goes downhill towards the end. Not very good. I bought it for the cool-looking label. Bad mistake!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2011
at 13:03