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 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Oran-Mor, Glasgow. Very drinkable, decent dark malts, reasonably light in the malts though. Nice though, some choc/coffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2007
at 03:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy, dark amber colour with a small foamy off-white layer. Fruit-accented (citrus, red berries), light-sweet and slightly toasted malty aroma with floral, piney hops. Bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied with a smooth carbonation. Toast-malty and fruity taste with caramel and a well-integrated, aromatic hops presence; dry and bitter finish, slightly toasty with resiny hops and a light but balancing malty sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2007
at 02:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Pours a slightly hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet roasted malty chocolate flavor. Sweetish malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2007
at 08:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap@Clockwork. Copper brown color, good off-white creamy head. Slightly toasted butterscotch and mild hops in the nose. Chocolaty, roasted malty flavor - some in the aftertaste. Some sweetness there too. Solid example of Scottish style.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2006
at 02:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle brought over from Leeds, England, by a friend of mine. Bought in a special beer shop in Leeds.Brown color, white head. Burnt scent, but also refreshing. Burnt taste and aftertaste. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2006
at 08:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Herbal, marsh flowers. Dark amber, creamy head. Agresive hop, salt, very light cracker malt, green hop exit, smoke retronasal. Medium to light body, slightly sparkly. Interesting.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2005
at 14:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber colour. Small head. Hop and gooseberry-aroma. Light roasty flavour, slightly peaty. Good hop bitterness. A bit thin.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2005
at 12:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy dark orange beer, very carbonized which gives a froathy light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of oranges and caramel. The flavor is very roasty and bisquity with notes of caramel, that gives it an OK sweetness, but it is very well balanced with a dry slighlty bitter and slightly woody end.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2004
at 15:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden brown, with a sweet malt aroma. Fresh malty taste with mild hops, and a medium body.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2004
at 07:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy dark amber color, thin head. Very nice hop aroma, dry hopping (Fuggles?), and some caramel. Quite ordinary maltiness and caramel, and body structure, but again a very pleasant hop note. The hop is mixed with a strong caramel note in the final. A good bottled Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2004
at 05:14