Three Sisters
(has 2 batches)
Atlas Brewing Company (Scotland) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.38
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Three Sisters Scottish Ale (4.2% abv) is a dark, fruity, refreshing ale that proves a perennial favourite, and is named after the dramatic range of mountains in Glencoe.
Chocolate Malt helps to give this beer its very attractive dark ruby colour, as well as contributing to some of the toasty and liquorice flavours in the beer.
However, a very large charge of whole-flower hops balances the dark malt character with an abundance of hop fruit flavours. These include dried and fresh fruit flavours as well as some more citrus tones not normally found in such a dark beer.
There’s enough ‘going on’ in Three Sisters to keep even the most demanding real ale aficionado happy, whilst the very approachable fruit makes this a popular drink across the board.
Chocolate Malt helps to give this beer its very attractive dark ruby colour, as well as contributing to some of the toasty and liquorice flavours in the beer.
However, a very large charge of whole-flower hops balances the dark malt character with an abundance of hop fruit flavours. These include dried and fresh fruit flavours as well as some more citrus tones not normally found in such a dark beer.
There’s enough ‘going on’ in Three Sisters to keep even the most demanding real ale aficionado happy, whilst the very approachable fruit makes this a popular drink across the board.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0.5l bottle. Looks really good this with a fine big frothy lasting light beige head on top of a crystal clear deep amber almost bronze looking beer. It's light caramellish on the nose with clear tones of candied sugars. Some fruitiness also going on here, but the candied sugar dominates. Quite pleasant non extreme nose. Yeah, it tastes quite alright this. Easy to drink, that's for sure. It's not extreme in any directions, not that I was expecting it to be of course but it has lots of flavor. Both caramel and again, that candied sugar comes to mind. It's not roasted but it has a little roasted element as well. Grass and nuts before it ends with traces of chocolate wrapper and crystal malts. Yeah, it's not bad at all this. 11.04.2014
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 01:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Deep amber coloured with a small creamy head. Fairly complex with hints of fruit, some sweet malt, a touch of roasted malt and all quite dry in the palate. Its nose has a small floral-sweet aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Aug 2014
at 07:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Inverness Airport. It pours deep brown with a thick beige head. The nose is caramel, wood, old leather armchair, furnature polish and dried fruits. The taste is toasty, earth, wood, leather, caramel, decent bitterness and peppery notes. Well rounded and rather drinkable. Nice bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2014
at 06:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 15.04.2014
Aroma is unusual for a bitter. It has malty feeling, resiny tones and some apricot – feels actually like a Belgian blonde. Perhaps also hints of cardboard in the background. Flavour has some apricot, some berries, distant resiny tones and some cardboard. Finishes with distant grassy tones. Not very English and not very bitter.
Aroma is unusual for a bitter. It has malty feeling, resiny tones and some apricot – feels actually like a Belgian blonde. Perhaps also hints of cardboard in the background. Flavour has some apricot, some berries, distant resiny tones and some cardboard. Finishes with distant grassy tones. Not very English and not very bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2014
at 09:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Au Bar. Appearance - orangey brown with a generous head. Nose - toffee some dried fruit and a hint of fresh herbs. Taste - more toffee some grassiness and chocolate biscuits through to the finish. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly elegant finish. Overall - a good bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2014
at 05:24
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle, gift from Mum. Clear amber body with a thin beige head. Average carbonation. Light lacing. Aroma of nuts, wood and faint cap gun smoke. Weak flavour of stewed tea, fennel, gingerbread and a bitter, tangy finish. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A decent Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2014
at 11:38