Clootie Dumpling
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.17
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This fruity spiced winter ale exhibits all the warming characters of the famous Clootie Dumpling.
A light tawny beer which has a soft rounded palate flavoured with seasonal spices.
Hops: Bramling Gold, First Gold, Fuggles
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat
A light tawny beer which has a soft rounded palate flavoured with seasonal spices.
Hops: Bramling Gold, First Gold, Fuggles
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate, Malted Wheat
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1/12/2025. Cask at Cricketers, Ipswich. Pours fine. Aroma has lots of Christmas spice, Christmas pudding, biscuit, malt. Taste is sweet, malty, spiced. Has developing bitterness, which becomes a bit heavy, probably from the nutmeg. Still overall a pretty decent spiced Christmas ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cricketers (JDW)
on 01 Dec 2025
at 13:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the The Holland Tringham JDW, Streatham 27/11/2025 Dark dried fruit shred, treacle, fudge, caramel, medium to light body and soft cask mouthfeel, spiced dark fruity malty close.
Tried
from Cask
at
Holland Tringham (JDW)
on 27 Nov 2025
at 11:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pint on cask at the Gate House JDW 6:26 PM 14 Dec 22
Tried
from Cask
at
Gate House (JDW)
on 08 Nov 2025
at 13:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, May 24. Thanks Jeremy for this. Relatively clear amber, good off-white head. Big spiciness at play here.. very spicy, very christmassy in a distinctly Scottish fashion .. clootie dumpling indeed. Bit thin unfortunately, could be maltier. Decent overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2024
at 15:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Monday 27th May 2024, Shrewsbury Beer Share in Chez Sophie, five guys drinking beer and talking bollox. Clean dark amber body, off-white crown. Lovely spicy aroma, taste also Christmassy, Dundee cake with extra maltiness.
Tried
on 28 May 2024
at 08:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle from wee shop in Motherwell 2024-05-28 Uddingston
AR: spicey, sweet caramel, raisins
AP: dark brown, cream brown head
F: spicey, sweet caramel, raisins, too one dpecieh vs alcoholic percentage
AR: spicey, sweet caramel, raisins
AP: dark brown, cream brown head
F: spicey, sweet caramel, raisins, too one dpecieh vs alcoholic percentage
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2024
at 07:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Clear mid brown colour. Lasting beige head. Spicy fruity aroma. Spicy flavour. Some malty cake flavour. Lots of spice. Decent enough. Fine
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2024
at 17:08
18/01/2013. EXETER FESTIVAL OF WINTER ALES, Exeter City Football Club, St. James Park, Stadium Way, EXETER, Devon, England
Tried
on 01 Mar 2023
at 05:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thin off white head left a froth on an unclear copper coloured body. Cinnamon, malt & biscuit aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & cloying. Cinnamon, German festive sweets, digestive biscuits, caramel & spicy tastes with a tangy finish. Likeable.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2023
at 20:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at Pilgrim's Progress (JDW), Bedford. Light reddish-tan and clear with a small creamy beige head. Light spicy and woody aroma, with some sweet winter seasonings. Sweet taste, some nutmeggy notes, Light tannic bitterness in the finish. Softly carbonated. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2022
at 17:42