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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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle at home. Clear amber pour, thin white head. Aromas of cinnamon and dank stewed fruit. Taste is watery, with a spice finish. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 10:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Voldby tasting. Pours golden with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, spice, grass. Flavor is malt, grain, little caramel, spice, wood, grassy. Medium body, soft carbonation, rather dry finish. 251013
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2013
at 11:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
A sweet fruity flavor with a grapelike bitterness. Color is dark amber with a white head.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2013
at 08:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Willow Walk (JDW), Victoria - 24/12/12. Clear dark amber with a thin off white that retains well, Nose is malt, dark fruit, touch of spice. Taste comprises malts, dark fruit, bread, spice, orange. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, bitterness in the finish. Well balanced and drinkable but a little dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2012
at 07:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Grill, Aberdeen. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is caramel, wood, ginger, nut and raisin. The taste is wood, Christmas spice (particularly ginger and clove), leather, earth, raisin, varnish, caramel and nut with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Good balance and flavour. Nice spicy bitter!
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Dec 2012
at 05:46
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark golden bitter, not much flavour but has a thick texture that gives it its winter warmer tag. Mild malty sweet aroma.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2012
at 04:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A malty but oddly sharp aroma. A copper beer with a head that dissipated quite quickly. A malty but slightly bland flavour and a bitter aftertaste. Drinkable but quite unremarkable.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2012
at 13:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Gig House (JDW), Wokingham. Hazy amber with a dense cream head that left lots of lacing on the glass;the aroma is malty and spicy with a touch of orange zest; in the mouth it’s sweet and orangey with some Christmas spices and a full, malty, body; the finish is dry with a deep, but rather muted, bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2012
at 07:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Carters Bar. Pours dark amber with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has a sweet note of cake mixture and perhaps winter cake spices. The taste has more of the cake mixture, perhaps some apples or grapes and then the sweet malty spicy finish. The palate is at least medium in body and texture and has a smooth finish. Overall, one of the best I’ve tasted from Sinclair breweries.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2012
at 07:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Two hand-pulled pints in my local Wetherspoons on 7th Dec 2012. Found this strange tasting so had a second pint to ensure I’d got it everything correct in my notes. Amber body with a creamy textured off-white head: the head produced some good lacing on both pints, so the beer was in fine condition. The nose and taste went something like this: baked Mince Pies laced with cinnamon and cloves, now crumble a ginger nut biscuit over the top and re-bake the Pies. Once you’ve taken the over cooked Mince Pies out the oven add more cinnamon and a hop leaf or two before soaking in a bucket of alcohol. Put into casks and send to Wetherspoons. PS: I liked both pints!
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2012
at 04:04