80 /- (Bottle)
Belhaven in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.01
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One of Scotland’s favourites thanks to its distinctive and full-bodied flavour. Pale malt gives satisfying ‘Horlicks’ maltiness and black malt adds balance to the sweetness. Challenger provides the bitterness and base note herbal hop character with Goldings adding a hint of orange peel.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle fromWaitrose in Glasgow. Nose is oranges, herbal hops, toasty malt, light caramel, grains. Also some yeasty esters. Rich malt flavor, toast, nuts, toasted malt, light caramel, not very sweet. Rather complex and very malt though not sweet. Well attenuated, finishing dry and hoppy. Spicy, bitter hops in the finish. Does it stand the test of time? Well, I think it is a good example of a Scottish bitter. I can't say how different this one is to those that MJ drank 25-30 years ago. Probably wouldn't be on many best 500 lists today, but still worth checking out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2023
at 13:35
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
From cask at The Old Ship, Maldon, England, with Terje 25.04.23. Clear teak colour. White head. Aroma and taste of caramel, sweet malt and dates. Waterish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2023
at 16:13
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Tried
on 14 Apr 2023
at 13:20
27/04/1978. SUN, 63 Lambs Conduit Street, LONDON, WC1, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 24 Feb 2023
at 08:41
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2022
at 12:26
8/10
Tried
on 10 Aug 2022
at 20:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml Bottle from Morrisons, Dunoon. Deep amber in colour, with a thin, off-white, head. Caramel, red berries and brown sugar, with a touch of leafy hop and moderately bitter finish. Reminded me of a stronger version of GK IPA. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2022
at 15:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
# 3028; 6/2022. Aroma of malt and toffee, earthy. Clear copper body, low head. Toffee, malty, herbal. Very good scottish ale. 0,5 l, clear glass bottle, gift.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2022
at 20:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Gordon Highlander, Inverurie. 75p for a a half! It pours clear mahogany brown with a decent frothy white head. The aroma is sweetish, toffee, dried fruits, brown bread, fruit cake and twig. The taste is dryish upfront, firm, bitter - sweet, dusty, dull toffee, brown bread, twiggy and leafy hop. Finish is short, dry and kinda woody. Light body and soft, but lively carbonation. I actually expected a fair bit worse. Yes it's not the most exciting beer in the world, but it is certainly quenching. Nae bad (especially for the price).
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2022
at 11:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On cask at Golden Acorn (JDW) in Glenrothes - Clear brown body, long lasting creamy head. Malty and nutty on the nose, sweetish malt at the start, bit of grassiness and fruit, quite decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2022
at 09:45