Tidal Bay Summer Ale
Orkney Brewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.66
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The beer is bright and golden, with citrus aromas and tropical flavours, leading to a spicy, hoppy and creamy finish. Waulkmill bay is our tidal bay, situated in the Southwest of mainland Orkney, between Kirkwall and Orphir. When the tide is out, the bay has one of the biggest beaches on Orkney, a spectacular stretch of sand, stretching out to Scapa Flow and it slips almost entirely away from view, when the sea claims its ‘secret’ bay back.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
on 22 Jul 2026
at 19:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ No.2 Baker's Street, Stirling. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 220726
Tried
from Cask
at
No.2 Baker's Street (Belhaven)
on 22 Jul 2026
at 19:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
24/7/2025. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Summer Beer Festival 2025. Nicely done, very nice bitterness. A little creamy. Beat expectations.
Tried
from Cask
at
Dove Street Inn
on 24 Jul 2025
at 17:09
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2024
at 20:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Ryrie's. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light caramel and dried fruit. Faint floral hops on the tase, more caramel> Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2023
at 16:38
7/10
Cask at ryries... Golden amber.. Small white head... Soft sweet caramel fruit nose... Soft dry fruit.. Soft fruit.. Light juicy floral fruit
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2023
at 17:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at Ryries. Appearance - fairly clear and golden. Creamy white head. Nose - lemon, meadowsweet and apple. Taste - apple predominant, then lemon zest and some floral. Palate - light bodied, creamy middle and quite a bitter finish. Overall - not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2023
at 14:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask, pint at Queen Vic Aberdeen. It pours clear golden - amber with a thick, fairly dense white head. The aroma is fragrant, quite floral, toasty grain, cereal, touch of nuttiness, biscuit and zingy citrus vibes. The taste is crisp, dry, snap of bitterness, pithy, zesty, waxy citrus peel, lemon, grapefruit, touch of orchard fruits, fragrant, floral, pot pourri, peppery spice, biscuity malt base, cereal and some lightly toasted grain with a drying, finish. Average body (actually I expected a toucher lighter as this is a summer ale...) and well appointed fluffy carbonation. Nice condition. Probably wanted the malt base to be a touch cleaner, but it's nice nonetheless.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2023
at 11:47