Dark
River Leven in Kinlochleven, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
5.78
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jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Dark from River Leven 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pint from the cask at the Clachaig Inn, Glencoe. Pours dark brown with a creamy white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee & roasted malt. Medium body. Dry light bitter finish. Enjoyable
Scopey (25115) reviewed Dark from River Leven 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle from the Highland Getaway, Kinlochleven. It pours dark brown with a small, bubbly white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, caramel, malt loaf, brown bread and cola. The taste is dry, bitter-sweet, caramel, dried fruit, brown bread, cola, earth, wood and fruit cake with a pretty dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Pretty sweet and flat. Pretty bland gear. Forgettable.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Dark from River Leven 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ Bothy Bar, Mac Donald Hotel, Kinlochleven. Dark brown colour, white foam. Light malty body with aroma of roasted malts and some coffee. Also some caramel. Dry finish. Rather watery but not very bad.
McCash (16021) reviewed Dark from River Leven 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from the Scottish Real Ale shop. Appearance - dark brown to black and opaque. Decent head. Nose - Highland Toffee and hazelnuts. Taste - more of the same. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish if a bit sweet. But hey that’s the style. Overall - even though the style has been nailed I’d have liked it to be a touch fresher at this abv.
AndySnow (19631) reviewed Dark from River Leven 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
How: Bottle.
Where: omh tasting, 2014-04-11.
Appearance: Brown colour with a very small white head.
Aroma: Mild bland malt, chocolate.
Body: Thin body, low carbonation. Spritzy mouthfeel.
Flavour: Malt, slightly bitter.
omhper (44752) reviewed Dark from River Leven 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Hazy dark brown, coarse head. Cocoa and caramel in the nose. Mid sweet with light body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Coffee and grass. Short mid bitter finish.
stravale (3279) reviewed Dark from River Leven 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Cask @ Castle Tavern, Inverness [270313]
Caramel brown, clear, thin bubbly head
Aroma - hint of caramel malt and a bit of roast
Taste as aroma, little flavour, just a touch of dark malt, dishwatery
Palate - Very thin, watery, very slight oily texture, but has almost no body
Overall - Well the pub served it far too warm, very dull flavour and thin - only drank 1/3 of my 1/2 pint and discarded it, poor
gunnfryd (21926) reviewed Dark from River Leven 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is butterscotsch, malt, fruit, coffee, caramel. Flavour is butterscotsch, malt, fruit, coffee, caramel. Boring beer.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Dark from River Leven 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 500ml.[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, chocolate, burnt caramel, toffee, butterscotch. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, burnt caramel, peat notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121110]
yngwie (24278) reviewed Dark from River Leven 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. It pours a clear, dark amber body and a small, light beige head. Toffee and butterscotch dominates the aroma, where there’s also some licorice and burnt hints. It’s more or less full-bodied, slightly sweetish and with a soft carbonation. Toffee, some burnt notes and licorice in the flavor, quite sweet, although it dries up a bit towards the end. Some bitterness towards the end. A decent one, but far from interesting. 121110