Swelkie

John O'Groats Brewery in Wick, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Golden / Blonde Ale Regular

Score

6.40

ABV: 4.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

Taking its name from the local tides that sweep around the North end of Storma, Swelkie is a variation of First Footing. Like our first ale it blends Challenger and cCascade hops with Amber Malted Barley, but we’ve made the hops a little lighter. An unmissable session ale with flavours that will whirl pleasingly around the tongue.

Ingredients: Grain: Maris Otter Pale Ale, Malt, Amber Malt Torrified Wheat; Hops: Challenger Cascade; Yeast: SafAle

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5.8

fonefan (84235) reviewed Swelkie from John O'Groats Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2016 [ The 41th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 9th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As John O’Groats Swelkie ].Clear medium orange amber colour with a small, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, sugary, pale malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, sugary. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161015] 5-3-6-3-11

Tried from Cask on 03 Sep 2017 at 03:26

5.1

McCash (15986) reviewed Swelkie from John O'Groats Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On cask @ SRAF. Hazy yellow. The nose is rotten eggs and there’s a general sulpur thing dominating. You can make out some biscuit but it’s in a cloud of compost bin Looking at other ratings, it would appear this wasn’t showing at its best.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2017 at 11:15

cagarvie (39800) reviewed Swelkie from John O'Groats Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

4abv... Cask at the Paisley beer festival... Golden amber... Thin white lacing... Soft floral orange fruits nose... Light sweet fruits.. Soft malts... Floral orange

Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2017 at 09:02

6.8

Stuu (34926) reviewed Swelkie from John O'Groats Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at praf 2017. Pours golden amber, nose is lemon, toffee, bubblegum, taste is similar, sweet.

Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2017 at 04:22