Duncansby

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

Amber / Red Ale Regular

Score

6.52

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

A highly-quaffable, medium-bodied session traditional Pale Ale. It’s delicious caramel-like malt character boasts the finest in British hops. This is a captivating amber coloured ale, with our luscious Challenger and Bramling Cross hops marrying perfectly with the toffee flavours of the Crystal Malted Barley.

Ingredients: Grain: Maris Otter Pale Ale, Malt, Crystal Malt Torrified Wheat; Hops: Challenger, Bramling Cross; Yeast: Nottingham Ale.

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7.1

Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed Duncansby from John O'Groats Brewery 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On cask at JOG Brewery Tap, JOG - Clear deep amber, solid white head. Sweet malty caramel notes throughout this one, fruity toffee, little bitterness at the back.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2024 at 12:32

6.6

Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Duncansby from John O'Groats Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at the 2022 Nottingham Camra Beer Festival. Golden colour with a white e red had. Aroma and taste are sweet malty. And slight berry fruity. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2022 at 12:09

6.1

McCash (16021) reviewed Duncansby from John O'Groats Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On cask @ SRAF. Amber with a decent head. Grainy and biscuity on the nose. Some honey and biscuit on the taste. OK, but could be cleaner.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2017 at 11:17

6.3

cagarvie (40076) reviewed Duncansby from John O'Groats Brewery 8 years ago

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

Cask at SRAF 2017.. Amber... Thin white lacing... Soft floral fruit nose... Soft dry woody toffee fruit.. Soft toffee.. Light bitter fruits

Tried from Cask on 08 Jul 2017 at 06:17

fonefan (84534) reviewed Duncansby from John O'Groats Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | 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 Duncansby ].Light unclear medium amber - orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, fruity malt, soft fruit, light caramel, belgium yeast notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, biscuit malt, sweet malt, pale malt, light caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161012] 6-3-6-3-11

Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 02:57