Dark Ale
Archerfield Fine Ales in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.39
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CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 50 cl. Clear nutty brown, small off-white head. Burned caramel, nuts. Medium body, same caramel and nuts. Subdued bitterness. Clean if a little bland. 180719
Scopey (25220) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Aldi’s, Inverurie. It pours clear deep brown with a medium off-white head. The aroma is earthy, roasted malt, cherry drops, sweet, sticky and malt loaf. The taste is pretty, dry, charred roast, earthy, leathery, ashy, bitter - sweet, peppery spice, fruit cake and cherry drops with a very dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Not sure the balance is there. Fairly basic stuff.
jamestulloch (9727) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Bacco Wine. Clear chestnut body with a thin beige head. Lively carbonation. Light lacing. Weak aroma of green apple, stewed tea and orange marmalade. Flavour of nuts, caramel and earth. Thin body with a watery texture. Lively fizz. Quite weak but very drinkable.
Stuu (34178) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at SRAF. Pours dark brown, light roast nose, taste is quite sweet and thin.
allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at home - cheers Steven! Pours clear brown with good off-white head. Aromas of roasted malts, caramel, toffee - really good nose. Taste follows through, but not entirely. Good carbonation. A well made dark ale, closer to an old fashioned porter than a bitter though...
McCash (16153) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours a dark honey colour with a slim but nice head. The nose has an earthiness with a biscuity-toffee note. The taste has more of the toffee biscuits and again there’s a background earthiness. The palate has a medium body and texture and then unfortunately it falls off a cliff somewhat. Overall, the nose was great but overall, it’s just so so - the style is somewhere between a bitter and a Scotch ale.
fonefan (85107) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 500ml.[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear matt medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, caramelized malt. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120812]
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled@chriso. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is nutty, floral, fruity and some maltyness. Flavour is fruity, floral, herbal and quite much caramel, toffee. Pleasantly fruity and resiny in the finish.
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Dark Ale from Archerfield Fine Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home ... dark red copper ... thin tan head ... soft sweet cherry toffee nose ... little over fizzy ... sweet toffee malts ... soft toffee fruit s... tiniest metallic hint ... while nothing special ... perfectly drinkable