Belhaven IPA (Cask)

IPA (Cask)

 

Belhaven in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.79
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 17
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5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

From cask at the Forth Inn in Aberfoyle, 1/3 pint. Light golden color, for me this not an IPA.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2017 at 16:14


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Carters. Pours clear pale amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light sweet malt, light lemon. Taste is watery, faint lemony finish. Inoffensive

Tried from Cask on 03 Feb 2016 at 10:56


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

Cask at the Clachan Cottage. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, sweet toffee, taste is sweet, floral, some zesty fruit.

Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2014 at 01:54


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

A special ale brewed by Belhaven for Teuchters. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - slightly funky but then flowers though some astringent malt. Taste - lemon and flowers. Still slightly astringent malt but not too bad. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - it’s alright but they’ll still be selling the Black Isle version for a good whiletto come.
Earlier Rating: 8/18/2011 Total Score: 2.8
Draught @ the Mill Bank, Coulter. Pours a golden-orange wih gentle bubbles and a reasonable head. The nose has raisins, malt and a hint of grapefruit. The taste has grapes and then malt. The palate is medium bodied, quite creamy and then the finish is a bit more malt than hops. Overall, this is quite good initially but it is let down by the finish.

Tried on 11 Aug 2014 at 06:55


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Old Blackfriars, Aberdeen. Pours clear yellow with a tight, creamy head. Crackers and straw in the nose. Light sweet flavor, straw bitterness, light grass, biscuits and crackers. Light in body with soft, smooth carbonation. Plenty of hay and straw bitters to finish, with modest crackery malt sweetness. I’m surprised by the low rates, as for me this is a perfectly acceptable golden ale.

Tried from Cask on 18 Feb 2012 at 07:12


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

On tap, somewhere in Cambridge. Golden color with medium white head. Aroma of citrus, pines, caramel. Light taste, with hints of grapefruit, honey, some spices. Watery bitter finish. Little bit bland, but OK.

Tried from Draft on 02 Jan 2012 at 08:43


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Cask at GBBF 2011. Golden colour with a white head. A bit malty and light fruity nose. Light fruity and and sweet malty background. Too flat because the low carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2011 at 04:45


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at the GBBF. Golden with a small white head. Malty aroma with some grain, a grassy touch and a bit of diacetyl. Sweet grainy and grassy flavour

Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2011 at 14:39


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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber yellow colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, apple notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110802]

Tried from Cask on 10 Sep 2011 at 14:24


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

One-third pint, 3.8% abv, cask, at B7 Snow Bar, GBBF ’11. Clear copper coloured body. Vague smell of farmyard. Green tea and grainy malts in flavour. Abrupt finish of dry bitterness. Thin on the swallow. Very average (Earls Court, London 03.08.2011).

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2011 at 11:31