Musselburgh Broke

Knops in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production

Score

6.28

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 31

A delightful Scottish beer inspired by a brewing book from 1847 where there is a story about a beer that is “clear and very brisk, and, consequently, very agreeable to the palate." - see opposite.

Our modern interpretation of this beer uses four different malts (Pale Ale, Crystal, Chocolate and Roast Barley).

Hops are added in small quantities in two stages to ensure that the malt character typical of Scottish ales is not overwhelmed.

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eurosoba (18828) ticked Musselburgh Broke from Knops 3 years ago

28/12/2016. FALCON, 2 St. Johns Hill, LONDON, SW11, England (NICHOLSONS)

Tried on 28 Feb 2023 at 17:32

CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 5 years ago

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

Bottle 33 cl. Clear dark brown with an orange tint, off-white. Burned caramel, toffee, slight smoke. Sweet never cloying. Very rich for its strength! 200719

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2020 at 13:21

5.5

Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 7 years ago

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

Cask gravity at Kent and East Sussex Railway BF 2018. Dark brown beer lasting tan head. Caramel aroma. More dark roast and caramel in mouth. Not my thing.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jun 2018 at 13:00

MusingAnorak (11821) ticked Musselburgh Broke from Knops 8 years ago

Tried from Cask on 16 Mar 2018 at 19:16

6.2

Grumbo (24737) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2017. Pours dark bronze maroon brown with a lasting bubbly off-white to beige head. Aroma of toffee, malt, chocolate, dark fruit and hop. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2017 at 04:42

6.6

Beer5000 (11421) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Windsor Castle, Kensington, London. Clear, dark brown body with a medium sized, dense, beige head. Aroma has toffee, toast and fruit-caramel. Flavor is smooth, mild roasted medium sweet malt, caramel and medium bitterness. Medium body and average, nice aftertaste. A fine and smooth ale somewhere in between a bitter and a mild.

Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2017 at 13:40

5.8

Tommann (7675) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 9 years ago

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

Cask at the Vine, Wombourne. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is malty chocolate and red wine fruits. Taste has coffee and chocolate malt with vinous dark fruits on the finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Dec 2016 at 04:37

WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Musselburgh Broke from Knops 9 years ago

Tried on 03 Dec 2016 at 10:10

6.9

RichTheVillan (12446) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Milton Keynes Beer Festival; hazy dark copper pour with a thin off white head, aroma has sweet caramel, taste has bready malts, some fruit action.

Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2016 at 08:02

6.1

Anders37 (30297) reviewed Musselburgh Broke from Knops 10 years ago

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

Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2015 at 04:05