Claverhouse
Strathaven Ales in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
5.81
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Jow (8309) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Tap No 1. Pours murky mahogany. Nose is fruit punch and malt. Tastes koolaid, toffee, woody, and malt. These mild flavors brews are helping my hangover immensely.
Beese (811) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford on 27 October. Poured a clear copper colour with a rocky off white head. Aroma of straw, tinned fruit and a slight medicinal note. Bitter fruit flavours with caramel and hay in the mix, but it’s all rather off balance. Finish is astringent bitterness with fruit rind and spruce. Not to my liking at all.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
29th October 2013
The Playhouse, Spoons. Cask. Clear amber beer with a tidy pale cream coloured head. Palate is smooth and semi dry. Tangy ripe orange, semi sweet. Smooth creamy malt with a light floral touch. Whispers of tropical fruits and smoke. Finishes semi dry. Complex and quite interesting.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Reddish chestnut with a ring of cream head; lacking in aroma; the body is grainy and thin, with a caramel taste; then a dry finish. A very basic, and unattractive, bitter.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Hand-pulled pint in The Briar Rose (Spoons), Birmingham on 30th Oct 2013. More amber than red, even though the pump-clip stated ’Red Ale’, with a white, lasting head. Pleasant enough blend of flavours, mild citrus nose with malty overtones: taste is 50-50 with the hops and malts vieing for position, with neither winning the battle. Medium bodied and very drinkable: but I’m on a mission, so only one of these today.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask at the moon under water Watford jdw. Deep copper colour with a persistent off white head. Aroma is choc caramel and hot alcohol. Flavour is oak, booze whiskey. Tastes barrel aged. Some spicy hop in the finish. Medium body and carbonation.
RichTheVillan (12489) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at JDW Bishop Vesey; deep mahogany pour with foamy off white head, slight roast malt aroma, roast malt taste a hint of coffee,
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2
500 ml bottle. Reddish amber with a fast disappearing off-white head. Aroma is light malt and caramel with a hint of fruit. Flavor is also light malty, some caramel and an unpleasant harsh bitterness. One dimensional and in poor condition.
Getting more and more convinced that British bitters is meant to be served from tap at the pub, at least almost every beer from Strathaven seems to be in a bad condition when hitting the shelves in Norway. Normally I’m not complaining above the price for an import beer either, and of course I will not let the price impact my rating, but it’s anyway ridiculous to pay about £7 for a bottle of British bitter in poor condition.
Palme (4406) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
0.5l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This one pours a clear woody-brown body with a small bubbly and quickly sidesticking off-white head. The first thing that hits the nose is sweet raisins and caramel. Also there is a clear oxidized tone all the way here, and it has a hint of butter scotch. Flavors are mild malty with a hint of thin caramel and burned sugar. A soft bitterness all the way and perhaps even some hints of wood. Drinkable, but not especially special . 16.06.2012
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Claverhouse from Strathaven Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Picked up at Centra Colosseum in Oslo. 500ml bottle to glass, shared with Finn at a rating session. Red-brown body colour. Tiny, but lasting, beige head, spare lacing. Fruity caramel to the nose. Malt-fruity taste with a good bite of resin. Semi-dry, bittersweet finish. A decent Brit bitter (Tromsø, 18.07.2012).