Blessed Thistle
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.26
|
|
"Thistle Beer" from Cairngorm Brewery. A reddish brown ale, bittered with thistle and late Goldings hops. Hints of roast malt and fruit finish this most complex of beers. Alias with M&S Scottish Ale confirmed at the brewery (Oakes).
Sign up to add a tick or review
4.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
0.5l bottle. This is a crystal clear brown-ish beer with a medium sized big-bubbly light beige top. Smells of bitter and sweet caramel, nougat and traces of nutty chocolate paper. It's somewhat averagely carbonated and the mouthfeel is thin oily. Dry-bitter nutty flavors. I get some dark caramel and some herbal nuances. I'm having a hard time really enjoying this, but it still manages to not be to bad tasting. Absolutely not something I will be hunting down again though. 15.02.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2013
at 23:28
5.2/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml Brown bottle: best before 28 Nov 2012, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 31 July 2012. Dark reddy/brown body with an off-white head of deep bubbles. Malts in the nose; roasted and toasted, not a lot else my senses could detect. The taste was also malty but with a bitterness never far away. Very dry aftertaste be it from the hops or the thistle content? Nothing wrong with it, but it doesn’t set my world alight and I’ll not be seeking out another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2012
at 14:21
6.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from M&S Bratislava. dark copper color with huge, long lasting, white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, plums, apples, ginger. Fruity taste with ginger, bitter hops, hints of chocolate, liquorice. Long bitter finish. I paired it with cake and this combination was quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2012
at 11:51
4.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 10
Overall 4.5
Super smooth texture is great in the palate, but it hardly has any aroma or taste.
Tried
on 31 May 2012
at 16:25
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Chestnut brown with a thin head. Aroma is spicy ginger. Flavouris bitter with a ginger beer base. Palate is dry with light herbal spice
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2012
at 11:30
7.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
bottle at home ... copper ... big foaming .... it really did foaf ... sweet dark fruity ... roast malt nose nose... dark deep soft fruity roast malts ... caramel fruits ... a really nice scottish ale,, or 80 shilling.. well im not getting much ginger... nor am a sure about thistle... thought there is a little pricle to it... but its really quite niceEarlier Rating: 3/5/2007 Total Score: 3.4Ok had this in both cask and bottle, with both pretty similar. Deep ruby colour, with a malty nose, malty with a little spice , a little teacle and quite fruit with a little bitter in linger. nice and complex just like ’the man’ says
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2012
at 10:45
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Herbal, grass nose, ginger, spices and light malt. Copper-brown color with lace. Flavor of nettles, ginger, caramel, ginger. Dry and a bit dusty, with a somewhat vegetal bitterness at the end. Nice dry finish, though. Interesting, rather strange, but good enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 20:32
5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is subtle, warm ginger and some spicy malt. Taste is a bit of thistle to start and gingery malt to finish. A bit lifeless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2011
at 13:28
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
At a tasting, thanks Shachar, a touch hazy dark orange to lightish red colour, aroma of spearmint, herbs, ginger and some light spiciness, light malty flavour, floweriness and a touch of fruit, quite dry. Good.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2011
at 01:04
6.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at a tasting. Thanks Dror. Hazy reddish amber-brown. Aroma of malt, fruits, mint, ginger, a bit of cookies and caramel. Sweetish malty flavor at first with some flowers and spiciness, and a rather bitter and slightly earthy finish. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2011
at 03:31