4.5

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

500ml. bottle. @Polharrow Acommodation, St John's Town of Dalry (Scotland). 10/08/2023 [#6.728 Global - #262 Scotland - #5 Sulwath Brewers] Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma: farmyard, biscuity malts and red berries. Taste: caramel, earthy hops and confectionery. Lot of barnyard aftertaste. Next one please!

27/07/2017. WEST KIRK, 58a Sandgate, AYR, South Ayrshire, Scotland (WETHERSPOONS)

5.1

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

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 07/03/21. Clear golden copper with little in the way of a head ... looks dull and a touch lifeless. Nose is dusty fruits, biscuit crumbs, caramel, brown bread, hint of old carpet. Taste comprises stewed fruits, sweet tones, fruit slice, sugars. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Stuck in 2nd gear ... a rather dull affair not even redeeming itself with looks or body.

5.6

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

500ml bottle, online from the source. Pours clear chestnut with a cream head. Aroma: malty overtones, caramel, hedgerow berries. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, malty, caramel, earthy. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

4.8

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

Panda at home thanks to SHIG. A clear amber / copper coloured pour with a halo of loose off white head. Aroma is nutty tiwggy malts, hay, dried apple, earthy, little farmyard. Flavour is composed of thin, nutty grains, twig, hazelnut, little bunt grass, earth. Palate is light and thin, fine carbonation. dirty grass and straw finish. Meh.

6.5

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

27/2/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours clear amber/bronze with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, biscuit, fruit and butterscotch. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Not bad.

5

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

Bottle thanks to MrsSHIG: Poured caramel brown in color with a tan head. Aroma is malty, light metallic. Taste is malty, some leafs and tree bark, very light butter.

5.2

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

Cask at the Steamboat Inn, Carsethorn, near Dumfries. Deep reddish-amber with an off-white head. It's got an intense and peculiar flavour - toffee apple, cheap red wine and creosote. It's heady and the alcohol is very evident - it tasted far stronger than it actually was. I'm intrigued by the intensity of the flavours, but I'm far from certain that the brewer intended it to be that way. I also couldn't decide if I liked it or not - on balance I think probably not. It was certainly hard going.

6.2

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

Fluffy tan head left a decent cover on a clear conker coloured still body. Malt, demerara & spice aroma. Medium bodied, sharp on the front with a creamy back & clean aft. Heavy malt, syrup, fruity, faint hops & spicy tastes.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from the Sulwath Brewery Tap, Castle Douglas, consumed on site. Tawny brown, with a slight off-white head. Aroma of hazelnut, malt, caramel. Tiniest vegetal note. Sweet malty taste with herbal edges. The naked honesty of this brewery excites me: the beers are so simple, and they either work or don’t. This one does.