Red Kite (Bottle)
(Batch of Red Kite)
Black Isle Brewery in Munlochy, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.55
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An amber colored ale, Black Isle Red Kite is brewed using only the highest quality Maris Otter pale and crystal malts for flavor and body. Challenger hops for bittering with the late addition of Styrian Goldings creates a balance of quenching citrus and malt, and a classic aromatic finish to this refreshing ale.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Backlog August 2016. Bottle. Clear, dark golden body under a big, dense tan head. Aroma is malty with some cellar notes. Taste is sweet and malty, some caramel and dry fruit, OK bitterness. Fine body and same aftertaste. Decent, quite straight forward.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2025
at 17:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Malty with caramel and soft fruity notes. Sweetish flavour with a moderate to medium bitter finish. Almost medium body. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - 500ml bottle, pours dark amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, bread, toffee, hints of spice & malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 04:55
7/10
Old school amber. On the chewy side, very malty, nothing harsh or astringent. A little little bit murky to make not the best, but very good. Gollem amstelstraat
Tried
on 11 Mar 2023
at 19:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can online from Cork & cask, Edinburgh. Pours clear pale amber with a beige cap, Aroma: caramel mainly. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, malts, nuts, light caramel, herbal hints. Light to medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from Cork & Cask
on 09 Sep 2022
at 21:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(dark) amber pour with a decent white head, aromas of malt/bread, caramel, some red berries, a hint of citrus, tastes of malt/bread and red berries with some caramel/toffee. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2022
at 21:34
6/10
Tried
on 01 Feb 2022
at 15:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a dark toffee amber colour with a good sized frothy beige head. Aroma is moderately malty, light caramel, fruit with a minerally tang. A moderately sweet taste, bready malts, caramel, red berries flavours with some mild spice and bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2020
at 17:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle) Reddish amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty nose with notes of red fruit, caramel, treacle-toffee, rye bread, dried apricots, orange peel, nuts and hints of chocolate. Malty taste with caramel, dried fruit, treacle-toffee, orange peel, chocolate and a mild spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and well balanced. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2020
at 18:39
6/10
Tried
on 20 Apr 2020
at 21:23