Three Sisters (Bottle)
(Batch of Three Sisters)
Atlas Brewing Company (Scotland) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.35
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Three Sisters Scottish Ale (4.2% abv) is a dark, fruity, refreshing ale that proves a perennial favourite, and is named after the dramatic range of mountains in Glencoe.
Chocolate Malt helps to give this beer its very attractive dark ruby colour, as well as contributing to some of the toasty and liquorice flavours in the beer.
However, a very large charge of whole-flower hops balances the dark malt character with an abundance of hop fruit flavours. These include dried and fresh fruit flavours as well as some more citrus tones not normally found in such a dark beer.
There’s enough ‘going on’ in Three Sisters to keep even the most demanding real ale aficionado happy, whilst the very approachable fruit makes this a popular drink across the board.
Chocolate Malt helps to give this beer its very attractive dark ruby colour, as well as contributing to some of the toasty and liquorice flavours in the beer.
However, a very large charge of whole-flower hops balances the dark malt character with an abundance of hop fruit flavours. These include dried and fresh fruit flavours as well as some more citrus tones not normally found in such a dark beer.
There’s enough ‘going on’ in Three Sisters to keep even the most demanding real ale aficionado happy, whilst the very approachable fruit makes this a popular drink across the board.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50cl.[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee, white nuttes notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091113]
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2009
at 04:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber to hazzlenut brown with a small tan head. Aroma is sweet caramelish and somewhat butterish. Sweet malt flavoured, light liqourice note and light citrusy touch. Subdued spiced note. Ends medium dry and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2009
at 16:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 4.2%. Slightly buttery aroma, hint of aroma hops. Clear brown colour. Very small head. The flavour is malty and slightly teaish. Seems like a teaish hoppiness with a little bite in the finish. I still get a little butter, not much, but it is a bit disturbing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2009
at 16:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(bottle) Clear, dark amber colour with a mid-sized and slightly tanned foamy head. Roast-malty aroma with notes of liquorice, ginger spice and citrus-fruity hops. Slightly bitter flavour, light bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Toasty malty and moderately fruity taste with notes of caramel and liquorice; malt-accented, slightly fruity and spicy hoppy finish. Aromatic brew. 03.XI.09
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2009
at 14:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A nut-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma hast notes of malt and nuts as well as lighter notes of spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and nuts as well as light notes of hops. The finish is dry, bitter and nutty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2009
at 08:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Airdrie. Pleasant chestnut colour with a fluffy, off-white head. Sweet fruitcake aroma with red fruit, nuts and some orange hops. Flavour had plenty of sweet malts, a hint of roastiness, and a dry, citrus finish. An unusual mixture of sweetness and hops but, in the main, it worked pretty well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2009
at 08:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. It pours a clear, copper body under a decent off-white head. Toffee, some roasted malts, a little peat and some fruity hops in the aroma. The flavor has caramel sweetness and some peat. Quite sweet, with a decent bitterness. Rather short finish. Medium body with a nice carbonation. A decent beer, but a bit on the sweet side. Rating: 6-4-6-3-13-3.2. 090508
Bottle. A clear, almost copper colored beer topped by a dense, off-white head. Bready, fruity nose with caramel and roasted malts. Some sweetness in the mouth, medium body, and fruityness, bread, caramel and too little hops. At least for my likings. Rather short finish. A decent beer indeed, but I’d rather have two really good beers than ten pints of decent bitter. But of course, every once in a while that is nice too, and Three Sisters would do that trick. 091016
Bottle. A clear, almost copper colored beer topped by a dense, off-white head. Bready, fruity nose with caramel and roasted malts. Some sweetness in the mouth, medium body, and fruityness, bread, caramel and too little hops. At least for my likings. Rather short finish. A decent beer indeed, but I’d rather have two really good beers than ten pints of decent bitter. But of course, every once in a while that is nice too, and Three Sisters would do that trick. 091016
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2009
at 10:09
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Big offwhite lasting head, looks like ice cream on top. Deep ruby red body. Fruity roasty peppery hop aroma, very harmonic. Dry roasty fruity wild berry taste with resiny hoppy notes. Thinnish body. Smooth, mild mouthfeel. Dry-acidic burnt wild berry aftertaste with linger metallic peppery notes. Quite nice in some ways, but the combination doesn’t quite work for me. (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2009
at 04:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.2%. Deep copper coloured beer, moderate white (slightly off-white?) head. Moderate aroma of malts with some fruity hops, hints of berries. The flavour has notes of lightly roasted malts, hints of caramel, balanced by fruity hops. A moderate bitterness in the aftertaste. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2009
at 15:06