Dark (Bottle)
(Batch of Dark)
Isle of Arran Brewery in Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.12
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Nose: Rich aroma of malt and hops with ripe fruit
Palate: Velvety texture, full malt with a deep bittersweet finish
Comments: A traditional smooth drinking Scottish heavy beer
Palate: Velvety texture, full malt with a deep bittersweet finish
Comments: A traditional smooth drinking Scottish heavy beer
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head, medium dense with good lasting and moderate lacing. aroma is floral hops with light toasted ad caramel notes. Flavor is bittery and dry at the beginning, with mild notes of caramel and toasted malts, mild hoppyness. The final is moderate bittery and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2013
at 13:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle at home. Pours clear copper, thin white head. Metallic aromas, roasted malt. Taste has a roasted and chocolaty bitterness, and a light toffee sweetness. Quite light bodied, a little thin. Finishes abruptly. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2013
at 06:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark red beer with a fruity, malty aroma. Flavour is malt and a bitter caramel flavour with a light, fruity edge. Finish is almost smokey with the caramel. Could do with a bit more body but it’s pleasant enough.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2013
at 14:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Deep amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is butterscotch, mild leathery notes along with some slight floral notes. Flavour is caramel malts, butterscotch, some mild leathery notes as well as mild floral and grassy notes as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2012
at 00:34
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Sainsbury’s Nairn.
Dark golden brown, very thin head that dissipates to nothing.
Aroma - Not much here, some roasted malts, slight hint of chocolate, hay.
Tastes of roasted and toasted malt, earthy. Rather rough and not great.
Palate is thin, low carb, very dry, rough, sourish finish.
Overall - Sub-standard bitter.
Dark golden brown, very thin head that dissipates to nothing.
Aroma - Not much here, some roasted malts, slight hint of chocolate, hay.
Tastes of roasted and toasted malt, earthy. Rather rough and not great.
Palate is thin, low carb, very dry, rough, sourish finish.
Overall - Sub-standard bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2011
at 15:11
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
500 ml bottle into tumbler, shared with Brenn79 and Anderson01. Pous deep gold with no head; leaves a collar of big-bubbly white foam. Smells like sweetbread. Taste is sweet and lightly sour with no bitterness. Dry. Carbonation is soft, body is light. How is this a dark beer? I was expecting a black beer. The carbonation goes downhill towards the end. Not very good. I bought it for the cool-looking label. Bad mistake!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2011
at 13:03
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Dark golden colour, off-white head. Aroma: biscuit and caramel. Flavour of caramel malts, some fruits. Hint of hops. Slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2009
at 07:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 500ml. -Clear amber coloured, small off-white head, flowery hoppy nose. Slight roasted malt, hoppy, grassy and caramel with nutty notes and touch of smoke in the finish. Once again drinkable but rather average Arran.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2009
at 07:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... copper ... sweet metallic malt nose... over fizzy ... juicy fruity toffee ... little bitterness. decent if nothing special
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2009
at 13:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
POurs amber into an English pint. Sickly looking head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sweet and sour tang aromas. Soft with upfront caramel and a lasting pit fruit finish.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2008
at 22:04