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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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours an almost clear amber golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and....fish? Somehow very British. Light in body, notes of caramel, fruit and vitamin-C - and perhaps some overripe sweet fruit also. Very discreet bitterness in the finish. 160808
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2008
at 15:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
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Tried
on 10 Jul 2008
at 07:51
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Hazy amber with tiny off white head. Sweet and hoppy aroma with herbal notes. Sweet flavor with herbal and caramel notes. Ends sweet.
Tried
on 12 May 2008
at 10:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50 cL bottle. Pours slight cloudy orange with a lacing off-white head. Apple citric aroma. Light alcohol aroma bite. Woody and dry malt flavour. Growing bitterness into the finish. Dry and towards woody flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2008
at 05:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Light unclear light to medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, hay, light to moderate hoppy, grass, pine needle, orange, peat - smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to lively, finish feel is light metallic. (010408)
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2008
at 05:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber coloured with a slight off-white head. Malty fruit and caramel aroma. Flavour also inclined towards sweetness with a short, bitter finish. Ok, but not memorable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2007
at 11:44
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Amber coloured, lacy off-white to yellowish head, fruity, dark malty nose with a tinge of burnt barley and distinctive hops ; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied; hoppy aromas, mixed with burnt malt, in the finish. Not bad, but not really well balanced...........
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2007
at 03:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
500 ml bottle, bought at Peckham’s, Glasgow. ABV is 4.3%. Copper coloured beer, moderate off-white head. Nice aroma: nutty, fruity, moderately roasted malts. The flavour is moderately malty and fruity, notes of moderately roasted malts and toffee. Moderate hops. The weird finish is both sourish, soapy and "dusty" at the same time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2007
at 12:44
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Peckhams, Glasgow. Russet with thin beige head. Light coffee, milk choc malts on aroma. Bit of odd sourness on aroma and in mouth. Not terribly good to be honest. Decent malts, odd sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2007
at 11:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle) Slightly hazy, dark amber colour with a small foamy off-white layer. Fruit-accented (citrus, red berries), light-sweet and slightly toasted malty aroma with floral, piney hops. Bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied with a smooth carbonation. Toast-malty and fruity taste with caramel and a well-integrated, aromatic hops presence; dry and bitter finish, slightly toasty with resiny hops and a light but balancing malty sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2007
at 02:01