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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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Pours a slightly hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet roasted malty chocolate flavor. Sweetish malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2007
at 08:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle brought over from Leeds, England, by a friend of mine. Bought in a special beer shop in Leeds.Brown color, white head. Burnt scent, but also refreshing. Burnt taste and aftertaste. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2006
at 08:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Herbal, marsh flowers. Dark amber, creamy head. Agresive hop, salt, very light cracker malt, green hop exit, smoke retronasal. Medium to light body, slightly sparkly. Interesting.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2005
at 14:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark amber colour. Small head. Hop and gooseberry-aroma. Light roasty flavour, slightly peaty. Good hop bitterness. A bit thin.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2005
at 12:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy dark orange beer, very carbonized which gives a froathy light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of oranges and caramel. The flavor is very roasty and bisquity with notes of caramel, that gives it an OK sweetness, but it is very well balanced with a dry slighlty bitter and slightly woody end.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2004
at 15:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden brown, with a sweet malt aroma. Fresh malty taste with mild hops, and a medium body.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2004
at 07:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy dark amber color, thin head. Very nice hop aroma, dry hopping (Fuggles?), and some caramel. Quite ordinary maltiness and caramel, and body structure, but again a very pleasant hop note. The hop is mixed with a strong caramel note in the final. A good bottled Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2004
at 05:14
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Orangey light brown colour. Toffee-nut aroma. Light body. Thin malts and light nuttiness. hint of minerals. Watery finish. Weak for Scotland.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2003
at 12:00
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Deep copper in color, with off white head.Lightly spiced malt nose. Light roasted earthy malt flavor, with bitter ending.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2003
at 15:55