Deeside Brewery (prev. Hillside Brewery)
Microbrewery
in Banchory,
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2006
Deeside Brewery uses filtered spring water sourced from the River Dee, which starts 4000ft above seawater in the mountain ranges of the Cairngorms.
Our small team was enhanced in 2016 when we were joined by the founders of Loch Ness Brewery, Stephen Crossland and George Wotherspoon. This has brought us a new range of skills and experiences allowing us to develop our products further for the UK and Overseas markets with a focus on delivering consistently high beer quality as we continue to innovate and create new beers.
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330ml bottle from Scottish Real Ale Shop, Kilmahog as Deeside APA. Pours clear amber, white head. Aroma is citrussy orange. Taste continues with some caramel sweetness. Needs a bit more clarity of flavours.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Clear, dark amber with a thin white head. Soft fruit aroma, flavour is caramel and fruit. Average
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, half-pint at The Grill. A stable off-white head to a clear amber-gold body. Good lacework. Peach and herbal hops on the nose. Peachy and grassy flavours. Followed by a clean bittersweet end. Oily palate. Decent stuff (Aberdeen 18.04.2016).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Banchory Lodge Hotel. Dark brown body with a beige head that quickly fades. No lacing. Aroma of ashy malt, liquorice and treacle. Flavour of dark chocolate, roasted malt and coffee. Thin body with a watery texture. Light fizz. Quite tasty, but lacking the body and richness of the better Stouts I’ve tried.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Torben Mathews tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, dry hops, malt and has a light bitter finish. Easy drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Torben Matthews tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, fruity and light hoppy - flowers. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 171115
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting at omhper, 2015-08-14.
Appearance: Clear golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Vegetables, weak malt, grass.
Body: Thin body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, pine, grass, some fruit.
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Aroma: Sweet malty caramel and slightly sour. Flavour: Fairly malty sweet with slight bitterness and a buttery finish. Colour: Golden amber with a white head. From: Taster @ FOF Scottish beer tasting with Torben Mathews Nov. 2015
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at SRAF 2011. Pours hazy amber, nose is sweet citrus and toffee, taste is light fruit, toffee, little thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at SRAF 2011. Pours golden amber, nose is light lemon, caramel, taste is sweet citrus, toffee.