Belhaven

Commercial Brewery in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Owned by Greene King
Associated with 6 Venues

Established in 1719

Contact
Brewery Lane, Dunbar, EH42 1PE, Scotland
+44 (0)1368 862734
info@belhaven.co.uk.
Description
Established in 1719, Belhaven is Scotland’s oldest working brewery. With abundant local barley, fine water from the brewery well and access to markets up and down the coast, Belhaven was the perfect place for a brewery back then, and it still is today. In 1719, Dunbar market gardener John Johnstone erected a brewery close to Belhaven Bay and founded a brewing dynasty which was to last for 250 years and a brewery which would last much longer. The brewery and maltings persevered through the wars and upheavals of the early 20th Century and was eventually sold by John Johnstone’s descendants in 1972. In 2005 is was taken over by Greene King who kept the Brewery open in Scotland.
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Kasper40
Kasper40 (1543) ticked
Black Scottish Stout (Bottle/Can/Keg) from Belhaven
3 weeks ago
7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried on 22 Jul 2026 at 20:58
Kasper40
Kasper40 (1543) ticked
Best from Belhaven
3 weeks ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
Tried on 22 Jul 2026 at 20:57
Kasper40
Kasper40 (1543) ticked
Belter Lager from Belhaven
3 weeks ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Tried on 22 Jul 2026 at 20:22
Rasmus40
Rasmus40 (37520) reviewed
Belter Lager from Belhaven
3 weeks ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap @ Cold Beer Company, Stirling. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and bready. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 220726
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2026 at 20:20
Kasper40
Kasper40 (1543) ticked
Platform 8 from Belhaven
3 weeks ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tried on 21 Jul 2026 at 19:03
Rasmus40
Rasmus40 (37520) reviewed
Platform 8 from Belhaven
3 weeks ago
5.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Platform 8, Inverness. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and caramel. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 210726
Tried from Cask on 21 Jul 2026 at 18:53
Jamesie1857
Jamesie1857 (4730) reviewed
McCallums from Belhaven
1 month ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml nitro can from Brewery Shop, Dunbar - Deepest sanguine red body, thick tan creamy head that lasts and adds a bit of lactose sweetness. Gentle silky mouthfeel, light coffee and chocolate, sweet milky finish. Good old classic milk stout!
Tried from Can at Belhaven Brewery on 08 Jul 2026 at 15:59
ItamarF
ItamarF (18) ticked
Best from Belhaven
1 month ago
7.5/10
Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2026 at 11:43
alex_leit
alex_leit (20487) reviewed
Belter Lager from Belhaven
1 month ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap. Golden, clear. Aroma: sweet, like candy, flowers, a little birch sap. Malty taste, candy, a little birch sap, a little bitterness, original.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2026 at 12:51
Jamesie1857
Jamesie1857 (4730) reviewed
Belter Lager from Belhaven
1 month ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Keg at Granary in Dumfries - clear gold, lasting white top. Good malty feel to this, sweet start with loads of fruit salad sweets in the taste, biscuity malts in the finish.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jun 2026 at 17:34