Belhaven

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

Established in 1719

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Brewery Lane, Dunbar, EH42 1PE, Scotland
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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6

You think I won't drink it... but I will. It's flavorless but has a nice promise at the beginning.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:59


5

Tastes like Britannia.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:57


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Dark copper with a thin, frothy head. Aroma promises caramel, nuts, toast. Taste is mildly sweet to mildly bitter. Body to the light side of medium, watery texture that dominates the finish. Simple. Not unpleasant, but lacks depth and heft.

Tried on 19 Nov 2024 at 17:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

sampled with friends - loved Scotish Ale - smoky very nice to drink beer. Jam

Tried on 13 Nov 2024 at 03:05


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Nitro version. Aromas are lots of dark malt, roast, toffee and maybe some tannin. Flavors are similar to nose, add in a little bit of funky and good balance between sweet, bitter and light carbonation. Great mouth. Very drinkable.

Tried from Can at Bodega Brew Pub, Inc. on 14 Sep 2024 at 22:45


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the falls of dochart inn. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, floral, hint of citrus, taste is sweet toffee, orange.

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2024 at 15:42


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Amber clear with a thick white head Not much going on with aroma and flavour It's very much like creamy best bitters from the 80s and 90s. Very easy drinking if not overly inspiring.

Tried on 02 Aug 2024 at 08:35


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from 440mL nitro can (bb 25 Apr 2025). Very dark brown with creamy nitro light beige head. Oaty, mild cocoa, light toasted malt, thin creamy texture. Flavour is okay, but it's a bit thin.

Tried from Can on 31 Jul 2024 at 23:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pint on tap at Dickens Tavern, Melbourne. Pours a golden bronze with a thick head of cream on top. Zero carbonation. Nose is caramel and grass. Light body, easy drinking. Lots of sweet malt and a cleansing herbal finish. Very nice bitter, typically Scottish.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2024 at 08:17


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Fles 33cl thuis. Caramel, zoeten, honingtonen, rood fruit, roasted malts, wat bittertonen, nutty. (20-6-2024).

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2024 at 21:10