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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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Krystallklar golden med lav kort offwhite topp som klinger seg til kanten. Aroma; hvetemalt, humle, gjær, strå, epletoner og mandarin. Smak; hvetemalt, gjær, humle, blåmuggost, gjær, lynghonning. Søtlig, kort.

Tried on 19 Jun 2024 at 21:35


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

Bottle.Dark golden colour with medium white head.Aroma of hops and grain nice malty with hint of grass and caramel ok by style beer.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2024 at 09:19


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Aroma's arm molasses, raisins, toffee and dark malt was a bit of roast. Flavors are similar to nose, leaning sweet with soft mouth. I would expect to have this in Britain.

Tried from Bottle at Bodega Brew Pub, Inc. on 26 May 2024 at 17:35


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

440ml can into glass. As McCallum's Sweet Scottish Stout. Nitro widget. Pours red/brown with solid 2 finger head of crema. Light malt nose, a little bitterness. Smooth texture, sweet taste that lingers. Old fashioned milk stout style. Nice if you like that kind of thing.

Tried from Can on 06 May 2024 at 10:27


8

Sweet, malty, banana and bread

Tried from Draft on 26 Apr 2024 at 16:56


5

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2024 at 01:22


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Nito can, as McCallum's Sweet Scottish Stout. Clear dark brown with a good cm of crema head. 3+ Cereal and caramel aroma with some singed and metallic notes. Oof, they're not kidding about sweet. Mouthful of cotton wool texture.The singed notes and just a little bitterness do rein things in rather well at the end. A relic.

Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2024 at 12:10



6

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2024 at 01:06


5.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

First tried at the 2016 Huddersfield Oktoberfest Beer Festival Ale, but basing this one on a cask conditioned pull at the Station Hotel, Larbert, on the way to Stirling and the lovely surrounding areas around the River Forth. Dark clear copper with a thick creamy-frothy head. Lower bitterness brew, slightly floral, light caramels evident.

Tried from Cask at Station Hotel on 11 Mar 2024 at 16:00