About
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.
7.6/10
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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
6.1/10
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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
6/10
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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
6.6/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
5.8/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7.8/10
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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
6.5/10
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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