Belhaven
Commercial Brewery
in Dunbar,
East Lothian,
Scotland 🏴
Owned by
Greene King
Associated with 6 Venues
Established in 1719
Contact
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.
7/10
Süsslich, fast etwas red-ale-scotchig, aber süffig und rund. Kein typisches IPA
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2024
at 15:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Dark brown to dark ruby red held up to light. 1cm porous tan head with medium retention. Coffee, cola liquorice on the nose. Very smooth in the mouth. First sweet coffee with chocolate then some raisin with liquorice. Very well rounded and smooth end with a nice lingering aftertaste of sweet coffee. Carbonation fits in perfectly. Very good.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2024
at 23:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Quite a pleasant malty and sweet IPA. Nice herbal happiness with a sprucey pine note. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2024
at 23:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
sampled with friend - decent blonde/golden ale - easy drink - solid sipper overall
Tried
on 05 Jan 2024
at 14:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Blik 44cl thuis. Wat droog, koffietonen, licht romig, roasted malts. (23-12-2023).
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2023
at 22:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (from MiniMani Vaasa). Amber colour, small white foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is floral, nectary, sweet malty, mild toffee, and some wooden tones. Flavour is nectary, toffee, and mild caramel, mild toasted and spicy tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2023
at 16:58
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2023
at 21:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask ale, half-pint kindly shared by Finn at Rutland Arms. Deep mahogany coloured body, tiny, beige head, scattered lacing. Inviting aromas of mild caramel malts and herbal hops. Caramel maltss dominates the taste profile carefully offset by leafy hops. Mid-dry bittersweet finish. Pretty okay. (Hammersmith, London 03.10.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2023
at 06:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Drink Baar, Tallinn. Pours black with creamy beige head. Aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, dark bread. Tastes slightly sweet with some roasted bitterness and acidity. Thin bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2023
at 11:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Pours dark cola brown with medium creamy off-white head. Aroma is intense roasted malt, peated malt, caramel, fudge, raisins, prunes, oak and dried tobacco. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is creamy with faint carbonation. Finish is long and mostly sweet with notes of roasted malt, peated malt, toffee, raisins and hints of campfire smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2023
at 20:54