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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6.4/10 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

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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

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@The Sir John Moore, Glasgow. Bronzy brown coloured beer with a strong off white head. Caramel aroma, and flavours of yeast, maltiness and hops, with a smooth light mouth feel. Overall a pleasant tasting beer.
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2023 at 14:11

7/10
Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2023 at 21:04

6.2/10 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

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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 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

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Amber. Klar. Luftig skumring. Aroma av søte bær. Smaken tørket frukt. Lett tørr, syrlig bitter avslutning.
Tried on 03 Oct 2023 at 16:59

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
0,5l on tap @ Brady's Nantes. Pours clear brown with a medium head. Aroma is nutty malts with some caramel. Flavor is nutty malts, caramel, hops. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2023 at 12:35