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.
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 3
Hoppy aroma. Pours tea colored with a fluffy head. Well hopped and moderately bitter with lightly roasted malts., not very complex. Unremarkable finish.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2007
at 19:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle - Pours amber with a two finger head. The malt aroma has a touch of dark fruit. Sweet roast malts and a touch of fruit lead the flavor as well. It’s a little watery. Let it warm up and the flavor will improve.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2007
at 18:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 0,5l. Dark brown coloured. Aroma of raisins. Sweet fruity flavor. A lasting aftertaste where grass dominates. This one would have been an OK Christmas Beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2007
at 15:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Golden beer with a light head. The aroma is lightly hopped and chocolaty, the flavour is quite vinous, malty and dry at the finish. Overall a good quite strong tasting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2007
at 19:15
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
(50 cl bottle from Systembolaget) Clear dark red brown color, big tan head. Sweet pinapple juice and vanilla scent. Sweet sugary taste with a bit of roasted malt. Medium mouthfeel and bitterness. Sweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2007
at 17:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught at Gaestgivaregaarden, Helsingør, Denmark) Clear brown color, thick creamy tan head. Fruity and wet pipe tobacco scent. Very fruity and sweet, also tobacco, taste. Smooth velvet like mouthfeel. Low bitterness.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2007
at 14:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Nice cupperred-rown colour. Light hoppy slightly metallic aroma. Nice moderate bitter slightly smoked flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2007
at 08:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber color with a medium off-white head. Aroma of smoked malt. Flavor is malty and sweet with smokiness in the finish. Medium-bodied. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2007
at 15:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear red with a big off-white head that settles slowly. A sweetish, a bit roasted, malty aroma. Flavor is sweet and malty, and ends with some bitterness and smoke. A light body, pretty watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2007
at 16:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Clear light amber color with a average frothy good lacing white head. Aroma is light malty, caramel, toffe, heavy hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate to light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2007
at 11:32