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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear, deep copper with a beige head. Aroma has roasted malt, peat-smoke, caramel and some cocoa. Roasted flavor with caramel, coffee and some floral hops. Medium to full body and a roasted finish withj some hops. Nice. (060825)
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2006
at 05:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear dark amber body with a huge creamy off-white head. Sweet caramel and fruit aroma. Sweet caramel flavor, some gentle hops.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2006
at 20:31
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Golden colour, very small white head. Malty, grainy aroma with a light sweetness. Malty and fruity flavor with a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2006
at 01:07
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a nice off-white head. Citrus and earthy/grassy aroma. Slight citrus and earthy flavor with good malt backing. Decent hop flavor, but not very bitter. Easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2006
at 14:44
5.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Das Bier wird, oh Freude, mit Stickstoff gezapft, daher wirkt es auch schal. Lecker. Außerdem habe ich es am Belhaven Stand direkt einmal zu kalt gezapft bekommen. Super. Ansonsten: röstmalzern-fruchtig und wässrig. Wech damit. Test vom 13.8.2006, Gebinde: Fass Noten: 15,5,6,9,-,6 - 7,26
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2006
at 13:44
3.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 3.5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Auch dieses mit Stickstoff gezapfte Bier erscheint mir zu kalt gezapft. Schal, wässrig, lasch, wer trinkt sowas?
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Aug 2006
at 22:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Dark amber to chestnut brown, medium-sized off-white, stable head, lively carbonation; distinctive fruity nose (ripe exotic fruit); sweet flavour with the faintest bitterness in the background, medium bodied; sweet fruity finish with traces of chocolate and toasted malt (a tinge of smoke...???)and only the faintest illusion of hops in the aftertaste.Well rounded, well hidden alcohol, warming. GOOD !
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2006
at 04:28
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Cask & Barrel, Edinburgh. Pale yellow color, creamy steady white head. Sweet, wheaty and honeyish hoppy nose. Grassy hoppy with good malty background. Very drinkable considering it’s only 3.4%.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2006
at 16:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Style 63/70 500ml bottle. Nose of caramelly malt, with a bit of ruit, and a very tiny smokiness. Amber color with a small beige head. Caramelly malt taste with a bit of smokiness from the malt and a little hop bitterness that lasts into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2006
at 12:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Light brown colour with a beige head. Aroma malt and caramel. Flavour is roasted caramel malt and hop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2006
at 01:54