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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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TBone (31510) reviewed
Edinburgh Pale Ale EPA (Cask) from Belhaven
20 years ago
6/10 — 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
Irishboy (4715) reviewed
St. Andrews Amber Ale (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
6.4/10 — 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
gunnfryd (22478) reviewed
St. Andrews Amber Ale (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
5.5/10 — 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
Ibrew2or3 (10892) reviewed
Scottish Ale / Export (Bottle & Keg) from Belhaven
20 years ago
4.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Clear copper color with off white head. Medium strength aroma. Smells like a barn full of wet hay. The smell seems to be both the bad and good aromas that would come from a barn. After tasting it and can tell they were shooting for a peaty flavor. What I taste is a bit too much Melanoidin Malts maybe. If it is peated malts then it seems like wet soggy peat rather than smoky. I do pick up on a little bit of sweet caramel malts and not much in the way of hops.
Tried from Can on 11 Jul 2006 at 05:31
Tessic (2442) reviewed
Blueberry (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
This fruit beer has a unbelievable blueberry scent to it. To the nose there is not much more than jam to the nose. It pours a light clear yellow with a bright white head. First sip is a little sweet but full of blueberry flavour. The beer itself is a little weak and a bit watery but it isn’t the worst I have ever had. Good for 1 or 2 on a hot afternoon.
Tried on 10 Jul 2006 at 20:44
Boutip (10207) reviewed
Blueberry (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
3.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Bottle: Poured a bright yellow color ale with a huge bubbly white head with minimal retention. Aroma of blueberry syrup is quite intense. Taste is dominated by the cheap blueberry extract with a weak malt base and little or no hops. I guess this is just another weak fruit beer to add to the collection.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2006 at 13:09
Anders37 (30296) reviewed
St. Andrews Amber Ale (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear amber colour with an off-white head. Fruity malty aroma with hints of tea. Fruity malty flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweet mouthfeel. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2006 at 10:05
TBone (31510) reviewed
Twisted Thistle IPA (5.6%)(bottle/keg) from Belhaven
20 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. BB 05/2007 Golden yellow color, small but firm creamy head. Fresh hoppy nose with tobacco notes. In the flavor cascade hops are evident. Lemony hoppy, almost like lemon juice would have been added here. Feels more than 5,3% (as my bottle claimed). Ok beer but could have more soul.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2006 at 03:04
Fin (18756) reviewed
Fruit Beer (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
4.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle from Sainsbury’s Kidlington. Orangey colour with a tinge of sourness on the nose, tasted of not much really fruit concentrate and water shan’t be having this again.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2006 at 00:47
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Fruit Beer (Bottle) from Belhaven
20 years ago
5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
50cl bottle from Sainsbury. Not surprisingly, I prefer the cask version. This is just so unrelated and non-integrated I can’t believe it. Fruits of the forest with some wondering minstrel of a beer passing it by. I wouldn’t mind having this as a mouth wash at the dentist. Some vanilla, some hop on end. But fruit flavours go wandering about by themselves with no malt base to attach themselves too. Fruit/vanilla concoction is nice, but overall, I really would prefer to gargle with it than have to drink it.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2006 at 17:39