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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sparkling brown.thick off white head. Light pleasant malt nose. Smooth and malty,malty,malty.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2003
at 13:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A beutiful golden beer with a good head. It has a fresh slightly fruity aroma. And a nice malt flavor at first, but it is very light and almost watery but ends on a nice dry bitterness. An OK beer but not extraordinary.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2002
at 09:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
An amber beer with great head. The aroma is very complex with hints of fruit, malt and banana. The flavor is fruity and prickling with spices. It''s a great flavor yet a little special
Tried
on 23 Nov 2002
at 05:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark red beer with a good head. The aroma is fruity and a bit sour. It is very sweet for a Brittish ale. The flavor is typically ale fruity with some unrecognizable spices and hints of the alcohol content and in ends in a slight bitterness. A very nice ale.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2002
at 05:14
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A red beer with a good head. It has a slightly fruity aroma. And a good sweet powerful flavor.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2002
at 13:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Enjoyable, deep malty beer. Full caramel/toffee presence in the aroma and flavor, with a hint at peat and earthy bitterness in the finish. Not very heavy, which makes this a great combination of full malt flavor and drinkability. Nice dark orange-amber color and large thick head and lace.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2002
at 22:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This beer was like eating almond chicken. I think it was awesome. Smooth and even are the definite words here, had it from the nitro keg so it was perfect. Rich taste and a yellow-white creamy head of about an inch that remained. Rerate. Bottle 2003. Still on par with what I remember, smooth, creamy, nutty and medium bodied, perhaps less so than on keg. The flavor screams nougat, and there is a hops presence, possibly saaz.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2002
at 13:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Beautiful brown beer similar to the strong bitters in appearance. The flavour is largely caramel mixed with coffee, which takes a while to get use to. Drinkable and fairly pleasuarable.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2002
at 15:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Medium bodied, somewhat raosted flavour.....................................
Tried
on 26 Jun 2002
at 09:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Dark black beer with little head. It had a sour fruit aroma like some Belgium beers. Awful was the word that sprung to mind at the time of drinking.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2002
at 14:40