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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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Straw Aroma, light apple and wet paper. Full mouth feel, soft carb. Dried straw, pale cereals.... Hints of grass. Pretty boring.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:08

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 3
Clear amber pour, no head. Aroma of.............yup, still searching.............faint apples, wet paper, light cereals. Watery mouth feel, low carb. Finish is low on bitterness, slightly sour apple finish, wet paper, minerals. Tasted like they butchered this beer for the US market. By far the worst in the pack.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:38

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Black pour, with ruby hues, and a small white head. Sweet malty aroma, nice roasted malts, sweet caramels, and some nice cereals. Lively carb, some body. A nice sweet roasty amlt finish, with a medium bitterness, and some subtle piney hops.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:36

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Aroma of British hops, nice and sharp citrus hops with touches of pine and a slight biscuit malt. The flavor is very malty and quite bready with a slight metallic peat flavor. Finish is sweet on the malt with a lingering bitterness.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:17

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Nitro can.
Cheap sweet malts. Next to no hops. Very sweet, light bitter finish with a toffee honey aftertaste. Meh.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:17

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
500ml bottle.
Pours a deep gold color, loads of carbonation. Aroma smack of artifical blueberry. Flavour is big time artificiala, dn slightly salty? I don’t know, every time i have a blueberry beer, i get this salty artificial taste. weird.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:02

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
this was a great IPA. this is a good example that american IPA’s dont have to be uber hoppy to be hoppy and flavourful. great hoppy nose, but its not insanely bitter. a really refreshing beer, very well made, one of my favorites.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:01

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle.
aroma is sweet malt, and caramel. Flavour is again, big on the malt, and caramel, with slight apple notes,and sweet figs. Finish is quite malty,with a good hop kick. Really nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:37

3.1/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 3 Overall 11
Bottiglia. Un territorio olfattivo dominato da liquirizia e caffè. La finezza olfattiva è normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma resiste poco. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è come l'inchiostro nero. Il corpo è rotondo. Il dolce è medio in equilibrio con l'amaro medio. La forza gustativa è normale e si prolunga in modo sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di facile beva.Il finale è semplice e dissetante. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Il tetto della bocca porta note di caramello, miele, cioccolato, liquirizia, pane cotto di recente e agrumi.
Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 11:47

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Old rating from 2016 - 330ml bottle, pours black with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, chocolate, cherries, oats, liquorice & toasted malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2025 at 10:39