Pilot
Microbrewery
in
Leith,
Midlothian,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Pilot was born when Matt Johnson and Patrick Jones met while studying for masters degrees in Brewing & Distilling at Heriot-Watt University in 2012. A shared view that there was something different to be done in brewing – not traditional real ales, but not just another U.S. craft beer clone either – led to home-brewing together, which eventually led to buying a second-hand brewhouse and moving to the heart of cosmopolitan Leith, commencing brewing right at the end of 2013.
We’ve never done things the easy way. We dismantled the plant ourselves. We moved it to Leith and rebuilt it ourselves. We dug out the drainage (pro-tip: pay real men to do that), installed the flues and built the cooling system ourselves. We design, brew and drink the beer ourselves. We are Pilot.
We’ve never done things the easy way. We dismantled the plant ourselves. We moved it to Leith and rebuilt it ourselves. We dug out the drainage (pro-tip: pay real men to do that), installed the flues and built the cooling system ourselves. We design, brew and drink the beer ourselves. We are Pilot.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
8.1abv big pink and clever... Light Pink head... Soft sweet raspberry fruit nose.. Big jammy nose... Big bih jam fruit.. Long sweet raspberry
Tried
on 06 Oct 2016
at 01:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
6.2 abv... Hazy Amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft big lactic fruit nose... Tart not even remotely soft fruits.. Long peach.. Light lactic finish But too much lactic in nose... Do like peach though
Tried
on 06 Oct 2016
at 01:55
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled @ GBBF Day 2. Opaque pale yellow color, small white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, wheat, limoncello, sweetish as well. Average body and carbonation. Meh.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2016
at 03:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2016, Olympia, London. A hazy golden/orange coloured pour with a healthy white head on top. Hoppy, orange, tropical fruit on the nose. Tastes quite similar, hoppy, orange, tropical fruit, slightly sweet. A touch of the Kernels about this one, very nice APA.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2016
at 03:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2016 - Day 5. Pours murky gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds zesty citrus, something akin to ginger, light rind. Light sweets about with pithy citrus, tangerine ring, ginger zip, pine needles. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Zesty finish, more pithy citrus and ginger. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2016
at 08:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF Saturday, 13/08/2016. A hazed orange coloured pour with a lasting loose off white head. Aroma is sweet earthy citrus tangerine, peach, wheat. Flavour is composed of semi sweet bready wheaty grains, raw orange zest, peach, grassy citrus. Palate is grainy, medium bodied, good cask condition. Good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2016
at 08:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at GBBF 2016. Hazy unfined orange colour lasting white head. orange and ginger flavour strongly herbal and orange. Not my thing.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2016
at 07:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Gbbf. Trübes hell orange goldenes Bier. Geruch fruchtig hopfig, dezent bitter, Orangen, grüner Tee. Geschmack sehr hopfig, Orangen, grapefruit, lange Bitterkeit, gut!
Tried
on 10 Aug 2016
at 11:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer with a thin head. Light coffee malt aroma. Flavour is coffee, creamy malt, chocolate, a touch of tangy fruit. Bitter chocolate aftertaste. Really nice.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2016
at 11:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at Mother Kelly’s - London. Pours unclear amber with a creamy, white head. The aroma holds toasted biscuits, pine, orange rind. Light sweet flavour with further rindy citrus, lightly toasted grains, piney bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Fi sines with a little piney resin, more grainy and lightly toasted malts, orange peel. Really enjoyable beer.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2016
at 11:10