Caledonian Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Owned by Heineken UK
Associated Venue: Caledonian Brewing Company - Out of business

Established in 1869

Closed in 2022

Contact
42 Slateford Road, Edinburgh, EH11 1PH, Scotland

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6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at The Edinburgh Castle, labeled as Caledonian Edinburgh Castle
Pours clear dark amber with a medium off-white head, good lacing. Bisquity, toffee, dark fruit and mild bitters
Good
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2018 at 17:36

6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at The Masons Arms, Warkworth. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light corn and grassy hops. Taste is light sweet, more grassiness. Light sweet finish.
Tried on 24 Jul 2018 at 15:24

6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
I can't pretend I went into this with high expectations but it's a perfectly drinkable APA. Crisp, bitter citrus, a bit of malty caramel. It's not special but it does the job.
Tried from Can on 01 Jul 2018 at 14:05

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg at the White Lion Inn, Patterdale, Cumbria. Clear amber with a good white head and a light fizz. Fresh, leafy, flowery hops with pink grapefruit and a touch of biscuit. Reasonable body. Refreshing. Much better than I have come to expect from Caley.
Tried on 27 Jun 2018 at 23:03

4.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
66cl bottle from Morrisons, Bracknell. A slightly hazy straw coloured pour with a billowing off-white head that fell back to leave a depressingly scummy appearance; malty aroma; sweet malty taste with little sign of any hops. OK to drink after cutting the lawn (as I had just done), but not recommended for any other other occassion.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2018 at 18:31

5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Okay white head on top of carbonated yellow. Big smell of cabbage. Flavour is more cabbage and a watery finish. God that kid in the apartment below has been screaming all day! I think he needs a beer.
Tried on 14 Jun 2018 at 14:21

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Asda. Amber in colour, with a big and tight, off-white, head. Sweetish, citrus hop and marmalade aroma. Flavour had pineapple, tangerine and pine notes, some crisp malts and a dryish finish. A good effort by Caledonian.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2018 at 19:54

5/10
Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2018 at 18:58

5.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
660ml my from local offie. It pours clear amber with a thick, foamy white head. The aroma reminds of tennents actually, pale lagery malts, sweet floury bread, chalky, cracker, grass, lager shandy, lemon and lime. The taste is crisp, firm dryness, chalky, doughy white bread, rather grassy, straw, soda water and a bit of pepper with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate to high, foamy carbonation. Tastes like a lager, best served as cold as possible for refreshment reasons only. Fair.
Tried on 27 May 2018 at 09:31

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg, pint at the Pheasant. Medium amber with small skin of head. Aroma is non-existent. Taste brings some generic maltiness to the brew, a small hint of hops too. More like an American amber than an IPA.
Tried from Can on 21 May 2018 at 16:35