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 8 Overall 6
Keg at the London 6 day. A clear amber orange coloured pour with a thin off white head. Aroma is grassy hop, light toffee, biscuity. Flavour is composed of light toffee, grassy hedgerow hop. Simple stuff. Palate is medium sweet, chewy resin, moderate carbonation. Not terrible.
Tried on 29 Oct 2017 at 13:53

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 13/10/2017. Deep brown in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Some floral hops, orange peel and berry fruits, spicy malts and a moderately dry finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 24 Oct 2017 at 14:16

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the standing order. Pours deep amber, nose is light roasted malts, lemon, toffee, taste is sweet, floral, orange.
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2017 at 01:40

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at The George, Croydon. It pours clear very dark brown with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, bit of treacle, oily dark fruits, bit of plum and plain chocolate. The taste is bitter - sweet, charred pine, resin, peppery spice, cocoa powder, coffee grounds, sweet roasted malt, earth and treacle with a drying and toasty finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Not much depth and a touch oily. Fair.
Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2017 at 08:02

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the ledger building Jdw a chestnut brown coloured pour with a a lasting speckled beige head. Aroma is dusty cooking chocolate, nutty malts light marker pen. Palate is semi sweet ok cask condition. Grainy finish. Flavour is composed of nutty twiggy malts, little solvent, harsh alcohol cakey malts. Coco powder. Not great.
Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2017 at 12:28

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma is caramel and burnt mango hop. Taste is mostly caramel with some banana and mango hop on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2017 at 15:22

4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
330ml bottle. Pours dark caramel orange with a large frothy head. Aroma is tea, caramel and cardboard. Taste has caramel and tea. Some veg, a little tropical fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2017 at 15:07

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tried in Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Slightly floral aroma, and light sweet taste. Fresh body.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2017 at 12:41

7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
On keg at Edinburgh Waverley Station
Tried on 15 Sep 2017 at 09:54

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours caramel orange with a medium head. Aroma is sherbet lemon and tropical fruit. Taste has some tropical fruit, caramel and tea.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2017 at 15:07