Cross Borders Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Dalkeith,
Midlothian,
Scotland 🏴
Associated Venue: Portobello Tap
Established in 2016
Contact
Unit 28/1, Hardengreen Industrial Estate, Dalkeith, EH22 3NX, Scotland
Description
Cross Borders’ origins trace back to an illicit biscuit cartel run by our two founders in primary school. This brewery IS THE RESULT OF YEARS OF friendship, HARD WORK, EXPERIENCE, AND a refusal to grow up. Based in leafy midlothian we brew braw beer you’ll want to drink again and again (responsibly of course).
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Heriot watt beer festival. Pours hazy amber, nose is mango, floral ,pineapple, taste is sweet, ripe mango, floral. 7
Tried
on 02 May 2026
at 14:13
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at the taproom. Pours hazy orange, nose is funk, yeasty, spice, taste is juicy fruit, sweet, funky. 7
Tried
on 23 Apr 2026
at 10:01
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at the taproom. Pours hazy red, nose is caramel, pine, toffee, taste is zesty, pine, toffee, caramel. 7
Tried
on 23 Apr 2026
at 09:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - deep red to brown and opaque. Foamy off-white head.
Nose - red fruit, caramel and lashings of pine.
Taste - pine, red fruit including fruit tannin notes. Dry toffee and burnt bread.
Palate - medium bodied, complex, bitter, tannic and a bit gnarly to approach. That said, the complexity means it's a great challenge to take on.
Overall - good stuff!
Appearance - deep red to brown and opaque. Foamy off-white head.
Nose - red fruit, caramel and lashings of pine.
Taste - pine, red fruit including fruit tannin notes. Dry toffee and burnt bread.
Palate - medium bodied, complex, bitter, tannic and a bit gnarly to approach. That said, the complexity means it's a great challenge to take on.
Overall - good stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 09 Oct 2025
at 18:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - murky solid yellow with a big lively white head.
Nose - some green hop bitterness but basically it's mango and mango skin.
Taste - ripe mango with some mango skin and grassy bitterness.
Palate - medium bodied, sweet and then bitter dry.
Overall - not into adjunct beers but this works very well!
Appearance - murky solid yellow with a big lively white head.
Nose - some green hop bitterness but basically it's mango and mango skin.
Taste - ripe mango with some mango skin and grassy bitterness.
Palate - medium bodied, sweet and then bitter dry.
Overall - not into adjunct beers but this works very well!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 08 Oct 2025
at 19:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - murky yellow with a fizzy snow white head.
Nose - pineapple, ripe melon and lemon curd.
Taste - ripe, juicy melon and pineapple.
Palate - light bodied, very creamy in texture, light bitterness.
Overall - juicy, all pleasure, no pain!
Appearance - murky yellow with a fizzy snow white head.
Nose - pineapple, ripe melon and lemon curd.
Taste - ripe, juicy melon and pineapple.
Palate - light bodied, very creamy in texture, light bitterness.
Overall - juicy, all pleasure, no pain!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 08 Oct 2025
at 17:00
6.5/10
Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2025
at 12:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at the bow bar ..hazy mango ..thin white lacing ...soft mango ..Light dry floral fruit ..soft dry mango ..soft easy
Tried
on 25 Sep 2025
at 14:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Slightly opaque gold. No head. Aroma is citrusy, sugary. Citrusy. Light malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2025
at 09:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Golden pour topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is mellow citric peel, grass, melon, light breads.
Taste comprises tangerine, papaya, melon, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough cask pale.
Golden pour topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is mellow citric peel, grass, melon, light breads.
Taste comprises tangerine, papaya, melon, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough cask pale.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 09:28