Tennent Caledonian (Wellpark Brewery)
Commercial Brewery
in
Glasgow,
Glasgow,
Scotland 🏴
Owned by
C&C Group Plc.
Associated Venue: Tennent Caledonian Breweries
Established in 1556
Contact
161 Duke Street, Glasgow, UK - G31 2AQ, Scotland
Description
Tennent Caledonian is Scotland’s pre-eminent brewer. Based at the historic Wellpark brewery in Glasgow, we brew an industry-leading portfolio of beers led by the iconic Tennent’s Lager and Caledonia Best – for home and export markets across the world, including the USA, Canada and Europe. We employ over 300 people across the production and commercial arms of our business. Since 2009 we have been part of C&C Group plc, the company behind the successful international Magners cider brands.
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear orange color, medium creamy head. Smooth, creamy, bitter. Uninteresting beer.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2004
at 10:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear redbrown color, short head. Aroma of caramel malt, hops. Bitter and sweet taste. Bit sticky palate.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2004
at 10:03
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Clear yellow color, short head. Skunky aroma, hoppy and grainy. Bitter hoppy pils taste. Quite dry palate.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2004
at 09:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Beige-straw color, lightly rusty, filtered and clear, with a nice sized white head on it. Aroma of hops, lightly medicinal and quite spicy. Flavor is surprisingly medium-full and quite well-blanced between bitter hops and nice soft malt (light toffee, sweet bread (diacetyl?). Very unique and quite good. Almost like there are some soft, yellow fruit esters in here, either that or just lots of yeast apparency. Another person I was with ordered a Stella and as I did a side-by-side tasting, it really showcased how much better tennents is (and how awful Stella is).
Tried
on 15 Mar 2004
at 09:25
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
This one was from a bottle and poured a golden yellow with a weak head. Small amount of yeast in the nose. Some straw notes. Initial taste was good with light flavours of hops. Couldn't really find much else, very watery. The finish was slightly salty with a small amount of bitterness. Not much of a palate. Little skunky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2004
at 01:53
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A yellow beer with a fine head. The aroma is sweet malty, and so is the flavor, though the flavor also contains notes of hops. An average lager.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2004
at 01:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I found this for sale in the USVI (ST Thomas) and hadn't tried it. Somewhat of a mildly sharp burnt aroma comes from a creamy thick head. Some sweetness but the balance is more towards the bitter side. If you have tasted Stouts in the Caribbean, you know that chances are the Stouts will be somewhat heavy and strong and this is no exception.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2004
at 14:35
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draft version, thin head, taste like an European lager (Stella, Kronenbourg)...nothing special
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2003
at 23:21
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Oily an sulphury hop aroma. Pours a nice red amber with a creamy head. Lightbodied, but that is to be expected for a beer with 3.5% ABV. Unfortunately light on taste as well. Acidic aftertaste
Tried
on 07 Sep 2003
at 13:17
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
This is an ok lager but has much too high a price tag for what you get......
Tried
on 14 Jan 2003
at 11:02