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If you are a lover of hand-crafted real ales, then you should check out Alechemy Brewing. Our Edinburgh brewery is a small family run business that aims to provide a true alternative to the proliferation of mass produced and marketed beers. As an independent brewer, we are free to create a range of occasional speciality beers that compliment our core range of bottled and cask ales. We produce beers of all styles, so there is bound to be something in our range to please even the most experienced connoisseur.
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5.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2016 [ The 41th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 9th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Alechemy Wai-Iti Pale ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, candy, spicy, light caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, candy, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161014] 5-2-6-3-11
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2017 at 11:27

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ Olutravintola Pikkulintu, Klaavuntie 11, Helsinki, Finland 00910. [ As Alechemy Bring Out The Imp (Cotes du Rhone) ].Clear dark brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, light bgeige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, wine, grapes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark chocolate, licorice, sweet malt, wine, dark grapes. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170405] 8-4-8-4-15
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2017 at 14:21

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours clear amber, nose is smoked sausage, malty, toffee, taste is sweet, more like smoked cheese, dry, burnt toffee.
Tried from Cask on 01 Jun 2017 at 10:00

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Stockbridge tap. Pours hazy pale orange, nose is biscuity, lemon , grass, taste is sweet, burnt toffee, light fruit.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2017 at 01:47

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the Vanbrugh, Greenwich. Gold pour with a white head. Spice, grapefruit, bitter lemon, nelted butter in the nose. Flavours of grapefruit, splash of vanilla, lemon sherbet. Bitter finish. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 30 May 2017 at 09:20

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared on Level 42 18/05/2017. Many thanks to Daniel for this one. A mostly clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose dirty tan head. Aroma is earthy roast, oyster, brown sugars, mineral. Palate is semi sweet moderate carbonation, modrertate carbonation. Flavour is composed of woody roast, earthy roast, oyster, rustic farmyard roast. Little oak, vanilla.
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2017 at 15:51

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Daniel. Pours deep brown with a creamy, tan head. Nice aroma, moderate roast, brown bread, dried berries. Light-medium sweet flavour with dried berries, mellow chocolate, a little earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with more dried berries, mild cocoa, earth. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2017 at 15:58

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can split at L42, big thanks to Daniel, 18/05/17. Light grainy black with a decent tan cap. Nose is tangy dark fruits, spice, chocolate, toffe, light roast. Taste comprises spice, cocoa rub, fruit loaf, tangy red berry, charr, toffee, fruit loaf, dried fruits. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Ok.
Tried from Can on 18 May 2017 at 15:38


6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught@HBF2017. Amber colour, mediumsized creamy head. Aroma is floral,fruity, some mild earthy and nectary notes. Flavour is floral, fruity, some wooden and nectary notes with mild grainy and wooden notes in the finish.
Tried on 29 Apr 2017 at 11:05