Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Dark amberish ruby colour with mediumsized beige head. Malt and caramel in aroma. Flavour is roasted malts with sweet caramel. The roastiness is pretty deep down below. Wellbalanced though.
TBone (30139) reviewed Wildcat (Cask) from Cairngorm Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask@Tennent’s, Glasgow. Dark brown color, decent creamy off-white head. Sweet brown sugar and glue in the aroma. Toffee and some alcohol in the flavor. Mild Scottish ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled on board of "Jacobite Queen" @Loch Ness. Dark brown, decent creamy tan head. Woody, salty-hoppy nose. Malty toffeish with hints of licorice and oak. Mildly hoppy in the aftertaste - nice malty background.
TBone (30139) reviewed Trade Winds from Cairngorm Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask@Northern Bar, Edinburgh. Pale yellow, creamy off-white head. Sweetish and honeyish hoppy nose. Starts watery and a sweet fruity. Then very good grassy hoppy flavor, which even multiplies in the aftertaste.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed White Lady from Cairngorm Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at GBBF 2005] An unclear orange beer with an orange head. The aroma is slightly fruity, while the flavor is fruity combined with notes of ginger on a slightly malty background, and with a dry hoppy end.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed White Lady from Cairngorm Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at GBBF 2005 Surprise of the festival for me. Cloudy amber/orange coloure, lasting off white head, spicey nsoe some bubblegum. Smooth in mouth with nice cinnamon spicey/hoppy finish. Really nice and could easily of had a couple of these 4.1/5. Re-rate bottle from Sainsburys Ashford. Clear orange gold with thin lasting white head. Some soap some whit beer style aroma. Soft in mouth. Yes a touch of soap some biscuit. Yes it’s fine. Nice mouthfeel. Some decent hop and bitterness on finish. Some cheese on aroma. 3.0/5
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Trade Winds from Cairngorm Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Cask conditioned at the 32nd Cambridge Beer Festival, gravity dispense. Golden colour, moderate natural carbonation. Lovely INTENSE hoppy aroma - fruits (citrus), honey, flowers. Flavour is extremely pleasant and well balanced with a citrussy hoppiness throughout. One of the best session beers I’ve had.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Trade Winds from Cairngorm Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask conditioned at NERAX 4/28/2005
Light yellow, butter colored beer, with a bit of white head, quickly dissipating to bubbles. Aroma of soft vanilla and lavender. Flavor is "really good and malty for how light it is" or so say my notes. Not much wheat apparency, surprisingly light bodied but not sourish at all. Hints of cream and sugar, soft, tingly carbonation. Great aroma that shows you can have a light, floral aroma without a hugely hoppy flavor. A bit watery, but to be expected I suppose. 7/3/7/3/14
Cask at NERAX on 5/3/07
As others say, I dont pick up on the elderflower, but this is a lovely beer with a wonderful nose full of mandarin oranges (though not that sweet). Just wonderfully unique and how they get that much juicy, but not aggressive hop character in to the nose is beyond me. Clean, as well, but the wheat struggles to keep up the bright, perky nose...
The flavor suffers a bit (I think) from the wheat/corn, and seems a little bit chewy/thick. While it’s still fairly well attenuated and has a good sense of hoppiness, I think this would better work on just a regular blonde ale or bitter malt bill. Good carbonation somewhat ameliorates the problem however. A touch of diacetyl on the finish, perhaps? Still great stuff. 8/3/7/3/14
omhper (44752) reviewed Wildcat (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottled. Nut brown. Heavily grassy. Light bodied with clean, harsh mouthfeel. Roasty with sharp bitterness.
omhper (44752) reviewed Stag (Bottle) from Cairngorm Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Mahogany colour. Roasty, buttery malt aroma. Dry with some harsh metal but also plenty of roasty malt. Inky, bitter finish.