Loch Ness Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Drumnadrochit,
Highland,
Scotland 🏴
Owned by
Cairngorm Brewery
Established in 2011
Description
Brewing began in 2011 using a two-barrel plant in the grounds of the Benleva Hotel. The brewery moved in 2012 to nearby premises using an eight-barrel plant.
Went into liquidation in mid-2016 after which the brand and recipes bought by Cairngorm and continue to be brewed
Went into liquidation in mid-2016 after which the brand and recipes bought by Cairngorm and continue to be brewed
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear golden with a thin white head. Fruit and bread aroma, flavour is corn syrup, grass, spice. Decent lager
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2020
at 22:48
6/10
Favourite ness
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
5/10
Light and fruity
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
6/10
Tidy stout
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
5/10
Not a bad ale
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up at Cairngorm Brewery. It pours very slightly hazy pale orange with a small foamy white head. The aroma is sweet, fresh, big elderflower, foamy banana candy, spice, minty vibes and clove rock. The taste is crisp, dry, light bitterness, elderflower, slightly soapy, green banana, some warming peppery spice, clove and a twist of citrus with a drying finish. Average body and fine, lively carbonation. Pretty quaffable and easy going. Decent elderflower vibes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2019
at 19:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cairngorm Brewery. It pours clear medium brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is sweet, toasty, brown bread, malt loaf, caramel, toffee, pie crust, dried fruits and fruit cake. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, toasty grain, nutty, brown bread, earth, leather, tannin, malt loaf, touch of spicenand soke burnt toast with a drying finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2019
at 18:41
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Keg at Loch Ness Inn. It pours clear golden with a small white head. The aroma is quite soft, sweet, doughy, bready, cornbread, cereal and grain. The taste is crisp, firmly dry, sweet bready malt base, cornbread, grassy, slightly chalky, toasty grain and some floral vibes with a drying finish. Light to medium body and moderate, prickly carbonation. A fairly ok lager, but there are plenty better out there.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2019
at 17:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Didn't feel like a bitter. Was much more interesting. Dark fruits, boozy but without big body. Interesting earthy taste, lightly spicy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Wilder Ness (3.9% Bitter) on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:02 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle. Didn't feel like a bitter. Was much more interesting. Dark fruits, boozy but without big body. Interesting earthy taste, lightly spicy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Hoppy but bit of spice too. Lemon, bit of skunk. Strange. My least favourite of the 5 we had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02