Taboada (8889) reviewed IPA from Speyside 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml. bottle. @Dornie Accomodation, Dornie (Scotland). 05/08/2023 [#6.675 Global - #212 Scotland - #1 Speyside Brewery (My Scottish Brewery #71)] Pours amber with a white head. Aroma: grapefruit and orange zest. Taste: orange zest, pith and heavy biscuit malts. Malty aftertaste. Medium bitterness. Next one please!
Scopey (25220) reviewed IPA from Speyside 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at Casc, Aberdeen. It pours ever so slightly hazy deep golden with little evidence of a head. The aroma is oily, sappy, sticky, resinous, ripe citrus, grapefruit, touch of marmalade, green herbal accents and some meatiness. The taste is slick, oily, sappy, resinous, green, herbal, grassy, bitter - sweet, pithy, zesty, grapefruit, bitter waxy rind and some prickly peppery spice with a dry, toothy finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and fairly heavy mouth feel. Sits a bit heavy and oily for the style. Ho hum. Hopefully Speyside can step up from what feels like quite a disappointing relaunch....
Scopey (25220) reviewed Lager from Speyside 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at Casc, Aberdeen. It pours clear lager yellow with a small, but sturdy white head. The aroma is bit sweaty, farty even, pale toasted grain, cheap doughy white bread, rich tea biscuit and something grassy/herbal. The taste is quite crisp, dry, has a certain sharpness, lemony citrus zing, pithy, zesty, custard cream biscuits, lemon curd, toasty grain and dull sweetness with a dry, pithy finish. Average body and carbonation. Better than a macro offering, but fairly so-so overall.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Amber from Speyside 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Keg at Casc, Aberdeen. It pours clear golden - amber with a fluffy white cap. The aroma is biscuity malt, rivita, nutty, toasty grain, cereal, supermarket and touch of dried fruits. The taste is dry, toasty grain upfront, bitter - sweet, dull caramel, brown bread, biscuit, rivita, dusty, leafy hops and a touch of spice with a short, dry finish. Average body and fine carbonation. A fairly run of the mill bitter by all accounts. Drinkable enough mind you.
Olut (22183) reviewed Randolph's Leap Lager from Speyside 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Wrekin Whiskies, Shrewsbury. Deeper golden with an extremely thin head. Has some citrus, but is generally an uninspiring and slightly dry tasting lager styled brew.
eurosoba (18828) ticked Bow Fiddle Blonde from Speyside 3 years ago
22/06/2019. CASTLE TAVERN, 1 View Place, INVERNESS, Highland, Scotland
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tap@Brewdog Collabfest, Tower Hill, London (18/10/2019) - brown with a tan head. Toasted and ashy charred malty, notes of burnt and light smoked malt, just some vague fruity undertones, medium body, how is this a witbier.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at BD Sheps Boost, 18/10/19. Chestnut brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is nutty, wheat, brown bread. hint of nana. Taste comprises light smoke, banana bread, malty bite, biscuit, light spice. Ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours deep ruby, nose banana, ashes, sweat, taste is similar, grass, musty, oh dear. 4/4/4/2/8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at Brewdog shepherds Bush. A clear chestnut brown coloured pour with a a fine halo of tan head. Aroma is earthy twiggy malts, chestnut. Flavour is composed of thin nutty malts, toast, soggy toast, faint banana, wishy washy. Palate is semi sweet thin, watery, lowish carbonation. Meh. Little woody in the finish.