Subsidiaries
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at sraf ... copper ... soft fruits light juicy mellow ho... light oily ... soft low carbonation ... juicy fruits ... light juicy orange ...juicy nice and easy
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2012
at 08:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 4.5
10th April 2010
Clear red brown beer. Semi soft and semi dry palate. Watery beer! A little creamy malt and a little fresh orange and strawberry. Not a bad flavour but the beer is too watery.
Clear red brown beer. Semi soft and semi dry palate. Watery beer! A little creamy malt and a little fresh orange and strawberry. Not a bad flavour but the beer is too watery.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 04:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap @ Ghillie Dhu, Edinburgh. Pours golden with a decent head. The nose has pale malt, some honey and just a hint of fruit, perhaps apples. The taste has more of the same but the malt is definitely more prominent. The palate has a medium body and texture with a not quite clean finish. Overall, decent but not worth getting another.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2012
at 13:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Ghillie Dhu. Pours dark amber to black with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has honey nut cornflakes. The taste has more of the same and a nutty note too. The palate is medium with a creamy structure and a reasonably elegant finish. Overall, the best Arran beer I’ve had.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jun 2012
at 13:51
5/10
Tried
on 02 Jun 2012
at 22:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
April 2010: Wasn’t too sure what to expect from this 500ml brown bottle of ’Blonde’. I poured the beer (in three instalments) into my Veltins Pilsner stemmed tulip glass. The beer was a clear golden blonde, a slightly deeper gold than a typical lager, but with the same sort of pure white head. The smell was of hops, as was the main taste and it was obvious from the first sip and smell it wasn’t a lager based beer, but an ale of some sort. The malted wheat gave the beer a flowery feel and a floral flavour, very summery. The bottle asked for the beer to be served chilled, it was. All in all a pleasant beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2012
at 13:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tall brown 500ml bottle: best before 31 Oct 2012, poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard early Mar 2012. Pale amber, light copper in colour, bright and clean looking. The head looked good for 20 seconds, it then started to shrink and within a minute it has retreated to a collar and wispy covering: pity. The aroma was a heady mix of yeasts and hops with a mild malty undertone. The taste leans towards hops, especially initially. The malted wheat and barley appear mid-mouthfull, preventing the hop bitterness completely taking over the flavours. Different and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2012
at 05:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
True blonde ale with great texture and excellent taste to match. Looks good too.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2012
at 13:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask @ the Bow Bar. Pours dark amber with a proportionate head. The nose has spices - dried orange and cinnamon I get. The taste has more of the same and now I get the ginger. The palate is medium bodied with a medium thick texture and a decent clean finish. Overall, the best I’ve had from Arran.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2012
at 02:33
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from Sainsbury’s Nairn.
Dark golden brown, very thin head that dissipates to nothing.
Aroma - Not much here, some roasted malts, slight hint of chocolate, hay.
Tastes of roasted and toasted malt, earthy. Rather rough and not great.
Palate is thin, low carb, very dry, rough, sourish finish.
Overall - Sub-standard bitter.
Dark golden brown, very thin head that dissipates to nothing.
Aroma - Not much here, some roasted malts, slight hint of chocolate, hay.
Tastes of roasted and toasted malt, earthy. Rather rough and not great.
Palate is thin, low carb, very dry, rough, sourish finish.
Overall - Sub-standard bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2011
at 15:11