Cold Town Beer

Microbrewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated Venue: Cold Town House

Established in 2018

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8-10 Dunedin Street, Edinburgh, EN7 4JB, Scotland
Description
Scotland has a deeply fascinating history when it comes to brewing and we wanted to pay homage to these roots when creating our name. Calton Hill Brewery in Edinburgh was the first brewery in Britain to create lager way back in 1835. The small suburb that the brewery called it’s home earned the name Cauld Toon as it sat directly in the in the cold shadow of Arthur’s Seat. Over time, this colloquially became Cal-ton. Carlton Hill could therefore be known as Cold Town Hill, and suddenly our name was born.

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5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Keg at the Cold Town taproom, Edinburgh, 24/02/23. Clear golden with a good sized lasting white cap. Nose is toasted malts, grains, grass, hit of lemon, cereals. Taste comprises pale malts, grass, hedgerow, straw, cereals. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so lager ... rather cold and bland.
Tried from Draft on 06 Apr 2023 at 10:24

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Keg at the Cold Town taproom, Edinburgh, 24/02/23. Clear golden to light amber with a good sized just off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is pale malts, grass, melon, tangerine. Taste comprises orange zest, airy malts, citric tinged straw, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with mellow grassy hop bitterness. A rather basic and simplistic affair.
Tried from Draft on 06 Apr 2023 at 10:15

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml can from Morrisons, Redcar. Clear golden colour white foam head and aroma of citrus, fruity, vegetal. Taste is sweetish, malty, mellow citrus, fruity hop with some bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 25 Mar 2023 at 19:37

6/10
On keg at Meggetland sports centre - cloudy yellow body with a solid white head. Nose is fresh and grassy with a light watery citrus touch. Taste grows on you, it's not bad.
Tried on 17 Mar 2023 at 18:59

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can from Irma. Appearance - rose to iron bru with a quickly disappearing head. Nose - light raspberry and general creaminess. Taste - creamy raspberry going into strawberry. Palate - light bodied and very light sourness. Overall - OK.
Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2023 at 20:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Beers of Europe. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of orange peel and toffee, light spice. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2023 at 09:07

6/10
Tried on 24 Feb 2023 at 22:00

6/10
Tried on 24 Feb 2023 at 21:42

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Can from Lidl or Aldi. It pours clear golden - amber with a small, frothy white head. The aroma is fairly subued, soft, jammy red berry, raspberry, tangy, vanilla, shortbread and grain. The taste is dryish, grain, bitter - sweet, soapy/floral, biscuit, vanilla yoghurt, lactose and not so much jammy berry on the taste with a drying finish. Average body and fine carbonation. Not as sweet as feared, but not really a lot to it. Meh.
Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2023 at 15:23

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Aldi or Lidl. It pours clear pink - red with a small white head. The aroma is fairly muted, tangy, jammy raspberry, lactic, natural yoghurt and raspberry cheesecake. The taste is crisp, dry, sweet - sour, tangy, juicy red berry, sweet raspberry jammy, fairly soft and muted and a touch of natural yoghurt with a shott, dryish finish. Light body and fine, prickly carbonation. Simple raspberry sour. Drinks fine.
Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2023 at 15:40