Islay Ales

Microbrewery in Bridgend, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2004

Contact
Islay House Square, Bridgend, PA44 7NZ, Scotland
Description
Islay Ales was founded by Paul Hathaway, Paul Capper and Walter Schobert in 2004. The brewery has a 4 barrel brewing plant that produces all their ales in cask and bottle-conditioned format; therefore, the beers are never pasteurised or filtered.

In July 2018 Donald MacKenzie and Mackay Smith - ''The Islay Boys'' - took over the brewery with one goal in mind: to reconquer the hearts and minds - and tastebuds! - of the good people of Islay, and of course the many visitors to the island, by brewing straightforward, taste-upfront beers. We rely on experience, taste and aroma to guide our brewing process.

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at SRAF 2011. Pours copper amber, nose is caramel, toffee, light fruit, taste is sweet, nutty, toffee.

Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2015 at 01:41


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at SRAF 2010. Pours golden yellow, nose is citrus, toffee, taste is light orange, dry toffee, grassy.

Tried from Cask on 15 Sep 2015 at 01:34


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at SRAF 2010. Pours deep amber brown, nose is light fruit, malty, taste is sweet and malty.

Tried from Cask on 15 Sep 2015 at 01:33


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Tried on 13 Aug 2015 at 16:30


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

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Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2015 at 09:20


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled (from AbM, old backlog). Deep brown/black colour with a mediumsized brown head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, chocolate as well as some cereals and mild grassy notes. Flavour is coffee, liquorice, ashes, roasted malts along with some ripe fruit and mild metallic notes as well.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 12:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled (from AbM, old backlog). Hazy deep ambery brown colour with not that much head. Aroma is spices, some wood, fruity and earthy notes. Flavour is spices, caramel, some mild wood and herbal notes.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 12:54


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled (from AbM, old backlog). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, some herbal and mild melted rubbery notes as well. Flavour is wooden, floral, fruity, resiny and some quite dry earthiness.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 12:53


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled (from AbM, old backlog). Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is nutty, fruity, wooden, floral and mildly toffeeish. Flavour is dry wood, mild nuttiness, some bitterness along with mild tartness to it. seems like some infection going on, but not overtaken the beer yet.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 12:52


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottled (from AbM, old backlog). Hazy amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is mild wood, fruits, sulphur, some metal and mild leathery notes. Flavour is fruity, wooden, sulphur, mild leather and some light bitterness. Quite much like Saligo, but a bit darker in colour.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 12:50