Bute Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Established in 2014
Contact
65 High Street, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, PA20 9AU, Scotland
Description
Bute Yard’s first success story, Bute Brew Co, is back by popular demand and has reopened for business, establishing a new home for craft brewing on Bute. The brewery will run its tap room at Bute Yard, offering a variety of beer made on site, including craft lager, fruity pale ales and IPA. Watch this space as the brewery is inspired to bring us many more tasty inventions in the future. Tasting flights are available, booking required.
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440ml can from brewery shop - cloudy amber body with a firm white head. Big banana nose, expected that, more in the way of flowery profile elsewhere. Banana aftertaste, it is what it says on the tin. Banana lager.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2026
at 18:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from brewery shop - very slightly foggy golden body with a firm white head. Sweetish citrus character with a nice bitter pine twang at the end, smooth syrupy mouthfeel and long tangy juicy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2026
at 18:14
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can from Bute Brewery - Slightly hazy gold, short lived head. Clean, slightly malty, plenty of grassy hops, fairly easy going without too many highlights or negatives.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Apr 2026
at 20:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
440ml can from brewery shop - slightly hazy gold, big lasting white top. Sharp citrus hop, a little metallic, grassy finish. Good body and flavour for something with such a low ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2026
at 19:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle. From notes. Coffee, slight ash, slight sour note, roast, light smoke. I didn't get much of the pine or spice. Mouth feel was slick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2018
at 09:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from notes. Toffee, spice, apple. slight pepper. Rye like taste. Body was reasonably slick. Enjoyable enough, and the better of the beers I had from the brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2018
at 09:54
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. From notes. toffee, surprisingly light hops,slight tropical flavour. Was very dark amber for an IPA. I wondered if it was a slightly old bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2018
at 09:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at SRAF 2018...Hazy amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet floral toffee fruit nose.. Oily sweet fruits
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2018
at 06:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Aldi. It pours clear reddish - amber with a medium foamy white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, red fruit, fruit cake, caramel and brown bread. The taste is dry, bitter, wood, pily, leather, resinous, tannin and red berry skin with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Works rather well. Rounded and quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 16:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at sraf. Pours deep golden orange, nose is floral, mango, toffee, taste is sweet, dry toffee, floral. --- Beer merged from original tick of 48 Ferries on 08 Oct 2018 at 08:15 - Score: 6
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2018
at 08:11