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.

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7.5/10 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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