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Bottled Scottish Beers

Thu, 27/08/2009 - 10:46 — DM
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Below are some bottled Scottish beers I have tasted, both ale & lager styles;

Brewery Beer Style Notes ABV Marks out of 10
Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted Pale Alei Refreshing, hoppy,citrus, clean tasting 3.8 10
Fyne Ales Avalanche Golden ale very pale beer, extremely floral, hoppy, light & refreshing 4.5 10
Atlas Latitude Highland Pilsner Lageri Very much like a golden ale 3.9 9
Williams 80/- Ale dark red beer, strong malty body but not very sweet, a little treacle, gentle bitterness 4.2 9
Harviestoun Shiehallion Pale Ale extremely pale ale, floral hops, grapefruit, not sweet though 4.8 9
Fyne Ales Piper's Gold Pale Ale Pale, soft, dry beer, good hoppy bitterness 3.8 8
Isle of Arran Ale Ale Good bitter, dryish 3.8 8
Williams Harvest Sun Golden ale Citrussy hoppy, light & fresh, some earthiness to the hops 3.9 8
Tryst Sir Walter Scot 80/- Ale V good bitter, some malt but plenty of hops for an 80/- 4.0 8
Cairngorm Trade Winds Ale Pale, clean, elderflower, dryish 4.3 8
Caledonian Deuchars IPAi IPA Light, easy drinking pale ale, not IPA at all, flowery & floury 4.4 8
Sulwath The Black Galloway Stout A touch burnt, a little smokey, malty, smooth but not really sweet 4.4 8
Black Isle Organic Wheat Beer Wheat Beer Very good stereotype of style, dryish, cloves, vanilla, good body 4.5 8
Traditional Scottish Ales Glencoe Organic Wild Oat Stout Stout Sweet stout but not cloying, liquorice & burnt flavours, smooth 4.5 8
Wagtail Stout Stout Wood smokey, dry, full 4.5 8
Orkney Dark Island Porter Smells sweet, roasty flavour dominates, 4.6 8
Inveralmond Brewery Lia Fail Ale Chocolatey & malty, not sweet too sweet, full bodied, 4.7 8
Isle of Arran Blonde Golden ale Good blonde ale, soft & smooth 5.0 8
Williams IPA IPA fair malt body, good earthy bitterness, citrussy hoppiness, 5.0 8
Kelburn Brewery Kelburn Ca' Canny Ale Chocolate & coffee, malty 5.2 8
Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA IPA Earthy hops, peppery, not sweet 5.3 8
Brew Dog 77 Lager Lager Noble &* Cascadei hop flavours in good measure, good body 5.4 8
Strathavon Ales Clydesdale IPA IPA Sweetish blonde ale 3.8 7
Traditional Scottish Ales Ben Nevis Organic 80/- Ale Typical 80/- ale, sweet malt flavour, some toffee-caramel 4.0 7
Broughton Oatmeal Stout Stout Some burnt, some dark caramel flavours, dryish, full 4.2 7
Isle of Skye Red Cuillin Ale Malty, liquorice, full 4.2 7
Strathavon Ales Old Mortality 80/- Ale Malty, some harshness to bite 4.2 7
Williams Black Porter full bodied, good burnt black malt bitterness, gentle hop bitterness, 4.2 7
Isle of Arran Dark Ale Full bodied & malty with caramel treacle tastes but not too sweet 4.3 7
Fyne Ales Vital Spark Dark Ale Chocolatey, dryish, some bitterness 4.4 7
Isle of Skye Black Cuillin Dark Ale Dry, some burnt roast malt flavour, some bitterness 4.5 7
Williams Bros Ceildh Lager A little syrupy, sweet, Cascade hop flavour 4.7 7
Fyne Ales Highlander Ale Citrussy, grapefruit/orange, dryish, light mouthfeel, mid brown beer 4.8 7
Brew Dog Zeitgeist Dark Lager malty sweet, some toasty & roast malt flavour 4.9 7
Williams Joker IPA IPA good bitterness, some malty sweetness, peppery bitter aftertaste 5.0 7
Williams (for Tesco) IPA IPA Malty, a little citrussy & floral, some sweetness, 5.0 7
Williams Bros Grozet Fruit beer Gooseberry lager, not too sweet, subtle, light 5.0 7
Williams 7 Giraffes Ale Dry hoppy beer, citrussy 5.1 7
Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA IPA pale beer, some floral hop taste – cascade, not very bitter 5.3 7
Williams Midngiht Sun Porter full bodied, subtley spicey & ginger taste 5.6 7
BrewDog Punk IPA IPA Very pale beer with good bitterness and good, aroma hoppiness, little maltiness, quite dry 6.0 7
BrewDog Chaos Therory IPA IPA good earthy hop punch with some Noble hop aroma, some malt sweetness 7.1 7
Belhaven 80/- Ale Ordinary 80/- beer, malty, not very hoppy or bitter 3.9 6
Inveralmond Brewery Ossian Golden ale Ordinary blonde ale 4.1 6
Atlas Three Sisters Scottish Ale Ale Fruity, not too sweet 4.2 6
Williams Roisin Fruit beer Blackcurrant / raspberry like a framboisen but not sour, not sweet 4.2 6
Harviestoun Haggis Hunters Ale Ale Good regular bitter 4.4 6
Glencoe Wild Oat Stout Stout Full bodied oat flavour 4.5 6
Atlas Nimbus Blonde Golden ale Rounded 5.0 6
Aviemore Caingorm Ale Golden ale Dry, biscuity, a little rough 5.0 6
Black Isle Organic Blonde Golden ale A little tart (!), a little like a pale ale but lighter & fresher in character 5.0 6
Isle of Skye Blaven Ale Regular bitter, some caramel-toffee flavour but not off putting 5.0 6
Traditional Scottish Ales Lomond Gold Golden ale vanilla, some creaminess, some toffee sweetness 5.0 6
Williams Birds & Bees Pale Ale A little suphurous & phenolic, very pale ale, dryish, orange marmalade 5.0 6
Broughton Champion Double Ale Strong Ale Molasses, very malty, malty sweet, toffee, 5.5 6
Williams Joker Golden ale Bitter, dryish, biscuity 5.5 6
Williams Ebulum Stout blackcurrant, very little bitterness, smooth & velvety like an oat stout, 6.5 6
BrewDog Hardcore IPA IPA massive citrus-pine hoppiness, big alcohol heat, big spicey bitter aftertaste, very OTT 9.0 6
Cairngorm Sheepshagger's Gold Golden ale Some sweetness, butterscotch flavour, some bitterness 4.5 5
Strangford Lough St Patrick's Best Ale Yeasty, hazlenut shells, 3.8 4
Innes & Gunn Beer Ale Very malty but not too sweet, no hop flavour, 6.6 4
Islay Ales Finlaggen Ale Ale Horribly soured by infection 3.7 0
Williams Good Times Golden ale undrinkable. TCP - metabisulphate taste & smell totally overpowering. 5.0 0