Arran Dark (Bottle)

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Brewed by Arran
Style: Bitter
Isle of Arran, Strathclyde, Scotland

Serve in English pint

bottled
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RATINGS: 120 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.03 EST. CALORIES: 129 ABV: 4.3%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Available in filtered and pasteurised bottle.
Nose: Rich aroma of malt and hops with ripe fruit
Palate: Velvety texture, full malt with a deep bittersweet finish
Comments: A traditional smooth drinking Scottish heavy beer

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3.1

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

CapFlu (4012) - Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA - DEC 11, 2003

(5oo ml bottle) Deep amber with an almond head. Nose of crewing gum and slight whiskey. Cocoa flavour. Nothing like the nose. Good!

1.8

AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20

MartinT (6934) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - DEC 11, 2003

Considerable phenols within a hop bitterness breeze...Fizzy connotations abound, even tomatoes confound...This is a scottish ale rotting away on its deathbed...

2.7

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20

joeycapps (1468) - Waterdown, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 10, 2003

Clear brown. Frothy off-white head. Fruity, somewhat nutty, slightly smokey, caramel aroma. Medium-thin feel. Spicy, fruity (cherry) caramel flavour w/ some earthy hops bitterness. Some phenols evident.

2.8

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

IPFreely (1471) - Sanborn, New York, USA - DEC 8, 2003

Reddish brown color. Sweet caramel aroma. Flavor was a little nutty with some malt and caramel, some bitterness in the finish. Smooth but a little thin. Decent.

2.3

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20

Oakes (10941) - Savusavu, FIJI ISLANDS - DEC 7, 2003

Orangey light brown colour. Toffee-nut aroma. Light body. Thin malts and light nuttiness. hint of minerals. Watery finish. Weak for Scotland.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20

frylock (1127) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - DEC 6, 2003

Ruby, caramle color, with no head. Fruity, malty aroma. Dry slightly smokey malt flavors. Some balancing bitterness in the finish. Decent scotch ale

2.8

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

jercraigs (6477) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - DEC 6, 2003

Pours a dark copper colour with some pleasant bitterness. Finish and aftertaste is a bit strange. I wrote down astringency but that is not quite right. Interesting.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

ante (3374) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - OCT 13, 2003

Brown colour. Roasty aroma with hints of caramel and toffee. Nutty and roasty flavour, hints of smoke and caramel. Nice bitter and salty finish.

3.2

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

RichardGretton (4020) - Leicestershire, ENGLAND - JUN 1, 2003

Brown beer with a fairly good head, and a plainly hopped aroma with touches of caramel. The plainly hopped flavour makes for an average beer.

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

Crit (3075) - New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA - JAN 1, 2003

Bottle: Deep copper in color, with off white head.Lightly spiced malt nose. Light roasted earthy malt flavor, with bitter ending.

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