Arran Milestone

Brewed by Arran
Style: English Strong Ale
Isle of Arran, Strathclyde, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Bottle conditioned. Bottle came from Camra Beer Club. Poured a deep dark amber beer, a good balance of malt and hops, with a fruity finish. A superb beer.

Tasted this at the Troon Beer Festival in October 2006. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thick open white head. Strong fruity aromas linger in the nose. Creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Mixed malt complex gives a strong juicy fruit note of redcurrants, pink grapefruit and watermelon against a maltloaf base. Hint of hop resins in the brief aftertaste but sweetness returns in the alcoholic finish. A cracking strong ale type and the best ale by far in the Arran portfolio. Highly recommended but extremely rare to find in draught - good hunting.

Bottled. Hazy deep golden, huge head. Citric nose. Medium bodied with soft mouthfeel. Realy sweet with plenty of butter and lemon. Low bitterness. Sourness seem unintended and disturbs.

In bottle. Nice golden ale with a decent tight white head. Aroma of hay, grassy with some citrus notes. Flavour is also citrusy and a little sour which works for me! Almost barley wine sweetness. Nice body, lingering bitterness and a tart finish. I like it.

Bottle from The Scottish Real Ale Shop. Oaty tropical fruit aroma. Hazy medium brown colour with a good foamy head. Complex flavour. Mild roasted malt, oaty with orange aftertaste. Good one.

(bottle) Hazy, amber colour with a short and slightly tanned foamy layer. Slightly cara-malty aroma with lemony and slightly ginger-spicy hops. Moderately sweet and slightly bitter flavour, medium bodied with a smooth carbonation. Soft (cara-)malty base with ginger spice and citric/lemony hops; dry and moderately bitter hoppy finish with mildly fruity and spicy notes. 02.VII.10

Bottle. Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of malt and fruits. Malty and fruity flavour.

Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some yeasty hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

Medium white head. Hazy orange body. Fruity peachy plummy aroma with earthy barnyard notes. Dry-acidic peppery fruity barnyard taste with earthy notes. Thin body. Sharpish mouthfeel. Dry-acidic peppery wooden lemony aftertaste with dusty notes. Not very good, probably a light infection. (0.75l bottle from Cornelius, Edinburgh. Very tightly sealed bottle with plastic screw-top cork sealed in wax.)

Clear golden orange colour, medium off-white head. Aroma is fruity and sweet, with orange, and some spice. Flavour is sweet and hoppy, and with caramel malts. Slightly bitter and dry finish.

Cloudy amber colour with a white head. Malty, light caramel and fruity sweet aroma with notes of grain and hay. Malty, grainy flavor with fruity notes.