Belhaven Best (Bottle and Keg)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: Bitter
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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So smooth!

One of the best beers i have ever tasted. Fruity after taste. Could drink this beer all day and night.

UPDATED: AUG 8, 2003 From a can, beer pours (in Hoegaarden glass) a buttermilk beige liquid falling away to a medium brown-red-golden with virgin-white, thick, creamy head that lingers. Aroma is of slow roasted peanuts/malt with very little, if any, faint straw. Flavor is of roasted peanuts and malt. Beer is not effervecent and consistency is like water. Excellent beer, but not an everyday sort of beer. This is the best looking non-black beer I've seen. Sampled at 71 degrees Fahrenheit.

For all of you who cringe at the thought of the widget can give this a real shot! Beautiful amber color, and just superb balance! I have had it on cask and it is the perfect session beer! I am prejudiced but they are the most consistant brewery in Scotland!

can. An absolutely gorgeous pour, clear dark copper with a thick creamy off-white head. Light malty aroma, caramel esters. A thin texture due to the low carbonation, but a nice creamy mouthfeel. A roasted, nutty flavour with some sweet dark raisin notes. Medium bitterness. I can see why they call this BEST, havn’t had a beer this good in a while.

Keg at O’Brien’s, Ayr (7 Apr 12) - clear copper drink, creamy off-white head, very mild malt, smooth, creamy malty drink, very refreshing

Damn fine beer, even in the can. Pours a deep amber, with a thick white head, as is to be expected in the nitro can. Looks great, makes me feel like I'm at the pub. Aroma is very much the bitter style. Malty and slightly fruity, with a bit of hopping in the back. Flavor is creamy and malty, with a nice nutty finish. Reminds me of that same aftertaste you get when you eat hazelnuts. Balance like whoa. I can't tell where the malts begin and the hops end. Awesome. I'd love to drink a cask of this.

Interesting beer. Pours a nice amber colour with very nice head. Aromas of peat malt, scotch whiskey. There’s not alot of hop action, but overall I would say it’s a very drinkable, nicely made concoction. Would make excellent patio beer for grilling etc. Can drink gallons of the stuff as it’s only 3.9 ABV. Very pretty in a pint glass.

UPDATED: APR 24, 2004 A smooth, drinkable ale with a creamy white gorgeous head that laces the glass with love. When poured it has a similar to Guinness cloudy-look, but it is creamier and whiter. The taste is smooth and unobtrusive, almost taciturn, but nonetheless pleasant and reassuring, a solace in times of trouble. Good, and with a smoothness akin to Gordon Biersch's Marzen.

What a delight, something other than a bitter in the UK. Clear red-brown coloured, creamy head. Malty and bitter aroma and flavour. Superbly smooth. Sampled in some pub in Edinburgh. I like Edinburgh, and i like this beer :-).