3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amberish with a decent head. Floral, sweet aroma and flavor. Pretty sweet, finishes slightly bitter... pretty tasty. I’d say it’s more of an IPA (as is in its name) than a bitter (as it’s listed). Flavorful and a good summertime brew.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
draft. amber color w/ little head. floral aroma, medium bodied. 4%? isn’t that too light for an ipa?
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2004] An orange beer with a fine but disappearing head. The aroma is quite flowery hoppy. The flavor is sweet malty with a slight note of fruit and also only a slight bitter end. A boring IPA.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
[Cask conditioned] Golden coloured. Unpleasant rubber aroma. Buttery flavour. Weak.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, GBBF 2004. Gold, poor head and low condition. Good citric hoppy nose with hints of chalkiness, sweet malt and gentle hops in the mouth and a grainy finish with lingering hop bitterness.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Courtesy of Ungstrup at GBBF 2004. I was astonished to find that this is the first Belhaven beer I have rated. Standard copper session bitter colour. Sulphurous aroma, with a bit of floweriness hiding in the background. Dry and easy drinking Nothing really leaps out in the flavour department. Unexceptional. Cask.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
GBBF. Clean, dusty, cardboardy, dull session bitter of little character or interest. The phrase poor quality comes to mind.
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