Belhaven Scottish Ale / Export (Bottle & Keg)

Dark amber with a thick off-white head. Good lacing. Unique aroma of roasted, maybe burnt, malt and also some nuttiness. Flavor is robust, with toasted malt offset with light hop bitterness. Palate is complex, with decent carbonation in the finish and a strong roasted malt aftertaste. This is an excellent beer that exceeded my expectations.

Bottle. Pours a medium amber with a half finger beige head and decent lacing. The nose is caramel, dark fruit and smoky malt. The taste is sweet caramel malt, toasted nuts and a slight sour finish. Medium, fairly flat body. Meh.

On tap this one is excellent. Nice frothy Guinness like head. From the bottle not nearly as satisfying.

On tap at Redlight. Pours amber with a thick white milkshake head. Flavors are malt, caramel and fairly light. Slight bitterness rounds this out.

Sweet yeasty caramel aroma. Small bubbles form a creamy head. Rich malty and caramel taste. Sweet yeasty caramel aroma. Small bubbles form a creamy head. Rich malty and caramel taste.

Bottle. Pours a nice color. Lasting thin lacing. Big malty flavor and finish. A bit metallic and what I find to be a not too flattering roasted, yeasty palate.

Red brown juice with light tan head, malty sweet aroma some flowery perfum,flavor is of malty sweetness with citrusy crisp, some roasted notes with yeasty aftertaste.

I’m a fan of scotch ales and was happy to sample this one. Slightly malty, no overwhelming. This was lighter in flavor and texture, so it wasn’t hard to drink.