Belhaven Scottish Ale / Export (Bottle & Keg)

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

Draught can version. Has a rich buttery, fruity nose with a nice level of peat malt aroma. Thick foamy head courtesy of the nitro and some sediment, not sure if this is normal or not. Caramel and some toffee in the mouth, a very pleasant beer to drink.

Nose of honey, malt and tobacco. Pours an orange amber coloured beer. Taste is malty, some hops but buttery and watery also. Moderate sweet finish. ok.

March 12, 2008; 440ml nitrous can. Pours like a cover for a draught beer magazine -- lovely dark amber with a thick, dreamy, billowy cloud-like head. Vaguely dairy-product aroma, with a slightly-subdued, but quite pleasant, butterscotch-malt, milky flavor. Nothing to stun the palate, but a wonderful session ale, shamefully underrated here (probably because of its remarkably-low 3.9% ABV). Highly recommended for anyone wishing to avoid an immediate "buzz", or coming down from one. ;-)

0,33 l bottle. Nice creamy and foamy head, delisicious appearance with a reddish color. Fruity and roasted aroma. Good carbonation in the flavour with a fine caramell/roasted taste. Complex body, good roasted aftertaste. I enthuse over this brewery and the exciting brittish/scottish ales:) You can buy it in the Caledoni pub too.(Budapest, Hungary)

Nitro-canned (first time I’ve seen them in cans). Super-creamy head, gorgeous and rocky, off-white. Deep, dark golden body. Faint aroma has a swirl of fruity malt but not much. Taste is likewise faint but stronger than the Boddington’s I just had, smooth and darkly malty with just a touch of fruit, but no real bitterness. Good amount of caramel with a deft rounding of toffee. Smooth light body approached medium, extremely quaffable. One of the better bitters I’ve had (which really isn’t saying much), and a dream at under 4%.

Out of bottle.....Poured dark amber with off white rocky head that stood above the glass,,,,,,Aroma was malty with nice fruity notes and hops...Flavor was rich and malty with a nice balancing bitterness at the end....Medium body...Excellent lacing on the glass..very good beer!

440 ml nitro can. pours a nice amber color with two fingers of creamy nitro-head. the head stays the same size throughout the entire pint.simple but effective sweet caramel nose. extremely creamy texture. flavor is mainly of a lightly bitter espresso with a hint of toffee. finishes balanced. pretty good stuff.

Copper beer with white head. Has a malty sweet aroma and tastes of caramel, bread, nuts. Has a smooth mouthfeel with a touch of diacetyl to round things out.