Belhaven Scottish Stout (Bottle)

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

Serve in English pint

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- moet chocolade smaak hebben maar die heb ik niet geproefd - alleen maar bitter

chocolate, coffee, leather, soy sauce, skunky, smoke, ginger, clear, black, brown foam, rocky head, light sweetness, very bitter, lightly sour, full body, bitter, long finish, soft carbonation, oily feel, thick feel,

500ml bottle. Dark brown with lasting off-white head. Aroma doesn’t yield that much. Dark malt, with effort some liquorice. Thin in taste, sweet cola-like. Somewhat mainstream adjusted. Overrated in my opinion.

UPDATED: FEB 15, 2012 12 oz bottle pour black with a tan head. Aroma of malts and chocolate. Taste of roasted malts, chocolate and a bit of hops

Bottle 500ml. Color dark brown with big brown head. Aroma malt, roasted, coffee, chocolate. Taste roasted, chocolate, bitter, coffee.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small beige head. Nose is heavy on roast malt, chocolate, light coffee, some lactic notes. Palate is full with a stingy note and a filmy finish. Flavors of roasted malt, dark chocolate notes, and light malted milk notes.

Looks a bit insipid in the glass, the small white head has diminished very quickly. The aroma makes up the appearance, all he malt notes you would expect from a stout and great hop and yeast action as well; coffee, chocolate, burn toast, molasses, leather, cinnamon, pepper, spruce. Taste of sweet alcohol, with dry bitter hop finish of good length. Palate oily. A great drop, I’ve discovered a love of Belhaven.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Very dark brown pour with a small, lightly tanned head. Aroma is pleasant but quite subdued. Light chocolate, roasted malts, a touch of coffee, and a touch of piney hops on the finish. Roasted malts at the forefront of the taste, followed quickly by a mish mash of mocha. Dry, bitter finish. Solid. Perhaps if it weren’t in a clear bottle, it might be better after its travels

Clear bottle. Oh dear. Pours a very dark cola brown with an auburn tinge and a medium, beige head. Aroma is... skunk. This is the point when I realize that it is actually a clear bottle that I’ve bought and it really brings me down. The aroma is very skunked. You can sense some cocoa and coffee and roasted malts underneath. Taste is a bit skunked as well, but mostly roasted, cocoa, some chocolate and coffee, a bit of an oaty character as well. Some flowery hops at the end. Palate is oily. Clearly it would be a good drink, if it weren’t in a clear bottle and hence lightstruck. Too damn bad.

500ml bottle ... Pours cola colored with some head...quickly dissapates...chocolate and coffee nose and taste...roasty malt...a little thin for me but tasty...