Belhaven Scottish Stout (Bottle)

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

Serve in English pint

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Bottle 50cl.
Clear dark brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee notes, vanilla notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft and creamy. [20090320]

Bottled - no wonder... A black beer with a huge very dark brown head. The aroma has notes of dusty hops, roasted malt, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and chocolate as well as lighter notes of grain and dusty hops, leading to a dry, bitter, and roasted finish. The alcohol tickles the tongue.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Dark reddish brown with a dense, beige head. Lightly sweet malt aroma with a whiff of vanilla. Medium body, sweetish roasted malt, vanilla and a touch of butter. Dry, burned malt finish. 200309

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black to black with a small tan head. Mild roasted and slight breadish aroma. Smooth and roasted breadish base flavour with a light bitterness. Lingering dry and bitter flavoured with a light breadish note. Mild roasted and slight acidic and bitter finish. Great brew.

Bottled@st urhos. Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, and yeast along with some earthyness. Flavour is the same with quite much maple syrup and smoke in the finish.

Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Near black, rich beige head. Sugary sweet, mildly roasty with above medium body and clean rounded mouthfeel. Evident milk chocolate flavour, slight salty bitterness.

Bottle. Brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma of caramel and chocolate with notes of coffee. Roasted flavour of caramel, coffee and chocolate. Dry roasted finish.

Bottle, 7%. Weak roasted aroma. Black colour. Small stable light brown head. The flavour is mildly roasted, there is a little coffee. Hint of sweetness, but quite well-balanced.

50cl bottle @ KBHfestival 2009. Pours pitch black with a creamy brown head. Mild roasted nose with hints of chocolate and coffee. Some ashy and buttery notes. Smooth and soft. Very pleasant.

Black, slightly bubbly with a medium head. Chocolately, vinous, slightly nutty aroma. Creamy, milky sweetish stout with light fruitiness. Some muscle, good balance. Would definitely benefit from being on cask, though.