Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (Europe) (Bottle)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: American Pale Ale
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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500ml bottle given as a gift. pours out golden bright orange with white head. the aroma was almost skunky...just smelled off. the flavor was milder than the aroma. still think this is a bad bottle or i am not just liking it...malty sweet with some hops undertones..

Bottle 0,5ltr: Clear amber coloured brew with an taste of fruits, citrus and orange. Aftertaste is American-like hoppy bitter.

500 ml bottle. Pours a clear amber orange with a thin white head. Smells of citrus, lots of grapefruit. Tastes of oranges, grapefruits and other citrus. Very sweet foretaste. Finish is very sharp, herbal bitterness. Body is average, slightly sticky. Wow, excellent IPA!

Draught @ Ölrepubliken. Pours clear deep golden with a white head that clings to the glass while dissipating. Smell is subtle and malty with caramel and orange zest. Taste is malty, slightly sweet, slightly bitter and floral with honey, grass, caramel and butterscotch. Finish is sweet, malty and slightly bitter.

For some reason there’s no draft version of this (which is the only way I’ve had this,) so I’m reviewing it here under the European bottle version, because I had it in Europe. Twisted Thistle is a good example of a British style IPA. Very good.

Bottle at waterline, Leith. Golden orange with thin white head. Aroma has caramel and flowery hops. Taste has lots of green apple, caramel and toffee. Quite astringent. Ok at first, quite bad by the end. Hard to finish

Bottle from Systembolaget. Clear golde with white frothy head. Used to American IPA:s the aroma of this is "weak" consisting of hay, bread and some citrusy notes. Taste is sweet (resin), the bitterness disappaers quickly. Positively surprised, not a big fan of british IPA:s.

bread, hay, floral, barnyard, cooked vegetables, cloudy, amber, white foam, frothy, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, sticky, full body, bitter,

Tap. Clear copper to orange beer. Thin but creamy head. Hoppy aroma has peach and passion fruit, lemon and strawberry. Pale malts wit some caramale and light nuttiness in the finish. Slightly honeyish. Bitterish flavor with nice malt bacbone. Slightly too toffy to my taste. Bitter and quite fruity finish. Medium body, low carbonation and sticky bitterness. Slightly flat.

Bottle 50cl, a lear golden beer with low head. Nose is hopy and resin like. Aroma is sweet, caramel, some grapefruit notes slightly acid, honey, grassy, bitter, pleasant.