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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Flat head with a citrus front followed by a dry dry slab on nice sourish acidic car batteries. Very good and flat though a little bit confused.

0,5l bottle from Brittish Store, Budapest. Clear, golden color with medium, white head. Spicy, herbal hop aroma with a little resin and fruits. It’s hopped with Cascede and Challenger, but the Challenger is dominant. Light bitter taste. Light to medium body with creamy slick texure and soft carbonation. Spicy herbal finish. Delicious IPA, but much lighter than American ones.

500ml bottle. Clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of thistle, wild flowers and hops. Taste of wild flowers, malts and hops. Body a bit thin for my preferences. Medium bitterness. Flowery aftertaste

0.5 bottle delivered from britishstore.hu. Beer is foamy already in the bottle, which does not look good. However, when pouring it into the glass, I still get a thick and quite persistent head. Aroma as kind of neutral, foam tastes mildly bitter. Color is amber/orange. Texture is sort of thin and a bit too carbonated for a British ale. Taste is mildly bitter, with some competing heavy sweets: caramel, maybe fig and banana. The aftertaste is again about this competion, but bitterness eventually prevails. Well composed and interesting ale, but a bit too simnple and I miss the usual fresh IPA citrus.

great beer. Id suggest have it slightly chilled for the best flavour. lovely hop aroma smooth

Golden body white head. Aroma has lots of malt, some hops and fruity aromas. Flavour is bitter with grainy malt, bit unpleasant hops.

Bottle from the local Yamaya. Sweet rich caramel, slightly flowery aroma. Pale yellow-orange, visibly vigorous carbonation, creamy white head. Sweet flavors, somewhat candyish (hard candy) with perhaps a touch of bittering. Thin-medium body, a bit sticky, lively carbonation in finish. Very pleasant, well-made, but nothing to write home about.

Bottle from Asda. It pours golden amber, with a thick white head. The nose is digestive biscuit, white bread, straw and some sweetness. The taste is quite soapy, citrus pith, melon, pear, straw, underlying sweetness and some bitterness, with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Not great.

Poured from a clear glass bottle. Slightly murky orange amber. The aroma is orange, caramel, bread dough. Initially very sweet. Finishes fruity with notes of plum, oranges, toffee, butterscotch, and a very subdued hoppiness. Overly sweet and sticky.

21st March 2012
A bottle in the Bla Rock cafe Tromso, Norway. My first experience of the continual mugging Norway puts it tourists through. £11 for this! Clear gold beer, decent white head. Smooth semi dry palate with fine carbonation. Fresh semi sweet malt. Mild hops - typically surpressed. Smooth finish. Surprisingly drinkable.

Ljus, ljus öl med stort vitt skum. Doftar rabarber, fläder och örter. I smaken framträder röda bär, en viss kryddighet och smörkola.