Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (Europe) (Bottle)

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Very citrusy aroma with notes of caramel. Pours a honey color that is slightly hazy with a frothy head. Tastes lightly sweet with medium bitterness and long but crisp finish. Medium body with medium textured. Not quite creamy. Average carbonation. not overly fizzy.

A very likeable, complex IPA. Plenty of flavour, plenty on the nose, quite surprised by this one. Very drinkable.

courtesy of Allen - hazy orange colour with a solid pale beige foam; decent flowery hoppiness with almondy and caramelish notes; respectable malt body, tasty and with a decent bitterness; long flowery and almondy finish

Rating from back in March ’08.
Quite an attractive number in the glass. Mountainous, rocky, snow-white crown that holds for the length and laces rings. A slight haze shrowds its sunny orange gold body writhe with rapid streams of bubbles. Aroma of rose petals, ripe sweet oranges, lychee and toasted, biscuity malts with a dampening rubbery note in there. A tight burst of zesty citrus fruits upfront in the mouth. Nutty, bready grains mid-palate with a bitter, spicy and floral peak on the swallow. Spritzy, light and rounded mouthfeel, smooth in the tail. Finish is piney, spicy and dry with more floral and citrus notes pinning the olfactories. This is a good, honest quaffer. Made for delightful drinking. (50cL, BBE 09/08, Rose Hotel, Bunbury)

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2008 Bottle: sweetish fruity malt backbone, orange marmalade, some grapefruit and cirtusy hoppy bitterness but not enough though, this beer could have used more flavor and more body, good hoppy bitterness in the finish, quite enjoyable and quite thirst-quenching, nice.

Bottle from morisons. At last a Scotish brewer whos making a tasty hoppy pale ale. Aroma is very floral and citrusy, resin and grass coming through also. Taste is all about the hops, though the pale malt backing is clear. Alround exactly what it should be.

Bottle: Clear red/amber colour, with a nice head. Aroma of fruits,,flowersand a malty/sweet ending. Flavor had a thin to medium body, lots of fruits and citrusy mouth feeling, nice fruity/citric medium finish.

(Draught at Hazelburn, Tokyo) Clear orange with a white head. Citrus malts, lightly sweet malts in the aroma. Flavor is much the same as the aroma with a bit of light bitterness. Very refreshing. I;m a big fan of this beer. It’s easy drinking, refreshing, clean, and quite sessionable.

Bottle. Beautiful hazy pale orange/brown color. Medium, mostly lasting beige head. Strong and evident hop aroma. Earthy with notes of pine, citrus, herbs and flowers. Taste is fruity, medium sweet with a distinct hopbitterness. Lingering dry and bitter finish. Nice. (010707. Moved after split)

Nice herbal hops aroma. Bright and "green". Pours a nice thick white head. Pale gold color. Hoppy, but with a sweet counterbalance. Nice mouthfeel, full and bright. Light fizz. Nice long finish, all hops, with slight malt notes ringing off. Great beer!