Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (USA) (Bottle)

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

bottle, golden red color, light nose of malty bread and citrusy, flavor is of a light english IPA, also some caramel and slightly bitter, overall body and finish are medium

Bottle. Pours an amber golden body. Aroma is bitter hops, pine, light fruit. Flavor is a well balanced hop selection with some wood, spices, and has a nice bite to it.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before Feb 09, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on May 7 2008; eye: golden with a caramel hue, clear, light effervescence, white head that falls rapidly, no lacing; nose: hops, grain, light pine; mouth: astringency, harshness, lot more caramel than expected, grapefruit, grain, grainy finale in hops with a good presence of caramel, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, average carbonation, light astringency; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant février 2009, achetée à la LCBO , savourée le 7 mai 2008; œil : dorée avec une teinte caramel, claire, légère effervescence, mousse blanche qui tombe rapidement, pas mal de dentelle; nez : houblon, grain, léger pin; bouche : astringence, rugueuse, beaucoup plus de caramel qu’anticipé, pamplemousse, grain, finale granuleuse en houblon avec une bonne présence de caramel, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légère astringence; en résumé : bien aimé

Rated:13.06.2007
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance:Very clear, burned golden to amber colour, head almost nonexistant, very weak carbonation.
Aroma:Some herbal notes, dry, like old wood, like thistle, refreshing.
Flavour:Some herbs, very aromatic nose, some hints of thistle or some other starnge herbs, rosy like aroma, some candies, very aromatic, bitter, blend of aromatic hops, very compaund and multidimentional in terms of hoppyness.
Palate:Dry, very syrupy, herbs, a lot of hoppyness, long finish and aftertaste.

Pours a clear golden amber with a smallish off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet orange, earthy and grassy. Flavor is earthy, orange, salty(?) and sweet malt. Long fairly dry finish. Light-medium body, low carbonation.

The English IPA. There is a reason Americans do it better. The English may have made the trip to India, but today they lack excitement and taste. Fine, but no cigar.

Poured a golden amber color with a slight head that left a nice lacing. Mildly carbonated and hoppy on the tongue. A good mouth feel and no lingering bitter aftertaste. A well rounded IPA; I would definitiely buy this again.

goldent colour with moderate aroma. Dry bitter flavour. good beer, not great. harviestoun bitter and twisted better scottish ipa in my opinion. Stil a decent brew.