Belhaven Wee Heavy / 90 Shilling (Bottle)

From Superbest, Aarhus, DK. Bottled. Dark reddish brown with some head. Aroma of caramel and alcohol. Flavor of malt and some fruit notes

Da guardare è bellissima, ha un color rosso scuro intenso dagli splendidi riflessi color rubino con poca ma bella schiuma beige; l’aroma è fruttato (albicocca/prugna) ma lieve, un po’ flebile. Si lascia bere con all’inizio un sentore quasi lattico smorzato da toni ’scuri’ di caffè che si concentrano in una lieve nota amara che non spazza via del tutto la dolcezza maltata dell’ingresso (anzi manco ci prova). Corpo medio, frizzantezza pronunciata ma non spiacevole; insomma, una ale molto più che decente, che si lascia bere con discreta larghezza nonostante le note commerciali ne vogliano fare un prodotto "impegnativo".

No 434
Rated: 17.06.2008
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours deep dark rubby red body colour, really impressive, beutiful with exeptional clarity, carbonation of body is lively, head is beige, cappuccino like, small, frothy, firm, long lasting with decent lacing.
Aroma: Wonderful panorama of aroma, very essential deep and perfectly balanced, some pure clean malty aroam spiced with spicy - herbal accents and gentle notes of whisky, caramel, handsome alcoholic touch contributing to the great character, cognac, piny resin, noble stuff, porto wine, gentle toastyness, all in all aroma is mild but very original.
Flavour: Deep, focused, essential, piny resin, whisky, cognac, a load slightly roasted or more toasted Scotish malt, nice gentle alcoholic warmth in the aftertaste, slightly woody, herbal - earthy retronasal aroma. Finish duration is medium to long.
Palate: Body is medium to full, texture is wattery, carbonation is soft on palate, finish feel is moderate alcoholic, lightly astringent.

V - amber clear pour with thick tannish cream head. A - hops, cloves, alcohol, ginger T - cough syrup, barley wine, thick molasses, sweet sugar P - lightly carby

(England) Pours a deep reddish color with a sm tan head. Aroma is of caramel, malts, and dark fruits. The taste has a slight molasses flavor with some nice hoppy notes !!

Bottle - Had this awhile back in Virginia and just recently at the Dev 4th tasting. Nice amber reddish brown pour with some off white head and good lacing. The malted grains and full body English Ale flavor are what I like about this. Light hops, roasted barley with a subtle sweetness, good drinker.

Bottle. Here is one I thought got lost in the shuffle at our last tasting. Mostly brown color but a hint of red in there too. Nice off white head. Aroma of English malts (YUMMY) and a light hop aroma. Tasted like candy from a bottle. Very sweet and Caramel like. I noticed dark fruits in the taste. Belhaven makes some great brew. CHEERS!

On tap at the Piper’s Pub, nice place. Looks like rootbeer. Creamy thin head that does not fade. Has an olfactory prelude that indicates it’s a strong beer. The first taste is also quite strong in alky flavors. Taste is somewhat like whiskey has been added to this brew. Surprisingly tho, the aparent strength of this stuff seem to fade as the session moves on. Does not leave a terribly bitter alky linger on the end. Just a little too strong for this session beer lover.