Cairngorm Blessed Thistle

Brewed by Cairngorm
Style: Bitter
Aviemore, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Bottle from an Edinburgh Tesco. Amber beer, fluffy beige head. Malty, as these beers tend to be. Some herbal or flowery eleemnts which I guess come from the thistle. Herbs, a bit medical.

Cask by handpump at Henglers Circus, Glasgow (18 May 12) - clear brown ale, creamy tan head, sweet roasted malt aroma, good temperature, sweet toffee / caramel, watery, very nice

Bottle. Chestnut brown with a thin head. Aroma is spicy ginger. Flavouris bitter with a ginger beer base. Palate is dry with light herbal spice

Bottle. Deep, clear, browny amber. Some ginger on the nose in amongst the sweet maltyness. Flavour is LARGE malt. Fruity sweetness with a definite hoppiness. Well rounded. I like it.

500 ml bottle. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Clear copper colour with average size fluffy light tan head. Some strange sweetness, fruits and herbs in interesting aroma. Flavour is mildly bitter, some fruity hops, sweetish malt and hints of metal. Might be also thistle, but I’ve never tasted a thistle so I’m not sure. Enjoyable tasty Bitter.

500ml bottle. Pours a clear, dark chestnut, with a medium light beige head, which lasts fairly well, and leaves decent lace. The aroma blends burnt toffee malt, fruity hops and an unusual floral aroma, which I assume derives from the thistle. Slightly spicy hops up front mix with an astringent light herbal taste, which I am again assuming is a product of the thistles. These flavours give way to smooth, dark malt in the body, with rye bread, toffee and some fruitcake notes detectable. Light floral hops and more of the herbal taste linger in the finish. A strange but satisfying beer: strange because of its unusual flavours and satisfying because its production involves killing thistles, ugly and vicious plants as they are.

Beautiful clear amber color with okay head. Some ginger flavor and slightly bitter. From my Backlog

Bottle. Amber, small to average and fully diminishing head. Moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel and herbal spiciness. Body is medium, malty and lightly sweetish flavor, some caramel and roasted malt with some herbal spiciness. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, some roasted malt and hoppyness, some herbal spiciness. OK bitter but spiciness just do not work here.

11 May 2011, bottle. light to med brown, clear, no bubbles. looks like a nice nut brown ale. copper malt background with a significant rose or other floral element. full body and fairly fizzy. with a copper malt background, heather comes to the front and forms the defining characteristic of the beer. it is slightly tart as far as the malt is concerned and i’m not a big fan of heather in my beer. okay.

Bottle. Clear nut brown body witha large off white head. Aroma-taste of biscuit, with a sweet lemony-cheesecake finish. Sunbdued bitterness. Medium to light carbonation.

Bottle from Superbest Hellerup. Tasted at work. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, caramel, hops, fruit and spice.