Cairngorm Wildcat (Cask)

Brewed by Cairngorm
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Aviemore, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Handpulled cask at Red Lion, Isleworth. Deep brown with an off-white head. Heavy malt accent in the scotish style. Gentle bitter hop finish. Pretty good.

Subtle wood aromas, nice and smooth, with less than obvious chocolate and caramel flavourings.

Cask at the Blue Boar, Billericay, Essex. A dark copper in the glass with a thin creamy off-white head. A lively aroma of dark fruits, particularly dates and prunes with a sweet maltiness. On the palate the ESB robustness and fuller body shows. There is caramel smoothness, bitter burnt sugar, raisin and prune flavours balancing each other delightfully in the taste. A dry, fruity, caramel/malty aftertaste makes for a very more- ish premium bitter.

Best pint of Wildcat to be had in Glasgow was found in Tennents Bar - but sadly this is no longer the case! This is a review from here in September 2009. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear dark mahogany red in colour with a thick creamy buff head. Strong aroma of buttery highland toffee long in intensity - similar to the "Caley" 80/ aroma but much more powerful. Rich robust creamy mouthfeel and good lacing throughout. Mixed malts give a rich juicy maltloaf base of raisins, dates, molasses and soft highland toffee notes. There is a vague hint of hop resins in the short aftertaste but this is soon lost as malt returns in the long sweet finish. A popular beer from the Cairngorm portfolio and a regular in some of the Scottish JDW outlets.

Cask at the Prince of Wales, Aberdeen. It pours clear deep amber, with a small off-white head. The nose is wood, spice, milk chocolate and brown bread. The taste is varnish, wood, dark berry, light spice, leather, smoke and milk chocolate, with a dry, woody finish. Medium body, soft carbonation and good balance. Nice.

On cask at Cloisters. Pours a nice amber colour with a lacy beige head. Big caramel aroma and flavour with some barley notes. Some light grassy hops and yeast flavours also. Alcohol is fairly present with a lasting alcohol hum. Little dry finish and quite bitter. OK.

Cask@Market Porter. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is grass, herbs, some bready malts as well as some mild leathery notes. Flavour s fruity and floral hops along with some grass and maltyness. Rather bitter in the finish.

Cask-conditioned at the Bon Accord, Glasgow 8/06/2011. Medium brown with a decent, off-white head. Sweet, caramel and bready malt notes, with a touch of fruit and bitter finish. Ok.

Only had this beer once, but I really enjoyed it - will look after it again.

Cask. The Last Plantagenet (JDW), Leicester. Tomato ketchup, malt, grass, peppery. Bittersweet. Bitter finish.

Cask @ The Society Room. Dry malty aroma. Medium brown colour with a good head. Very malty flavour with lingering sour toffee aftertaste. Average.