Calders 70/- / Best Scotch / Special (Keg)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: Bitter
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Pint poured (keg) at the Gleaneagles Golf Club, a cola-like brown colour with a large thick creamy head. The aroma is lightly caramal. A sharp bitter mouthfeel with earthy malt flavours.

Nitro keg version. Nothing special, just the usual samey nitro keg type stuff. Bland

Copper color. Slightly malty aroma. Bit malty taste, quite bitter. More like a watery bock beer.

A nitro keg bitter in scotland for the locals, never! Aroma is minimal however theres a little malt character comes though. Taste is also minimal though non-offensive. Very easy to drink as expected.

Keg at Lampett Arms, Tadmarton. Brown with pale nitro head, opaque. Not sure why this is so far out of its territory but much like other low ABV nitro beers, largely flavourless, a sweetish malty soup with little else. Poor.

UPDATED: FEB 7, 2006 Freat BItter and refreshing, I bet it was becase was more cold than the rest of the Bitters.

Tastet in Edinburg. Dark/redish color, big white creamy head.. Malthy aroma. Weak but fresh taste of malt.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2008 Dec, 2004 Keg at Loch Awe Hotel. Sweetish fruit. Cardboard. Stale. Typical keg bitter. [2.2]
Jan, 2006 Keg at Inversnaid Hotel, Loch Lomond. Nitro smooth and creamy. Some malty sweetness - rough hop bitterness in the finish. Metallic notes. Mostly inoffensive. [2.3]
Feb, 2008 Keg at Loch Long Hotel. Like a caramel mild. A pale session bitter darkened and flavoured with caramel. Drinkable. [2.5]

Sampled draught (nitro dispensed) at Cath’s, Edinburgh. Dark brown with creamy head. Roasty and light bodied. Creamy and clean with low bitterness, notes of coffee. Not the most complex of ales.

Smooth and refreshing beer. Darker than English bitters (seems like a mild), slightly coffeeish, nice.