Caledonian Rebus 20

Formerly brewed at Caledonian (Heineken UK)
Style: Bitter
Edinburgh, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Cask, gravity at The Rock of Gibraltar Beer Festival, Enslow, Oxon, 01-09-07 Poured amber in colour with tiny white frothy head, served a bit too warm in my opinion, beers were served inside the pub on racks with no effort to keep cool. A fruity, hoppy beer that managed to hold up better at being served too warm than some of the others.

Tasted this at the James Watt, Greenock (JDW) in August 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thin white creamy head. Distinctive Caley toffee aroma. Thin mouthfeel with good lacing. Pale malts give a maltloaf base with sweet winegum fruit notes and a spicy coriander flavour in the mouth. Woody redcurrant fruit adds dryness to the short bitter resins in the aftertaste. Finish is spicy with mulled wine notes and a herbal quality. An interesting ale and fairly decent as a new brew.

Cask at the Guildford Arms, Edinburgh (August, 2007). Dark amber color. Sweet, strong, aroma with honey, spices, and…ginger. Sweet flavor of honey and fruit, with ginger (added for sure). Good enough, but not well balanced. Too sweet and spicy, with too much ginger.

Cask Handpump at the GBBF Caledonian Bar, Earls Court London 08/08/2007 Floral slightly sweet aroma. Bronze coloured slightly rich on the palate and sweet with a crisp and slightly bitter dry malt finish.

Cask at Bon Accord, Glasgow. A dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of caramel, but also a slight buttery note. The flavor has notes of spices, malt, and caramel - some weird spice.

on cask at bon accord, glasgow. copper colour, thin but lasting head. pond water aroma, some caramel and lightly herbal hop character but overall pretty dull

Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a clear amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Fruity spicy aroma with some hints of hops. Sweet malty and fruity spicy flavor with some hints of caramel. Long malty spicy finish with a bitter aftertaste.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 4   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 4   Lacing : 3
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : XX   Caramel : 2   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 3   Grainy : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 1   Spicy : XX   Floral : 1   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : 1   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : 2   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : 2   Bitterness : 1   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 2   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 1   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Tartish, very fruity, malty ale with little hops at all and an unfitting herbal tang.