Fyne Ales Highlander

Brewed by Fyne Ales
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Cairndow, Argyll, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: MAR 1, 2008 Dec, 2004 Village Inn, Arrochar, Scotland. Wow! Perfumed, rich and spicy with apricot, mistletoe, lychess and tarragon. Feels much fuller than 4.8% - pulling toward a barley wine. Clean and fruuity. Absolutely marvelous. An outstanding beer moment in an outstanding pub. [4.4]
Feb, 2008 500ml filtered bottle from Inverary tourist shop/ A malty brown ale with chocolate and roast notes. It’s a nice ale with some peaty qualities, and there’s some assertive flavour, but lacks genuine character and interest. [2.7]

Malty, slightly sweet, with some dry hop bitterness in the finish. Nice enough session beer, though a comedown from their much superior Jarl.

Aroma: Not easy to detect. Malty with a musty citrus aroma.

Appearance: Clear, amber body. Thin white head that slowly dissipates. Excellent lacing.

Taste: Emphasis is on the lightly roasted malt. The finish has a lemony, slightly sour flavour. Simple, but moreish.

Palate: Light to medium body. Thin mouthfeel. Lively carbonation.

Overall: Well balanced and drinkable, however, it’s a tad watery. It’s a good bitter, but Jarl, Hurricane Jack and Avalanche from Fyne Ales are better.

a really good bitter. dark amber colour. fine white head. aroma is malt and caramel. flavours are same with addition of good fruity hop character. more good stuff from Fyne. bottle. beerritz. leeds

Bottle from Alesela
Dark amber, big frothy white head, clear, some lacing
Aroma of soft citrus hops, caramel malts, hint of lemon
Taste of quite rich caramel malts, some bready malt, soft citrus hops, some lemon, bit of toffee, well balanced, good flavour
Palate soft carb, medium body, texture bit oily, smooth caramel malts with citrus tang. Finish as main flavour with some more soft bitter citrus
Overall - Well made good beer - I liked this one

Bottle:Deep golden coloured with an orangey sheen, stable creamy off - white foam, moderate dryish fruity and citrussy-hoppy nose with a faint toasty touch, nearly medium bodied, soft, moderate bitter-sweet flavour; lingering fruity and hoppy finish. A good one…

Cask. Light amber color, with a small. head. Bright. sugary nose, a little hop presence. Light fruity hop taste, chewy, some berry juice. Pleasing dry finish. Light/medium body, soft carbonation. Overall, tasty beer.

50cl bottle, BBE 08/2012. Poured dark golden with a frothy, lacing, great looking head. Aroma is citrus, hops and malt. Flavor is more toasted, nicely fruity and hoppy, decent bitterness. Nice body for this ABV. Enjoyable.

Bottle, bought @ Bierzwerg.de. Hazy orange amber with a staying, frothy, off-white head. Aroma is fruity, pine, apricot, caramel, quite crisp. Medium carbonation, fine dryish and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is mild, crispy doughy and caramelly malts, some pine, peach. Fairly malty with some good piney bitterness.

On cask at Cloisters. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin beige head. Aroma of Ovaltine malt, chocolate and caramel. Similar flavours with a little toffee also. Mild carbonation. Tasty.

It pours a clear, light amber, with a fluffy beige head that is gone within a minute. It does leave some nice lacing though, but you can see right through this beer. Smell is really light citrusy hop, not grapefruit or anything acidic, more sweet citrus, but it’s pretty subtle (in terms of the sweetness). Definitely get a caramelized aroma from the malt, kinda makes it seem like a peach or apple kind of note. It smells pretty clean and pleasant, but not very complex. Taste, definitely get a peach taste, like under-ripe peach; sweet, but not super juicy, and just barely tart. Toasty malt flavour, offsetting the sweetness nicely, and it blends well with the hop bitterness that is pronounced enough in the finish. The mouth feel is really nice for a light bodied beer, it’s real thin and has enough carbonation to keep it interesting, and I think it suits that nice hop bitter finish too. Stupidly easy to drink.