Harviestoun Haggis Hunters Ale (Cask)

Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Bitter
Alva, Central, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy amber colour with a low firm white foam. Dryish hop aroma of grapefruit, cedar, and star fruit. Medium to light-bodied with really dry hoppy notes of grass, grapefruit, cedar and mild pepper. Long bitter finish of grapefruit-peels and grass.

Nice light session style beer. Aroma is primarily malt with a light fruit note. Taste is actually surprisingly fruity and quite citrus in nature. More sour than bitter. Interesting take on the style.

Good looking seasonal mild which is hoppy in its character and is nice to drink.

Dark golden colour with medium head.Aroma is malty and fruity with flavor of wi´ngums and hops,medium body and mild hoppy finsish,good well balanced and easy to drink type of bber.

Not sure about this one. Slightly hazy amber colour, strong citrus aromas. Bitter almost sour in taste. Quite intense. Overall a little too acidic for me.

Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (23 Jan 12) - clear amber with creamy off-white head, citrus malt and taste is citrus / grapefruit and spicy with a dry and very bitter and prolonged aftertaste, too bitter for my liking

Cask. Gold with a small white head. Citrus and hops aroma. Butter, malt and hoppy flavour with a bitter hop finish. Very low carbonation. OK but boring bitter.

17 June 2011, tap at SRAF. med gold colour, clear, no bubbles or head. nose is a gold ale w/ some soft bitter grassy hops. med body and mildly fizzy. taste isn’t that great. it is like a bitter burnt tea flavour. not a big fan.

Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 19/01/2011 (As Haggis Hunter ABV 4.3%) Citrus hop aroma. Golden coloured fruity and hoppy grapefruit flavour with a hint of dryness in a bitter malt finish.

Pours a mostly clear golden brown small film head and great lacing smells of pine cone hops grass and a bit of sweetness Taste is very bitter when it hits your tongue and then coats it with an even more so bitterness of citrus rind, the bitter white pith though so I thought it was a bit much. some slight malt and fruit sweetness tries to balance it out but gets kicked in the nuts by his bitter friend. Smooth and soft on the tongue and the only thing keeping me from drinking too much is the intence bitterness. A bit one dimensional and not balanced enough for me. I liked it the first time I had it a few months ago better. May be the batch, my palate or the moment. Will still try it again, as I love the brewery.

Cask, Francis Newton, Sheffield, UK. Deep gold, subdued hop aroma. Sweet and creamy texture, nice bitterness on the finish with citrus and pine.