Hebridean Clansman

Brewed by Hebridean
Style: Bitter
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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09.08.05 on "The Seaforth" in Ullapool, Scotland. Bottle, cold. Re-tasted at home on August 28. It’s a golden, slightly hazy brew with a modest head. The aroma is crisp with notes of aroma hops and malt. The carbonation is low. The flavour is sweetish with notes of aroma hops. caramel, fruit and the finish is dry with a nice bitterness. But the overall impression is too watery.

A sweet golden ale, not particularly great. I had it from the bottle not the cask.

from bottle, nodescript concoction. Not sure it quite deserves some of the low ratings though. clear golden colour, definite malty aroma and flavour that lingers. Sessionable.

Bottle from Sainsbury’s. It pours amber, with a thin foamy white head. The nose is wet grass, chlorine, spinach, sweet malt and peach. The taste is tangy lemon, lime, peach, grapefruit, lager-shandy, grass, cardboard and metal, with a light bitter finish. Very thin, with low carbonation. A bit weird.

Bottled, from The Scottish Real Ale Shop, Kilmahog. Hazy golden, rich head. Somewhat mineraly with some unpleasant boiled vegetables. Sweetish and light bodied, notes of chlorine. Low bitterness.

Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. aroma is fruit, berries. Flavour is fruit, berries, flower, herbs. Thin body. Weird beer.

[500ml bottle, Hebridean Brewery] Pours highly carbonated clear golden colour. Malty aromas – which continue on the palate. Long bitter finish, which is dry and pretty harsh. The aftertaste is astringent and almost aniseed from the bitter malt, although after a while this fades and the beer becomes more sessionable. Not sure I’d want to, however [15042009]

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium to light dark orange yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, chlorine, toasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, chlorine chlorine. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20110416]

Bottle 500ml @ fonefan
Pours hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and hops. Taste is light sweet and medium bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.

Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. It pours a clear, dark golden to amber body and a small, white head. The aroma is chalky and chlorine like, some fruityness. The flavor isn’t much better, I had a hard time bringing myself to taste it. Medium body, What an awful beer, does the brewery really sell shit like this? 110416

Bottle @ Ulfborg Easter Tasting, 2011. Pours clear golden with bubbles on top. Sweet nose. Peach, butter and dust. Medium to thin body. Odd... Very thin!