Hebridean Clansman

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

Serve in English pint

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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 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear deep golden with a tiny rough white head. The nose has a little sweet fruit and chemicals. Thin body, a little fruit and metal with quite some chlorine. Ends dry. Goddam awful. 160411

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

Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Deep gold/amber colour. Diacetyl and a bit of a chemical aroma. Not nice. I remeber this stayed on the table for some time.

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

1. Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool 23/02/2002 Golden colour with a slightly cloudy appearance. Pale. Slightly bitter hop finish. 2. Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 21/09/2002 Golden slightly wheaty and bitter. Lasting hop finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Bath Hotel, Sheffiled 30/04/2005 Golden slightly hazy and fruity. Some dryness in a mat finish.

CASK AT malt’n’hops Leith, Golden Yellow, light fruit hop nose ... bit citrus hit ... smooth and simple with light lemon tones... very fresh... quite drying in linger.

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.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, citrus and malt. A little sour and watery.