Hebridean Islander

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

Serve in English pint

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Bottle 500ml. @ home.

Light light unclear medium to dark orange amber color with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, dusty malt, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, dusty hops. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, spied hops, dark orange hops, caramel, peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110207]

Cask at Blackfriars. A slightly hazy amber beer with a thin lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and bread, leading to a slightly bitter finish.

Cask at Blackfriars, Glasgow. Nut brown. Sweet and hearty. Fruity and slightly rubbery with almost full body. Some sulphur in a minerally finish. Warming and with lots of character, but also some flaws.

Cask gravity at Kent BF 2006. Down as Island Strong at 4.8%, but I am pretty sure that this is the same beer as Islander. Hazy russet with thin off white head. Raisiny aroma with some off flavours in mouth. Some grapefruit hop on end. Syrupy red fruit. Quite malty.

Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 21/09/2002 Mid brown coloured fruity and very hoppy. Slightly bitter finish.

UPDATED: JUN 15, 2007 THe bottle was terrible with the cask barly better, amber colour, with funny aroma, clacwing malt. Edinburgh beer festical 2007 ... CASK tk2 ... light ruby brown ... sweet malt nose ... sweet malt fruit... nothing special but drinkable. 1.1 > 3

Bottle @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours clear golden with a small, stayin, creamy, white head. Aroma has apple vinegar, some caramel malts and light grassy hops. Highish carbonation, slightly dry mouthfeel. Flavour has acid, some vinegar. Definitely infected.

Dark amber with a nice head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel and hops. The flavour has the same notes plus a hint of licorice and a nice bitter finish.

Bottled, 500ml from York Beer & Wine. Clouded orange amber with virtually no head. Vinegar snatch on the nose leading to an infected sour cream, chalky off flavour. It’s a gonner unfortunately. Poor show.

Bottle: Hazy, mid-sized off-white head with a little lace, dryish malty, a bit roastmalty nose with a good dash of aromatic hops; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied; lingering aromatic hoppy aftertaste with malty spots. Well crafted ale..........