Inveralmond Ossian Ale (Bottled)

Brewed by Inveralmond
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Strong fruitiness, some doughy malt character and plenty of orange citrus with some mild butterscotch in the nose. Slightly hazy golden body is topped by a decent and very long lasting white head that leaves some nice lacing on the glass. Mild nutty sweetness underscores the honeyed malt character with some toastiness. Orange zest and floral hops offer a counterpoint and provide a fairly crisp bitterness. Medium body with soft bubbled, gentle carbonation that lasts throughout and awakens the tongue. A reasonable approximation of cask ale in a bottle even if it is pasteurized. Very nicely made. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle (Best Before Jul-08, Brewery Creek, May-07).

Bottle. Pale gold with a large white head. Bready yeast aroma. Flavour is hoppy with a bitter finish.

Bottle from Tesco at Uddingston cons 2012-04-18 Uddingston AR: apricot, pine, citrus/grape fruit juice AP: golden colored body, high frothy head bone white F: grape fruit juice, apricot flowers, citric, medium bitterness and carbonation finish is fruity orange cake

Una buona golden ale inglese, si presenta bene, saporita, e con un retrogusto gustoso e persistente!

500 ml bottle from Vaaland, Bryne. Pours a misty golden body with a rocky, off-white head that shrinks from an inch to a speckled head, leaving excellent lacing. Herbal, fruity, sprucy honey nose. Inviting. Medium bodied and smooth. Well hopped for it’s low strength, not overdone at all. Bitter and a little malty. The bitterness is the kind you get from the white part of citrus peel. Quite enjoyable.

50 cl bottle. Pours a white sticky head. Kind of shady pilsener color. Aroma of leaves and yeast. Nice and grainy flavour. This is not bad at all! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: MAR 28, 2012 Ormai l’amaro tende a catturare molti proseliti. Purtroppo è anche vero che l’amaro nasconde quegl’altri sapori tradizionali della birra classica. Con l’Ossian non accade. Per fortuna, aggiungerei. Corpo fruttato con leggero aroma aranciato e un qualcosa di frutta secca. L’amaro c’è ma non impedisce la fuoriscita di altri aromi. Un plauso a questo birrificio in effetti. E un ringraziamento anche all’Ossian bardo del medioevo che ha dato il nome a questa birra.

Bottle at The Flying Horse. Pours golden with a pillowy head. Taste of honney, orange cest and lemon. Freh but bitter and hevier than the abv indicates. A bit like a more bitter Trashy Blond.

Pours a slightly cloudy light amber color with a smallish white head that dissipates quickly but covers the glass in a fair amount of sticky lace. Smells malty bready with a hint of butterscotch and nail polish. Sweet dark pitted fruit and a hint of toffee round out the nose quite well. Taste is sweet and malty with a bit of bread and toffee up front. Lots of butterscotch coated berries and cherries in here. Slightly earthy hop barely cuts through malty sweetness. Surprising fullness of body for such a small abv. Moderate level of carbonation and a sweet almost oily mouthfeel. Not to shabby of a beer, if it were a bit easier to obtain I might have one periodically.

bottled. clear golden with a faint head. some gentle piney hop aroma; quite sweet and buttery, verging on honeyed but still quite drinkable

Bottle. Clear pale gold with an average sized white head. Aroma:taste of toast, herbal hops, backberries, nettles, minerally with a sgnificant fruity bitter finish. Light to moderate carbonation.