Islay Finlaggan Ale

Brewed by Islay
Style: Bitter
Bridgend, Isle of Islay, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Bottle. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate yeasty, fruity, fruit acidic. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. Very refreshing (301007)

Bottled. An unclear amber beer iwht a fluffy orangey head. The aroma is acidic malty with notes of lemon and oranges. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of lemon and oranges, while the body is thin.

(Bottle 50 cl) Slightly hazy, pale amber golden with a rough, off-white head leaving some lacework. Unclean aroma with a touch of citrus. Light in body with an excessive carbonation. Some weird Brettish accents without any real sourness. A little fruit and caramel but no bitterness. Interesting. 311007

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with dense white head. Citric aroma, slight sweet. Flavour is dry, lemonish citric and acidic. Ends with a dry bitterness.

Cask@GBBF2008. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity, flowery and wooden. Flavour is malty, slightly grassy as well as earthy. Wellbalanced, but not very much surprises.

Bottled. Orange-amber, hazy. Dusty aroma. Dry and somewhat metallic, lightly peaty. Light bodied with low bitterness.

Cloudy deep amber with tiny off white head. sweet flavor with mild hops and hints of malt and caramel.

Cask, Radical Road, Edinburgh. Amber and hazy. Loose head. Toasty, lightly fruity, complex aroma. Actually a bit strange - some toasty notes but also thin and grainy. Not terribly interesting. Fresh samples on Islay didn’t knock me out either.

Cask at GBBF 08. That’s an alright bitter. Decent hop, ok malts. OK bitter.

Cask Handpump at the Black Horse, Darwen 29/05/2004 Amber golden coloured and slightly rich on the palate. Smooth lasting malt finish.