Isle of Skye Red Cuillin

Brewed by Isle of Skye
Style: Bitter
Uig, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Amber colored, vanishing white head. The aroma is malty, with a light fruitness. Taste: Medium sweetness, but very light bitterness. Hops are perceived in the aroma, but not in mouth. The body is watery to low. A bit astringent and smoky in the end. Not impressive at all, but not bad.

22nd June 2008. Clear brown beer. Pretty plain mild malt - almost non existent hops. A plain Jane of a beer.

Big pale brown lasting head. Brown-red body with light carbonation. Fruity dusty aroma with chocolatey notes. Dry roasty fruity taste with chocolatey notes. Faint, faint vinegar-like traces, too. Light body. Faintly watery mouthfeel. Dry fruity earthy dusty aftertaste with wooden notes. Quite good, but not entirely successful. A bit hollow and vinegary, for whatever reason. (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)

50cl bottle. Very smooth, taste of caramel and quite fruity. Will try again.

A clear dark amber to brown ale with a thick frothy light moka head. A nutty malt in aroma, with light fruity esters. In mouth, a light ale with nutty malts, lots of caramel, some woody notes, not a lot of hops, overall, quite simple and uninteresting. BB OCt. 2009. LCBO Roland and Russell Private import.

50 cl bottle at home. Clear brown color, fifne but disappering off-white head. Aroma is fruity with malt and hints of hops. Flavor is sweet malty, fruit, nuts, Moderate bitterness.

0.5L bottle from Ica Middelthon, Stavanger. Dark amber colored, reddish hued, with a big-bubbled, fingerthick beige head head on top. Aroma of tinned dark fruits with an acidic touch, and some slight nutty malts. Fruits and malt in the flavor. Fairly dry, moderately hopped. Clean mouthfeel. Light-bodied. Dry, acidic-fruity ending. Good drinkability for a quite unusual Bitter.