Isle of Skye Young Pretender

Brewed by Isle of Skye
Style: Bitter
Portree, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Cask (handpump) @ Halfway House, 24 Fleshmarket Close, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1BX.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, sour fruit, overriped pineapple - fruit, light hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus - vinegar notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101031]

From cask at Standing Order. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Aroma is bitter, herbal and light fruity. Herbal, bitter, grassy and light toastedmalty. Dry and bitter finish.

Sampled cask conditioned at the Sligachan Hotel, Isle of Skye. Orange, slightly hazy appearance. Grassy, peaty aroma. Dry, light bodied and spicy. Softly malty with sparkling mouthfeel. Rather bitter finish. A light but flavourful and well balanced ale.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2009 Edinburgh Beer festival 2007 ... Golden orange ... no real nose ... lots of fruit ... very cremola foam ... quite hoppy ... little bitter

UPDATED: OCT 4, 2006 Cask Stillage at the Howcroft Inn, Bolton 15/10/2005. Golden amber and quite hazy in appearence. There was quite a sharp bitterness to the finish along with a slight fruitiness. Some dryness.

Cask Conditioned at The Easington, Banbury. Eureka, my closest pub has become beer heaven, 9 Real Ales along the bar with plenty of interesting bottles as well, a 10 minute stroll away!! This is an orange amber beer with chunky head, dry body to the beer with earthy cereal notes. Thirst quenching, light beer, very pleasant.

Cask (Pub at the Pier, Uig): Deep golden coloured, smaller stable head; grassy, aromatic hops in the nose; quite dry bitter flavour, light bodied; lingering dry bitter-aromatic finish. Spicy, pleasant thirst-quencher............

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Banbury BF. Aa amber coloured beer with a bit of soapy head. The beer is another wierd one with hints of sharp green apple in the aroma and some soapy apple washing-up liquid in the taste. All very dry and a bit cidery. Not sure what is intended here???

Cask at the Criterion. Gold and bronze in colour. Aromas are caramel malts and quite floral hops. This is a sweet tasting beer with caramel and some nice spicy hops. Not a pretender at all.

alright nothign too special, hoppy yes but not the easiest to drink, could do with a little more excitingness.