Kelburn Red Smiddy

Brewed by Kelburn
Style: Bitter
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Serve in English pint

Tasted this at Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr on October 2002. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear almost luminous garnet red in colour with a thick creamy white head. Strong roast grain and berry fruit in the long aroma. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing throughout. Pale malt gives a rich range of complexity with a fiery maltloaf base and soft pulped plums, black cherries and brambles. Strong metallic hop resins give a bitter dryness to the aftertaste. Finish is malty and sweet with vinous cask notes and a hint of elderflower. Superb Scottish session ale and well recommended.

Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter caramel finish.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Amber with a small off-white head. Fruity and grainy aroma with a bit of apple peel. Sweet fruity flavour with grassy hops and a nice, bitter finish

Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Clear amber - offwhite head. Toasted malts, hay, straw, ok hoppy, grassy, fruiy, berrie notes, ok bitterness. Nice.

Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, earth and some mild herbal and nutty notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, mild spices, some herbs, caramel and mild toasted and nutty notes. Quite bitter, but at the same time mellow and nice.

From cask. Pours cloudy and orange with a small off-white and creamy head. Aroma is fruity, slight peachy and mild grapefruity. Bitter, dry and slight herbal. Bitter and dry into a crisp hoppy finish.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Clear orange coloured with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma of hops and grass. Fruity flavour of hops, grass and grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

Kopparfärgad öl med gräddigt skum. Doft av malt, citrus och kryddor. Maltig med ett trevligt mjukt inslag av citrus. En av de bättre alen jag drack i Skottland.