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5791
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Brewed by Kelburn
Style: Bitter
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
Serve in English pint

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unknown

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 59   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.12   EST. CALORIES: 123   ABV: 4.1%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular.
Named after a local blacksmiths, this beer is complex in character as is fitting for a championship winning ale. Red Smiddy is a smooth, dry ale with a unique spicy aroma and flavour. Its reddish hue, warm glow and tight head gives it a presence that makes it stand out against its competitors


3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Pedrosnr (5) - Kilmarnock, SCOTLAND - SEP 24, 2006 does not count
Cask in JDW, Kilmarnock. A well crafted beer from Kelburn which always hits the spot.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
CampbellWilson (533) - SCOTLAND - OCT 10, 2005
Cask from White Cart, Busby. Red right enough, with beige head. Fruity (berry), hoppy aroma. Fairly thin bodied with good long hoppy finish. Good stuff.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
DonMagi (5599) - bantervile, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - OCT 3, 2005
UPDATED: SEP 29, 2006 Pours i nice rust reddish colour. Aroma is fruity hops, little sweetness too. Taste is similar with a dry biscuit finish, maybe a little thin it has to be said be very very drinkable. RE-RATE: This has improved recently quite a bit. Fruity grassy, balanced one of the best session beers avalible in Glasgow.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
imdownthepub (7494) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - FEB 23, 2004
Cask Conditioned at The Hobgoblin, Oxford. Red brown beer with foamy white head. This is a smooth, mid roasted dryish beer, with a coffee like background. Some biscuit, some blackberry. Long flavoursome finish.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Christian (8561) - Odense, DENMARK - OCT 19, 2011
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

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
omhper (15965) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - AUG 9, 2006
UPDATED: AUG 29, 2006 [Cask at GBBF] Amber colour. Grapefruity hop aroma. Medium sweet with fairly soft mouthfeel and soapy perfumy hoppiness. Mildly malty, citric and refreshing. Medium bitterness.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
mountainforest (128) - Mississippi, USA - JUN 18, 2007
Tasted at the 2007 Beer Festival in Edinburgh Scotland. Red, brown, citrus. Hints of roast fruit (?!). Malty balance.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Fin (5749) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - MAR 22, 2009
Cask at the Abbotsford, Edinburgh, 20-03-09 on Craig’s crawl of Edinburgh’s finest establishments. Pours red amber with a thin white head. Taste is fruity in particular a little appley. Quite a juicy beer good bitterness, very pleasant A6 A4 F7 P4 OV15 3.5 </b

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
DruncanVeasey (5150) - NUNEATON, Blue Square Prem, Warwickshire, ENGLAND - FEB 15, 2011
Cask handpull, SIBA Champions Fest 2011, The Canalhouse, Nottingham. Copper-glinting ruby, white halo. Really decent choc orange, rhubarb aroma. Creamy and packed with orange; good chewy oatmeal and choc feel. Jaded. Time to go home. And leave my Blackberry in the gents on platform 5 so I have to come back tomorrow.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Theis (9258) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 17, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Clear amber - offwhite head. Toasted malts, hay, straw, ok hoppy, grassy, fruiy, berrie notes, ok bitterness. Nice.


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