Windie Goat Brewery Reviews

chriso	3 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Sunday, January 29, 2017
madmitch76	2.9 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter 2nd December 2009 Pigs Ear. Clear dark brown beer. Neutral palate but very low carbonation. Well balanced dark malt with some peachy orange hop coming through, not bitter. Not bad. Sunday, June 17, 2012
tombyars	3.1 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Sampled this strong IPA style at the Paisley Beer Festival, May 2009. Cask, gravity dispense. Crystal clear pale straw in colour with a thin loose white head. Strong aroma of fresh lemons and a good refreshing mouthfeel. Pale malts give a robust intensity of citrus fruit with lemon, grapefruit and then softer notes of kiwi and honeydew melon appear. Hop resins give a strong floral bitter flavour in the dry aftertaste, ending with a bitter sweet 50/50 finish. An excellent summer session ale and a new one from the Windie Goat portfolio to look out for. Monday, March 12, 2012
tombyars	3.3 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Sampled this porter at the Paisley Beer Festival April 2007. Cask, gravity dispense. Mahogany black in colour with a creamy white head. Strong roast malt aroma with slight chocolate overtones. Disappointing thin mouthfeel though leading to complex dark malt combinations, giving distinct chocolate malt flavour with roasted almonds and slight bramble fruit notes. Dry dusty hop resin in aftertaste with a vinous winey fruit in the finish. A decent session porter. Monday, March 12, 2012
tombyars	3 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Had this excellent local Scottish ale at the Troon Beer Festival October 2006. Cask, handpump dispense. Dark copper red in colour with a tight white creamy head. Floral hop aroma with a good silky mouthfeel. Complex dark malts in taste giving a very fruity flavour of juicy summer berries and an unusual delicate bouquet of parma violet sweets! Refreshing fruit notes linger on with a slight dryness from the aromatic hop finish. A cracking summer session ale for those fed up with drinking Deuchars IPA cloned citrus types. Monday, March 12, 2012
BeerCast_Rich	3.9 Windie Goat Gutter Slab [minikeg, Windie Goat Brewery] Pours an opaque orange colour, even after having been well settled - with minikegs you often get half a glass full of chunks before the drinkable beer comes. Strong lemony aroma from the hops, really makes you want to dive in. On the taste, the characteristic citrusy Cascade flavours come to the fore. An abv around 4% would really lose something, the higher alcohol content pays off. Good bitter finish. Really nice indeed [20072008] Wednesday, August 17, 2011
BeerCast_Rich	2.9 Windie Goat Peden's Cove [cask at the 2008 SRAF] Pale yellow beer with a thin white lacing. Aromas are grassy hop and a little spiciness – definitely got that musty Fuggles aroma. The palate is more grassy hop, together with some citrus. Malt is there too – quite a decent bitter [21062008] Friday, August 12, 2011
Ungstrup	3 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Cask at NWAF 2009. An uclear deep red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of coffee, leading to a dry and lightly bitter finish. Sunday, July 11, 2010
JohnRMurdoch	4.7 Windie Goat Final Fling The last beer to be produced by the Windie Goat brewery. Toffee apple aroma. Cloudy golden brown colour with persistent frothy head. Citrus fruit flavour with bitter aftertaste. Smooth on palate. A great way to finish. Sunday, March 21, 2010
JohnRMurdoch	4.7 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Tropical fruit aroma. Cloudy golden colour. Strong citrus fruit flavour with bitter aftertaste. Goes down beautifully. My highest rated beer so far. Sadly never to be seen again. The brewery is closing. Sunday, March 21, 2010
JohnRMurdoch	4.2 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Sweet citrus aroma, golden yellow colour. Apricot flavour with smooth palate and bitter smokey aftertaste. Very nice. Sunday, March 14, 2010
chriso	3.4 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Cask (gravity dispense) at Pigs Ear Beer Festival, 2 December 2009. From the name, I was expecting something blacker but this was more of a dark brown colour. No head. No condition. Roast malt and chocolate quite evident. Also some good hoppy bitterness for balance. Quite good, despite the unpromising initial impression. Sunday, February 21, 2010
Rincewind	4.5 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Minikeg. American style IPA with huge hop flavours that fill the mouth and a dry resinous finish that’s long on the tongue. Splendid version of what IPA should be like. Only available in the brewpub, at occasional festivals and online but worth watching out for. Saturday, February 20, 2010
cgarvieuk	3.7 Windie Goat Mill Pool cask at cloister ... nice ruby amber ... nice ruby amber ...sweet resn hop ... dry orange fruit ... fruity hop ... quite dry ... Monday, January 25, 2010
Ungstrup	3.3 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask at Smithfield Hotel, Manchester. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has strong notes of hops and grass as well as lighter notes of citrus. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, grass, and grapefruit, leading to a dry bitter finish. The body is light. Thursday, January 7, 2010
Ungstrup	3.2 Windie Goat Boat Hole Cask at Smithfield Hotel, Manchester. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and hops - the latter lending it notes of grass and flowers, leading to a quite bitter finish. Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Bullit	3.5 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Cask @ Ayrshire Real Ale Festival 09. Golden colour, white head. Aroma is hoppy. Flavour is malty, hoppy, citrus. Fresh. Bitter finish. Nice one. Saturday, October 3, 2009
gary07734	3.4 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Mid brown pint with a slight head. Drinks lemony/apple with some background sweetness and grassy/straw bitter finish. No real hint of the highish alcohol. Decent. Tuesday, September 15, 2009
DruncanVeasey	2.8 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask gravity, The Angel, Atherstone. Thinly lidded straw with lace dabs, faint citrus and biscuity aroma. Watery lemon puff notes, wheat, card, disinfectant. A bit odd and watery, but OK. Sunday, August 30, 2009
cgarvieuk	3.5 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Cask at Scottish Real Ale festival 2009 ... amber ... big hop nose ... some grapefruit ... hop front ... and quite alot ... but not my hop ... still quite tasty Saturday, June 27, 2009
anders37	2.9 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with some weak smokey hints and some hints of chocolate. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor with some hints of dark fruit. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish. Monday, June 22, 2009
anders37	2.9 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity hoppy grapefruit aroma with some hints of citrus. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some hints of grapefruit. Has a fruity malty slightly hoppy finish with some hints of citrus in the aftertaste. Monday, June 22, 2009
anders37	3.3 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask @ Smithfield Hotel, Manchester M4. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy grapefruit aroma wth some hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some hoppy grapefruit hints in the aftertaste. Monday, June 8, 2009
fonefan	3.2 Windie Goat Boat Hole Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. [ Blackboard did say Windie Goat Boat House but Windie Goat web.site says they did made a beer called Boat Hole that was served on Smithfields that weekend. ]. Clear medium to dark orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, orange, fruity, like green young citrus, maybe gooseberry. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Very refreshing. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090124] Tuesday, April 14, 2009
fonefan	2.8 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England. Clear medium brown color with no head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, smoke. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20090123] Tuesday, April 14, 2009
fonefan	3.5 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. Clear medium amber orange color with a average, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, grapefruit, grass, orange shell. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090122] Friday, April 3, 2009
cgarvieuk	3.8 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Cask at Manchester winter ale fetival 2009... Deep brown ... light smokey chocoalte roast nose ... a little thin ... but a good roast and little chocolate malt ... some dark fruits and easy drinking. Thursday, February 12, 2009
MesandSim	2.5 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter A Mes rate. Gravicask at National Winter Ale festival. Dark brown with no head. Dark malt, plenty of chocolate and a pleasant roasty finish. Decent enough but let down heavily by some harsh apple notes throughout. Sunday, February 1, 2009
ritchie666	2.7 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask 2nd South Shields Beer Fest. Hazy copper beer with a citrusy and fruity hop nose and a lightly fruity taste, a bit thin with a slight finish. Sunday, August 17, 2008
RPillsbury	3.7 Windie Goat Gutter Slab Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival, 2008. Very well balanced beer with floral, bitter and citrus flavours coming through and an overall lemon zest that makes this beer very refreshing. Friday, June 20, 2008
fonefan	2.8 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2008. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, grape, lemon shell. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (030508) Thursday, June 12, 2008
RoyceH	3.1 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask at Glenrothes BF 08. Nose is passionfruit and mango, strong and dominating. Mouth is hoppy grassy bitter, then the mango and passionfruit almost burning, ouch. Lasts fruity, Bit too severe at points. Sunday, May 4, 2008
alchemist700	4.4 Windie Goat Gutter Slab A pale coloured American style IPA with a hint of lemon and grapefruit. With an alcohol content of 5.5% I found this to be a very refreshing brew and look forward to trying it again. Sunday, March 30, 2008
MesandSim	4 Windie Goat Gutter Slab A Mes rate: Gravicask at the White Horse in Hedgerley. Mid golden brown with a thin bubbly head and some good condition. Awesome grassy bitter hops with a lovely lasting bitter sting. Bitter bite gives it a glorious mouthfeel. Straight down the line it may be but it drinks well below its strength and is really well made. Started the day with this and it was all downhill from here. Hoped to go back and get some more but Kevin and the other fella behind the bar had been having sneaky nips of it all day and it ran out! Tuesday, March 25, 2008
DonMagi	2.3 Windie Goat Fishermans Ale Cask in the Bon Accord. Aroma is rich malts, oxidied and apple notes, off putting ink notes. Taste is similar but i suppose its more drinkable than i expected. Not in good condition at all. Friday, March 14, 2008
chimplechamp	3.4 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel cask, troon beer fest. pours cloudy bronze copper ith a great white sudsy head. smells spicy, watermelon? tastes sweet but well balanced much nicer then pedens cove, more body n but more bready. sticky mouth feel. hop finish is apparent. Saturday, November 10, 2007
chimplechamp	2.5 Windie Goat Peden's Cove cask troon beer fest. pours cloudy yellow like pee. smells like clean, tastes spicy very spicy, clean finish nothing inspiring except for the strange spice. Saturday, November 10, 2007
cgarvieuk	3.6 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask at troon beer fest 07... Copper colour ... little sweet spirit ... soft light malts ... little sharp caramel malts. odd but not unpleasent somthing Saturday, October 13, 2007
cgarvieuk	3.2 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask at troon beer fest 07... Bright yellow ... ligth fruity hop ... bright sharp fruit ... little citric hop ... touch watery. Saturday, October 13, 2007
DonMagi	3.3 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask at troon beer fest 07. Aroma starts peachy, however goes onto grassy and citrus notes. Taste is again fruity down the poeachy citrus line, well balanced. Sunday, October 7, 2007
DonMagi	3 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask at troon beer fest. Aroma is citrus grassy hops, with a slight wiff of chorine. Taste has again chlorine over a grassy pale malts base, but a bit yeasty. Sunday, October 7, 2007
DJMonarch	3.4 Windie Goat The Dubh Porter Cask Stillage from the Festival Bar at the Flower Pot, Derby 01/04/2007 Slightly rich roast aroma. Black with some alcohol present. Some bitterness in a crisp rich roast finish. ABV 4.9% Wednesday, July 25, 2007
duff	1.4 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask@Reading BF. Quite bitter, but in a slightly infected sort of way. Palate is woody, with strange saw dust flavours. Finish is short and slightly rancid. Not very good. Tuesday, June 19, 2007
shropshirelad	3.7 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Tried this at the weekend at The Faiblford Inn. Spoke to the owner/brewer who confrmed this was an improved recipe there had been a bad batch which may have been the one in Reading Monday, June 18, 2007
MesandSim	3 Windie Goat Peden's Cove A Mes rate: Gravicask at Reading Beer Festival. Had this last year at the festival and absolutely slated it. This year it was far better but still no show stopper. Nice clean gold colour with a thin white head. Decent peach and kiwi accents from the hops. Slight notes of tobacco and straw. Decent dry bitter finish. A marked improvement on last years sample. Wednesday, May 9, 2007
harrisoni	2.8 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask condition, gravity at Reading BF 2007. Gold, haze, thin white head. Bit weedy and thin. Bit of bleach. Citrusy golden beer, doesn’t work, rubber flavour. 2.6/5.0 Re-rate Cask gravity at Reading BF 08. Gold, with thin lasting ivory head. Bit of kiwi fruit. Bit of tea. A lot better than last time. Bit of dryness on end. A lot better than last year, with a bit of peach/citrus, but still not wonderful Tuesday, May 8, 2007
RobbieMann	3.4 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Nice light beer and is the ’standard’ beer served in the brewry/pub. The small country pub has a great atmosphere and other guest ales are served. Friday, February 9, 2007
DJMonarch	3.2 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel Cask Stillage from the cellar at the Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield 16/12/2006 Hoppy aroma. Amber coloured with a slightly hazy appearance. Hoppy and fruity pear flavour. Bitter and slightly dry lasting finish. Wednesday, February 7, 2007
alchemist700	4.5 Windie Goat Priest's Wheel A very drinkable beer. I highly recommend it. This beer is kept in superb condition at the Failford Inn, near Mauchline. Monday, November 27, 2006
DJMonarch	3.4 Windie Goat Peden's Cove Cask Stillage at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham 20/10/2006 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and pale with a crisp and slightly creamy bitter finish. Monday, October 30, 2006