Belhaven Best (Bottle and Keg)

Can. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate. Neutral boring bitter.

Small white head. Brown body. Faint grainy aroma. Dryish watery grainy dusty strawy taste with wooden caramel notes. Mid-to-thin body. Dry dusty grainy aftertaste. Lifeless and boring. (0.5l draft, McDonald’s Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh.)

From keg@Haymarket, Edinburgh. Beige, fine-laced cream head. Bright, dark amber color. Aroma is is light bready and nutty. Faint peach. Well-carbonated, medium sweet malt body with some suger tones. Moderate amount of earthy bittering hops. Dryish malty, faint bitter ending.

Draught at Mackenzies Inn. Amber with a creamy off-white head, fine lacings. Aroma moderate malty (caramel, roasted) and hoppy. Flavor moderate sweet and bitter. Light body.

Can. High creamy and long lasting off-white head. Clear and good looking dark brown body. Malty light spicy caramel aroma. Mild malty caramel flavor with little hops bitterness and a somewhat watery body. Low carbonation. Short aftertaste.

On keg approx 12 C Very nice pint at the local pub in Uddingston (outside Glasgow). Fresh and crispy taste. Nice bitterness a bit fruity

Can. Nice big nitro head with excellent duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are mild caramel, malt and hops. NIce and smooth but not that powerful.

21.09.2009, on tap at Bad Ass pub/restaurant, Edinburgh. amberbrown colour with a nice thick white head. Aroma is a little weak. There is maltyness and some bitterness. Aftertaste is soft and short.