Belhaven Best (Bottle and Keg)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: Bitter
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

From tap at Winstons. Pours clear and golden orange with a small and dense white head. Roasted malty aroma. Light breadish flavoured with a roasted malty and slight caramelish note. On the mild dry side. Light bitter and slight citric into the finish.

Draught @ The Kenilwort, 152-154 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD, Scotland.
Clear light to medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, vegetable, caramel notes, light honey and toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090408]

Canned. Amber colour with small creamy slightly off-white head. Aroma is flowery and fruity hops along with some wood and caramel. Flavour is quite identical. Smooth carbonation. Easy to drink.

1. Keg Handpump at the Riverside CLub, Glasgow 05/08/2001 (As Best) Mid brown coloured with some fruity cherry flavour and a malt hop finish. 2. Cask Stillage at the RUFC, Macclesfield 08/05/2004 Amber mid brown coloured hoppy beer with a slightly wheaty lasting malt finish. 3. Keg Handpump at the King Of Diamonds, Glasgow 22/06/2004 (Best) Golden amber with some sweetness and a dry lasting malty hop finish that’s creamy on the palate. 4. Keg Handpump at the Globe, Aberdeen 15/12/2006 (Best) Some fruit aroma. Amber golden coloured and slightly hoppy. Smooth on the palate. A little dryness in a crisp malt finish.

Keg at Gallus, Glasgow. Copper colour with lasting beige head. Caramel aroma, caramel in mouth. Fine, just dull and lacking flavour.

Can (BB 11/2004)
Amber color with whipped cream tan head. Aroma of whiskey and toffee. Medium-bodied, smooth mouthfeel. Roasted, coffee flavor with notes of caramel. Light sweetish aftertaste.

I have learned a trick: Open a nitrogen can, place a pint glass on top of it, turn upside down and pull the can slowly upwards, so that it’s just above the surface all the time - this give a beer very close to a draught. Anyhow, there is a nice creamy head on this dark amber ale. The aroma has notes of caramel just like the flavour, that also has notes of fruit and a light bitter finish. A mild and easy to drink session beer, with only 3,5%.

Keg. Just a slight hoparoma. Malty flavor, light to medium bodied. Just a hint of hopbitterness, especially in the aftertaste. Slightly metallic and salty. Rather bland.