Belhaven Fruit Beer (Bottle)

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

Crisp clean orange brandy colour. No head. Light warm tannin aroma. Some fruit bitterness in flavour. A real fruit blend. No dominant flavours but a fruitiness grows on the palate. Taste of fruit meat rather than cloying jam or extracts. A chewy patio beer.

From bottle. Rich fruit aroma. Extremely clear apple juice appearance with a thin head. Reminds me of Ribena. Raspberries coming through, although a little musky. Thin in texture but pleasant hints of fruit. A bit girlie, and to do the girlie test I gave it to my girlfriend. Result....She liked it, therefore a girlie beer.

bottle. Copper coloured with pathetic white head. Aroma of berries, toffee and malt. Sweet hoppy taste with malt and artificial blueberries. Fizzy, but thin. Hops in the finish with a touch of fruit. Tastes just like Mountain Berry Cleary Canadian. It’s has the same taste of artifical sweeteners. Eh.

Oh come on, it’s not that bad. Especially on top of a Peeterman’s. Reddish amber pour with well-retained creamy white suds. Slightly sickly vanilla, hop leaf and copper in the snout. A perfectly natural tasting combination of leafy hop bitterness, creamy malt and background fruitiness. Subtle, well-balanced and refreshing. Even if it does taste more than a little bit like Campino strawberry and vanilla sweets.

copper colour ale with a malty fruity nose, a nice extra fruity bitter thats well balanced.

Bottle. Amber red color, ok head. Strong berry aroma. Very fruity flavor, apple, lemon and berries. A little malty and hoppy beer-taste in the background.

Bottle (from Tesco, BBE Apr 07). Distinct raspberry and vaguer fruits of the forest type aromas. Fruity sweet flavours with little of the beer about it. Quite similar to the artificial fruit flavours of fruit flavoured waters but a bit stronger. Not for me, but the head lasted all the way to the end!

Bottle. Very thin mouthfeel. Sweet, with some hints of red berry fruit and perhaps some blueberry or something along those lines. Mouthfeel is stale and very empty. Don’t like this one.