Belhaven McCallums Stout (Bottle)

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

Bottle. Dark brown with a nice tan head. Malty sweetness, choco, coffee. Sweet, watery ends quite bitter.

Keg (Kitty’s, Helsinki) Dark ruby brown, healthy tight head. Rich sweet malty aroma, dark berries, raisins. Had a better one than this. Rich burnt taste, pleasantly fills the mouth. Sticky bitterness breaks up the sweetness. Alas a very slight metallic tinge occasionally.

Zurich, 07. Not a terrible stout, but nothing to go out of your way for. Dark brown colour with minimal beige head. Flavour is a bit too sweet and light bodied for my liking, but has some pleasant light roasted chocolate and vanilla notes.

Non terribile stout da un produttore che non mi sta simpaticissimo (soprattutto per la sua terribile Devil’s Kiss che in Italia ci propinano in ogni dove); bottiglia da 33cl ’smezzata’ con Dude a casa sua, a Brescia. Gran cioccolato e un poco di caffè, facile a bersi e non malaccio.______________ENGLISH TEXT HERE______________Not terrible stout from a producer I don’t like very much (mainly for his terrible Devil’s Kiss: here in Italy it’s everywhere); 33cl bottle shared with Dude in his canteen in Brescia. Big chocolate and a little coffee, easy to drink but not bad at all.

Bottle. High fluffy but lasting light brown head. Clear very dark red body. Heavy barley malt aroma with a touch of smething sour which I cannot figure out, maybe some berries. Flavor sweet and malty without much carbonation or aftertaste.

Bottle. Clear medium to dark brown color with a average frothy good lacing mostly lasting beige head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft.

Sweet, burned malt aroma. Flavour of brown sugar, caramel and a bit fruity. Ok balance. Uninteresting and too sweet.

Nice head, a bit big-bubbly though, the color is dark brown. The aroma is sweet and malty. The flavour has sweetness and fruit, and a brief hint of licorice, in the finish there is a light bitterness. IMO only a stout by name...