Belhaven McCallums Stout (Bottle)

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

Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, malt and fruits. Taste of malt and caramel with hints of smoke i the finish.

Draught at Old Brick’s Inn, Jyväskylä. Dark reddish color with decent head. The aroma is sweet with roasted malt and licorice. The taste is a bit dryer but still a blend of sweetness and soft but distictive roastedness, licorice, smoke and charcoal. A bit too sweet to be balanced.

Bottle, 355ml. Not that dark colour, more of a brown ale type. Not many fingers of foam, but it’s quite dark and thick. The sweet aroma include butter, toffee and brown sugar. Very interesting sweet taste with a latent strong smoke at the end. A bit too sweet, no bitterness to be felt even in the finish. There’s more and more smoke in the aftertaste.

(Bottle BB 08/07) Roasted malty and slightly sweet aroma (a bit coffee too). Red black colour, bright and brownish, average size, fully diminishing head with a hint of lacing. Roasted malty and sweet (caramel-like) flavour with a hint of bitterness. Medium-bodied, softly carbonated and slightly creamy palate. Rather thin stout but not a bad one though! 08/08/06

Thin. Brown with ruby tones. Solid head. Very good lacing. Aroma with frutal leaves. Not much taste, like could be expected from the aroma. Well prepared, but a little weak taste.

On Tap/Nitro Keg: Shows a deep and very dark red/chestnut color with plenty of bubbles in the bottom. Head is medium, creamy and rocky, off-white in color and showing good retention. It leaves a fair lacing. Aroma is pretty much the one of a Sweet Stout, very malty with notes of butterscotch, toffee, and hints of milk and marzipan. Soft flavor, sweet with a little of caramel and a slight touch of Syrah wine but without the alcohol. A buttery note is also present. Ultra smooth but thin beer. It dissolves in the mouth quickly. This Stout has no trace of alcohol whatsoever. No carbonation, texture is oily and the aftertaste is nice. Simple, easy-to-drink stout.

Mild smoke, its a vewry light colour for a stout. a bit dry for my stouty taste, enough said .

Brown, talle beige head. Malty aroma with fruity notes of hops. Mild, sweet flavour. Smoke? Roasted malts. Soft carbonation. Very drinkable, very well balanced. Not really a stout though? (resembles a thin ’hvidtøl’...).