Belhaven McCallums Stout (Bottle)

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

A brown beer with a fine light brown head. The aroma is very slight but contains notes of sweetness, fruit and smoke. The flavor is sweet at first (not very stout'y), then it turns slightly smoked, and dry with fruit notes. It ends on a sweet bitterness. It's a nice beer, but not a stout in my universe.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pitch black with a tint of red. Dense, light brown head. Soft and malty with a weak, burned edge. Not as dry as a typical Irish Stout, actually a bit sweet with almost no bitterness. Very pleasant. 050203

33 cL bottle. Pours dark and hazy brown with a slowly diminishing tan head. Roasted malt and mild chocolate aroma. Initial sweet flavour, followed but a mild light acidic and roasted malt flavour. Mild fruity note and vague smoke note too.

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.

Bottle. Acidic aroma. Very dark brown colour. Stable rocky head. Flavour is hoppily fruity and malty with a hint of liquorice and coffee. Fruity stout? Sweet, salty aftertaste. Quite tasty for its ABV.

Bottled. Dark brown with brownish head. Roasted malt in aroma with hints of caramel. Flavour is dominated by roast and caramel but also has some hints of cold and old coffee. A bit watery for being a stout. (6 4 6 3 11)

Bottled. (re-rate Dec 2006). Dark ruby red colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is sweet malts, raisins and slight hops. Flavour is plum, raisins, dry dark fruit and malts. Sadly almost no roast in it, only some weak hints. Still a very nice stout, with aftertaste of flowery hops, plum and mild roastiness. Slightly highers rating now than in 2005. 7 4 6 4 13.

Bottled. Dark brown coloured with a beige head. Aroma of malts with roasted notes and notes of coffee. Sweet malty flavour with light roasted notes.

Keg
Dark amber color. Caramel nose, malt. Sweet malt taste and rather poor hop. Not a stout, more like an unfermented wort.