Belhaven Pilsner (Bottle)

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

Malty lager with low hop character . Roots of this beer are obvious to me, feel that this one could not escape. Some carbonation, medium light crown, pale gold. Earthy character, British hops and malt.

My first Celtic Pilsner!? Malty nose, amber, small off-white head. Malt taste, but some medicinal quality too. Medium bodied, lightly sweet. Good. Thanks Radek.

Yes, a Scottish Pilsner. Thanks to Radek from OKBeer in Halifax. There is a pils aroma, strong carbonation that tingles the tongue, and fresh and Crisp. Sweet

500 ml bottle. Golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy and creamy white head. Grassy and lightly grainy aroma. Honey and sugary sweet flavours, lightly grainy, virtually no hop character. Light to medium bodied, watery and prickly mouthfeel.

A very bad attempt at a pils.Hardly any taste and very little body. It might be brave for a Scotish brewery to attempt this style but if this is the best they can do why bother?

Not very good, really. And not a pilsner. Straw colour, small head, light fruity aroma. Flat, watery and boring.

Bottled. Pale gold in colour - like a pilsner. Aroma is, strangely, weak gooseberry. Flavours are light grain and those gooseberries again. Odd. The finish is short and sweet and not in a good way. Not a pilsner in my view.

Bottle. Straw gold, poor white head and aggresive condition. Fruity citric, almost metallic in the nose. Smokiness in the mouth that turns plasticy and phenolic, laced with starchiness. The good people of Pilsen should contact a good lawyer.