Belhaven Robert Burns (Bottle)

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

An amber beer with great head. The aroma is very complex with hints of fruit, malt and banana. The flavor is fruity and prickling with spices. It’s a great flavor yet a little special

(Bottle 50 cl) Dark amber colour with a rather tall and stable head. Spicy aroma and spicy flavours. Caramelish sweetness - actually very sweet - withoutout much bitterness to level things out. Some smoky whisky notes. 191002

50 cL bottle. Pours almost clear orange with a dense white head. Light spiced hops aroma. Flavour is mild breadish, malty and with a light spice note. Goes into a sweet finish and a mild bitterness in the far finish.

Sampled draught (4.5%)at the Danish Beer Festival.
Nut brown. Sweet and rather malty. Mild and somewhat peaty. Very soft with low bitterness and good balance. Lightly smokey finish.

Bottle. Clear medium amber color with a small to average frothy fair lacing mostly lasting off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruit, light hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft.

Bottle, 4.2%. Weak malty aroma. Clear brown colour, stable light brown head. Slightly smoky flavour, otherwise a bit sweet. The sweetness is too sugary for my liking.

Bottled (thanks to the craziest...). Deep reddish brown colour, mediumsized foamy slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, some nuts, wood and also mild nectary notes along with mild roasted malts. Flavour is mildly roasted malts, some nuts, wood and also flowery hops along with some mild nectary notes. Refreshing bitter.

Bottle at home. Clear orange coloured with a small off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, hops and grass. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, grass and hops with notes of dried fruits. Hoppy finish.