Belhaven Scottish Lager (Bottle)

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

Pours creamy white head. Highly carbonated. Aromatic hoppy nose with some wet, smoky (?) malt. That carries over to the flavour zone, meaty malts, some sweetness and touch of bark spice. Different for a lager.

Typical standard pale lager with one "but": it has quite evident smokey and rusty notes in both aroma and palate, which convert it in typical Scottish-taste beer. You can love or hate this taste but it’s always recognizable.

Yellow/golden color, ok white head. Malty aroma with some vanilla. Flavor is malty as well, with touches of vanilla and toffee. Quite pleasant.

Small head, pale yellow body. Weak aroma, only a little light malt. Flavor is a little fuller - malt, hops and brewing mash. Boring boring boring.

Slightly flourescent yellow colour. Hmmmm. Grassy, slightly herbal aroma. Toasty flavours with some sultana notes, uric acid and hay. Conjures up a scene in provincial Afghanistan where the villagers are making a spiceless plov by burning dung while a little boy takes a leak in the corner. It's that unclean.

Bottle. Some light nondescript fruit initially, then fades rapidly into a dull, what's the point, lager.

Very pale straw colour with a frothy, somewhat lasting, white head. Typical grainy macrolager aroma. Typical grainy macrolager flavour, but with a bit extra hop bitter bite on the finish. Crisp and refreshing palate saves it a bit, but not much.

Very pale colour. Almost no aroma. Very light grainy flavoure. Thin and watery. I couldn't finish, so I mixed it with some raspberyy juice.