Belhaven St Andrews Ale (Bottle)

500ml bottle from the LCBO Pours a nice dark reddish cooper with a nice frothy white head and good lacing as per the description The aroma light caramel malt the taste is light sweet malt with a touch of hops a liitle thin but not bad

Dark copper color with a thin, almost lacy, head. Piney, slightly citrus hops with a caramel malt base, with a touch of tobacco and dried fruit. Rather faint altogether. Bigger malt in the mouth, lots of caramel and chocolate, along with raisins. Some piney hop flavor, a touch of citrus, and very light bitterness in the end. Smooth and rounded enough. Well balanced but rather dull in flavor.

Bottle: Poured a copper color ale with a large foamy head with great retention and very good lacing. Aroma of medium caramel malt with light dry hoppy finish. Taste is a well rounded mix between some hoppy dry English style hops and some timid caramel malt. Body is about average with super great carbonation thought. Not bad and quite drinkable.

served a mug with a small to medium head and no lace. Aroma is heavy traditional Bavarian Weizen - pungent, sweet-sour, fruity, malty, und vundrerbar! Color is a hazy light to medium-light amber. Flavor is prominently a pungent malt with lemony citrus character. Hardly any hop. Finish is like regular flav. One of the richest, most full flavored weizens. Perhaps a session.

500 ml bottle, served at cellar temperature in a Scotch Irish taster glass.

App.: Clear deep amber with a fair light tan head. Aroma: Some stern toffee and caramel malts, a little smoke, some vague fruitiness, overall, fairly inviting. Palate: Medium body and carbonation. Flav.: Similar to the nose with some earthy malts and hops, light fruitiness and a touch of smoke; dry with a hint of bitterness.

Nothing too special, but drinkable.

500ml Bottle at Home 28/04/2009 Hoppy aroma. White head. Bronze golden coloured and floral with a little fruit flavour. Some dryness in a wheaty malt finish.

12oz. Bottle: Faint aroma of light caramel, light malts, and a hint of butter. Poured copper/amber in color with a large, creamy, dense, off-white head that lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Very good lacing. Flavor is slightly sweet. Tastes of malts, slight smoke, slight caramel, and a hint of cocoa. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Malt and caramel finish is dry.

The bottle looks good, the beer in the glass also. A bit darker than exspected, creamy head. Starts malty and dry, almost like a dunkel. But also hoppy-flowery notes, also some caramell. Finish malty and dry, a bit woody. Really interesting beer!