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Broughton Black Douglas Ale

Broughton Black Douglas Ale - Premium Bitter/ESB

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80
overall
Brewed by Broughton
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Biggar, The Borders, Scotland

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2313.39/5.03.37/5.05.2%89.9English pint
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Commercial Description:
Bottle; Pasteurised.
Medium-bodied, with a subtle hop aroma, on the palate this luxurious beer has a deep, full flavour which balances a toasty maltiness, mild bitterness, and a hint of sweet herbs. It finishes clean and mostly dry, but with a faintly subtle sweetness.
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 stouby (1932), Holbaek, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 10, 2009  
Bottle at Highland House. Mahogany with a light brown head. Aroma moderate malty (caramel, roasted, brown sugar, a note of smoke?), light hoppy. Light body. Delicious.


 drjay44 (757), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/514/20
Oct 5, 2009  
500 ml. bottle. Pours a medium off white head, which collapses to a thin layer, with moderate lacing, over a clear coppery (SRM 15) body.....nose of malts with some toffee, caramel, bit of cereal, minimal hop floral.....taste mild sweet malts to start, with rich grain flavors, finishing with mild lingering hop bitterness.....mouth feel is thick and chewy, carbonation makes for a creamy brew. This meets its style very well, and is quite good.


 dchmela (1406), Orlando, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 8, 2009  
Reddish black pour. Little caramel, nuttiness in the aroma. Light body with some caramel malt, some citrus.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/52/102/54/20
Aug 4, 2009  
Pours brown amber. Smell is sour peatiness. Taste is awful, sourish, peaty and gross. Light carbonation and medium body. In short, awful beer.


 shigadeyo (2210), Harrison, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 27, 2009  

1/30/2008: Broughton Black Douglas has a clear pecan brown appearance and a sharp aroma. The beer is creamy its flavors include cranberry and a strong maltiness. There seems to be plenty of hop flavor, but the beer really isn’t bitter. It just kind os falls off at theend. It has a medium-light body. I think that this beer could be better, but there is just something wierd about it...

1 pint .9 fl. oz. bottle. Rating #227 for this beer.


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 23, 2009  
Pours a clear ruby-brown with a lovely tan head and nice lacing. Aroma is very estery - fruity and yeasty and inviting. Taste is surprisingly bitter. Not bad! I was expecting something cloyingly sweet, as this bills itself as a traditional scottish ale on the bottle. Lightly toasted malt, lightly fruity, finishing on a nice bitter lightly roasted note. Thick and creamy with light carbonation. Not ungood!


 AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Deep ruby red color with a thick tan head. Nutty aroma with lightly sweet pale malts. Smooth medium body. Lightly sweet cracker malt flavors with a nicely bitter hop bite to finish.


 LordCorkscrew (939), Ronco Scrivia (GE), Italy
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 9, 2009  
Dai questa mi è invece piaciuta anche di più: una ale veramente gustosa, piuttosto ’scura’ sia come colore (evidente) che come caratteristiche olfattive e gustative, tuttavia rimane piuttosto beverina nonostante la luppolatura non proprio coraggiosa. Bella storia



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