Broughton Merlins Ale (Bottle)

Brewed by Broughton
Style: Bitter
Biggar, The Borders, Scotland

mild hop and malt aromas, gold color. malt and orangy hop flavor. thin with a dry bitterness. drinkable but not exciting.

Overall, a good solid Scottish bitter. Light orange appearance, spearmint nose, white sticky head. Mouthfeel is a tad bit too thin. Flavor has some muted bitter notes to it, slight traces of licorice, spearmint, but slightly bland. Fades a bit near the end. A drinkable bitter, just not one that is going to reach out and grab ya.

Bottle: Very fruity aroma. Almost fruit punch like. Pours a very hazy yellow. Small white head. OK lacing. A watery malty taste with a slight bitter finish. Nice balance but rather lacking in the flavors. Not what I expect from a $5 bottle of beer. It’s not a bad beer, just let down by the $$$’s to quality ratio.

Golden color with a white head . The taste is boring watery with some earthy strange spicy notes.

Amber with a full white head. Fruity and nutty to the nose. Thin and watery body. Flavor was unimpressive. Some notes of fruit. Perhaps raisens. Slightly astringent. Mediocre at best.

Lightly hazy pale amber with a light off-white head and a little lacing. The aroma is mostly malty with some pilsnery malts and a little hops but not much. The flavor is crisp and lightly bitter with mainly malts coming through but balanced as opposed to sweet. Not too bad but at $5 for a bottle, this was not worth it.

Decent off white head with great carbonation. Excellent lacing. Fruity aroma with a touch of hops. Color is a light orange/amber. Light, crisp and fruity again with a little more hops. Finish is nicely dry and bitter. A good bitter.

Noit quite as hoppy as I had expected. There's some kind of unusual flavor in there that I can't place. This one left my palate a little confused.