Broughton Merlins Ale (Bottle)

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

Malty as well as bitter, it had a malty aroma and a thin head. Scotch like mild smokiness. Fruity taste. Quite sessionable at 4.2%

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small off-white head. Flavour is hoppy, fruity and caramellish. Flavour is quite fruity and sweet (nectarish). A bit watery.

(Stockholm Beer Festival 2006) Amber, small offwhite head. Malty aromna with fruity notes, soapy and with some honey. Fruity sugary flavor.

[Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival] Cloudy deep golden. Light honey aroma. Sweetish and very mild with medium body. Flavours are discrete, and diluted in sugar. Otherwise a pleasant beer.

Pale golden-amber with an initially bubbling head that soon becomes a mere halo, yet manages to lace nicely nonetheless. It has a fresh aroma (and I’m not certain what I mean by that), a light sweet malt, somewhat buttery, with the slightest touch of earthy hops. A very light, mild drink, it has a toffee-ish flavor with a faint, somewhat woody bitterness. Okay, but not very exciting.

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Upon its release from the 500ml brown bottle, the beer pours a beclouded golden yellow with a smallish off-white head that erodes quickly leaving a thin coating of lace. Nose is sweetly malt, hints of citrus, clean and pleasant to the senses, slightly sweet start with a light to moderate grain presence and the top middling in its feel to the palate. Finish is lightly acidic, the hops present but understated, dry long lasting aftertaste, a drinkable beer, and to me a nice change of pace.

This one poured a really pale clear golden yellow color, but with a fluffy and pillowy head that made it respectable. The aroma was fruity and grassy. The flavor was rather complex for the color and style: fruity (apricots and peaches), citrus, honey, with some grassiness. The finish was hoppy, very dry, and had some metallic aspects to it, unfortunately (otherwise, flavor would have bumped up one). Mouthfeel was pretty carbonated, but somewhat of a light to moderate body. Not bad, but not worth import prices, definitely not in a bottle.

Bottle. Poured amber color with a large frothy white head that dimminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate spicy citrus aroma. Medium body. Medium bitter sweet citrus flavor with a small bitter finish of moderate duration. Complex drinkable brew.