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Broughton The Ghillie (Bottle)

Percentile
52
overall
Brewed by Broughton
Style: Bitter

Biggar, The Borders, Scotland

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
503.14/5.03.1/5.04.5%74.3English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle; Pasteurised.
Ingredients: Optic Pale Ale Malt and Crystal Malt; English grown Fuggles, First Gold and Challenger hops, with German Hallertau Brewers Gold as a late copper aroma hop.
"Originally the Clan Chiefs bearer, who stood behind him in battle, The Ghillie today is a much respected, pithy character who guides sportsmen of the world on the salmon and trout rivers of Scotland."
"A rich, light copper coloured ale with a full malty flavour and a very distinctive spicy hop flavour aroma and flavour."
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 Ingevara (526), Hindås, Sweden
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
Aug 26, 2002  
: A rich maltyness dominates my first impression. The barley sugar and the hops work in the background to make a solid foundation for the long lasting aroma. This is how a beer should be like.


 DuffMan (2764), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 6, 2007  
Slightly hazy orange amber with a thick almond coloured clotted-cream head that forms a 1cm lumpy mattress on top. This looks very delicious. Sweet aroma of barley candy and dried apricots. Very malty palate, some caramel, some stone fruit, and a very bitter finish indeed. This is an exceptional bitter in my opinion.


 RobBestwick (555), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 14, 2003  
very malty nose, opaque copper hue with no head, hints of yeast and malts with a hoppy aftertaste.


 maeib (4737), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/516/20
Jun 6, 2007  
Bottled. An amber to ruby coloured beer with a white head and nice lacing. A very tasty beer which initially comes over malty and fruity in the aroma with berries. but then comes over all hoppy and quite American in feel. Actually the more I drink it the better it tastes, and those hops really please. I’d love to see others drink this blind, as I don’t think anyone would pick this out to be a Bitter from an old school Scottish brewery. Lovely.


 pilsnerrogge (1785), Finspång, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/518/20
Feb 22, 2002  
Copper-colour, nice head. Oily hop-aroma with some coconut. Palate might be a bit on the thin side but the BIG taste of hops makes up for that.


 DrBeer (777), Danderyd Stockholm, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/516/20
May 23, 2004  
Pale orange-redbrown. Beige head. Caramel aroma with tones of apple and apple stones. Roasted flavor with tones of caramel, coffee and hops. Fruity with firm bitterness.


 albert007 (409), Penobsquis, New Brunswick, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jan 28, 2007  
Bottled. Nice amber color with frothy white head. Flowery hops in the nose with a slight bit of resin. Good flavor with full mouthfeel, good grainy malty taste with a light-ish hop finish.


 BeerLimey (1873), California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 30, 2002  
Sweet, full bodied, strong malt and accompanying hop fruitiness. Well balanced throughout with a dry hop finish.



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