Caledonian 80/- (Pasteurised)

500ml bottle. The more I drink these Bitter UK ales the better I come to like them. Looks robust and complex with a strong tight white small foam head. Burnt ruby in colour with aromas of malt and barley with a faint woodsmoke odour hiding in the background. Mellow with a nice mouthfeel. Pleasant and easy to drink.

500ml Can pours amber, fizzy head that leaves light lacing, Nutmeg and apple aromas. Sugary dried fruit flavours with fairly thin body

On tap at ’The auld place’ in Toronto. Appearance: ruby red, small white head. Aroma: Toffee, old straw, damp grass, honey. Flavour: mild malt, damp straw, rye bread and yeast with a rye finish.

On tap at a pub in Glasgow. Pour a rich amber colour. Smokey flavour, with hints of fruity, malts and a bit of nuts. Very good beer.

50cl bottle, local store. Pours amber color, thin white head. malt and caramel aroma, fruity soft flavour. I like this one.

pours reddy amber with a huge lasting head. smells like a bar, wood some very interesting herbal notes including sage, even oregano, pine needles. taste is oaky, smokey a little like tobacco, fairly light, feels light but smooth. something great to smell, too bad its alcohol % is so wussy.

Copper to bronze in color with a small beige head. Caramel and toasted nut and malt aromas. Earthy floor malt flavors Hints of floral hops. Light peat in the linger.

Bottle 50 cl. Apperance; Amber with a nice offwhite head. Aroma; light roasted malt and some hops. Flavor; quite hoppy with a light bitter ending.