Caledonian Creamy Ale

Brewed by Caledonian (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Bitter
Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland

Nice golden color, with a nice and somewhat creamy head. Aroma is surprisingly good from toffee and butter. Also somewhat spicy. Flavor is some toffe, and with some bitterness in the finish. Very good to be a 3.5, quite ok to be a beer...

Canned. Sampled at Motala Tidnings apartment in Sickla, Stockholm 2003. Deep golden, frothy head. Some toffee-aroma. A bit thin and metallic. Flavour from hop and toffee.

Bottled. Sampled at Motala Tidnings Apartment in Sickla, Stockholm Deep golden/orange colour with a creamy but poor head. Buttery, hoppy aroma. Quite rich hop flavor for being only 3,5. Flowery and fruity. Dry citrus-like finish.

Yes, the head is creamy and soft, nice aroma, but the flavors aren't that much more than a standard lager. This beer must be some kind of compromise but could well serve as an introductory beer for habit-lager-drinkers inte more flavor fullbodied beers. I keep on buying this one. I drive too much!

On Tap,Country Pub -London, light amber in color,no head,minimal aroma hops,some esters evident,not quite sure what they were,too much smoke at the time.Good session beer,but lacks the character to make me want to have more than one.

Orange coloured. Soft, light bodied with citrus aroma.