Caledonian Haggis Bash Bitter

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

[Cask at Christian IV, Odense] An orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is light flowery like a bitter. The flavor is sweet with notes of flowers, hops, and caramel. Nice bitter.

Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pale amber. Sweaty orange peel aroma. Sweet and sugary. Medium bodied with soft mouthfeel and a fair amount of lemony hops. Medium bitterness. Rather one-dimensional.

Cask. Very flowery aroma. Dark golden colour. Very flowery flavour, a bit like elderflower, but in the good way, not the crappy way. Also with a hint of tea. OK bitterness in the aftertaste.

1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 25/01/2002 Golden coloured sweet and slightly pale. Some dryness and a hoppy finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 25/01/2003 Golden coloured sweet slight citrus aroma. Malty hop finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 25/01/2004 Golden amber citrus and hoppy with a smooth bitter lasting finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 27/01/2004 Golden hoppy and citrus.

Comes out on burns day, and is always a good beer to have on. One of cali’s better ales, a slightly different taste to the usual, overpowering hoppiness, though it is still there. Some malt maybe even yeast to make a different and refreshing change. One to try if your about on burns day.

Cask Conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Pale gol with thin short head. Badly kept beer, little condition and overcold, surprising that there was any character left, but struggling through it all a little zesty hoppy beer came through. Do I mark the condition or the beer? I upped it slightly.

JDW London & Rye, Catford. Pleasant fresh citric rush - pineapples, melons, etc. Very juuicy with a mild pale malt sweetness. Pushing into an American Pale Ale style. Nothing special, but still quite tasty.

Cask-conditioned. Lagery malt aroma and flowery hops with some soapiness. Peach and soft fruit flavours, sweet with growing bitterness. Not sure it would work with haggis. Almost works for me but not quite.