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Hebridean Islander 2.89 29

Hebridean Islander

Percentile
35
overall
Brewed by Hebridean
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
292.91/5.02.89/5.04.8%17.9English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular. Also available bottled (not bottle conditioned).
Brewed with special coloured Scots malt, deep ruby in colour and predominantly malty with robust hopping to match. Complex like the Hebrides themselves, with hidden rewards waiting for those who search them out. The perfect drink after a hard days work!
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 Fin (3495), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 30, 2009  
Bottle that Nick & Anna (next door neighbours) brought back for me from one of the regular excursions up to Harris, cheers Nick & Anna, consumed 30-12-09 Pours copper in colour with some red tinges. Taste is fruity with some hedgerow berries. Some bitterness shows its fine. A6 A4 F7 P3 Ov13 3.3


 madmitch76 (659), , Essex, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Nov 14, 2009  
21st May 2008. 9 months past BBE date. Sour brown ale with a crispy dry finish. No bitterness.


 stouby (1959), Holbaek, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Oct 10, 2009  
Bottle at Highland House. Copper with a white head. Light sweet (caramel, roasted), moderate acidic/bitter. Light body.


 thewolf (5837), Kolding, Denmark
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/54/20
Jul 8, 2009  
Bottle @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours clear golden with a small, stayin, creamy, white head. Aroma has apple vinegar, some caramel malts and light grassy hops. Highish carbonation, slightly dry mouthfeel. Flavour has acid, some vinegar. Definitely infected.


kmacphail (37), Isle of Lewis, Scotland
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/518/20
Jun 4, 2008  
This has become my regular drink since moving to Stornoway 2 1/2 years ago. I like the slightly bitter tang followed by the roasted malts and caramel into the aftertaste. Although this is not to everybody’s taste I love it. However be warned: this does go like vinegar if it is stored in the fridge it changes the taste completely, like vinegar with a aftertaste of berries; not nice cold.


 Ungstrup (15460), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 12, 2008  
Cask at Blackfriars. A slightly hazy amber beer with a thin lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and bread, leading to a slightly bitter finish.


 maeib (4776), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/56/20
Apr 11, 2008  
Bottled. Pound to a penny I bought this from the same place as hughie. He could have written my words for me. Infected for sure. Vinegary, and I like the aspirin analogy. Mine is probably less muddy but certainly not nice to drink. Couldn’t finish it.


 hughie (3090), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/102/58/20
Mar 27, 2008  
Murky orange-brown. Frankly this beer looks awful. It’s rare for me to give a 2 for appearance. I don’t have a word in my vocabulary to describe the aroma, though it’s one I’ve noticed in several beers. Perhaps aspirin soaked in vinegar? Quite a lot of sourness in the taste, though it’s slightly better than what has gone before. And some marmite, I think. A little bitterness of the aspirin variety to follow.



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