Highland Black Mountain Bitter

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Bottle thanks to mar. Clear golden yellow in color with a small white head. aroma is of corn, malt, cardboard and light hops. Taste is watery with some light notes of malt and hops.

Bottle thanks to mar. Taste is skunky, dry boxey cardboard, corn, and bitter ammonia. Dry mouthfeel with some carbonation.

Bottle thanks to mar. Pours with a small white head over a golden body. Aroma of light British hops, bread, honey, and apple. Taste is the same, but very weak and watery. Fizzy and dry.

Bottle from oldgrowth. Light gold pour with a ring of white froth. Slight bitter, bready malts on the nose. Easy on the palate with a very smooth/bitter flavor.

12oz bottle courtesy of OldStyleCubfan poured into a pint glass. Pours a clear golden yellow with a fluffy white head that dissipates very quickly and leaves no lacing. The aroma is pretty unimpressive with mostly toasted grains and light malts. There is maybe a hint of grassy hops in the nose, but not much. The taste is slightly better with a much more noticeable grassy hop presence up front with the same light bready malt base as in the aroma. The finish is dry and slightly bitter. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with decent carbonation though it could use a little more body overall. This is a fairly drinkable pale but really basic overall with minimal hop presence. Not bad but nothing too complex or flavorful.

This beer pours a pale golden color with a moderate white head. The aroma contains lemons, grassy notes and a light herbal scent. The flavor is rather tame with some bitterness presence. I taste lemons, bready notes, and really not much else. Not much malt backbone to this one. The finish is slightly dry. Overall Highland makes much better but this is an ok quaffing beer.

12oz bottle-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is grain/light malt-slight caramel, secondary herbal. Taste is grian/light malt-bready, secondary herbal hops with some bite. Thanks decaturstevo for sharing.

Bottle, picked up from the local BP in Sylva. Pours a light hazy yellow beer with prety much no head. Aroma is spicy and lightly hopped. Flavor is earthy and grassy with a light hop finish. Body is thin to medium and the end is bitter and dry. Nothing tooo special but its decent.