Highland St. Magnus

Brewed by Highland
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Orkney, Highands & Islands, Scotland

Small offwhite creamy shiny lasting head. Chestnut brown body. Faint fruity citric aroma. Dry-sweet apple caramel and floral taste with dusty wooden citric notes. Mild, smooth mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry wooden citric apple aftertaste with peppery notes. Excellent! Fresh and drinkable. (0.25l cask, The Guildford Arms, Edinburgh.)

Red-amber body, off-white foamy head, no discernible aroma, bitter hoppy finish, metallic taste left in the palate. Not one of my favourite beers.

Cask @ Abbotsford, 3-5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2PR.
Clear medium red amber orange color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange. Flavor is moderate tol ight light heavy sweet and shell bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090409]

Cask @ Bon Accord. Dark goldn colour, small bubbly white head. Aroma of floral hops and caramel malts. Flavour of caramel malts, cookie dough. Sweet and bitter.

From cask at the Halfway House. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with small white head. Light hoppy and fruity hops aroma. Flavour is bitter an mild cidic with a light citrusy fruity note. Bitter and medium dry finish with a light malty flavour beneath.

Cask gravity at Kent BF 08. It’s a pretty fruity bitter, bit like a shandy on the carbonation. Bit of yeast, sulphur. some dry malt towards the end. Bit of spicy ginger. It’s an ok bitter.

Amber, small white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, as is the taste. Nice biscuity background. Not very bitter. Simple, nothing special.

Bottle picked up for me by Loz’s parents when they were in Edingburgh recently, consumed 27-05-08 Pours amber very clear small white head. Its a simple malty, fruity beer with reasonable bitterness, its not challenging but its absolutely fine.