Inveralmond Ossian Ale (Bottled)

Brewed by Inveralmond
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Perth, Perthshire and Kinross, Scotland

Bottled sample. Gold in colour with fairly strong and spritzy carbonation. Aromas are of white grapefruit, black pepper, pale malts, and dry leaves. More of a grapefuit and orange combo in the mouth, along with more spice and caramel arriving mid-sip. Some floral and very mild fruity UK yeast notes on the back end. Mineral and leafy dry on the finish. Medium to light bodied. Very fresh tasting. Way closer to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale than you might expect from a 4.1 % abv beer from Scotland.

on cask at the Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn. fairly clean golden amber color, dense foamy off-white head. mild hops and wet hay aroma. flavor is dry grassy and dryish bitter hops, but not high on the IBU scale. fairly mild. little to no carbonation. little to no aftertaste.

Bottled (thanks Viggo) Pour reveals a lightly hazed honey-gold ale with a smallish cap and light carbonation. The aroma of this ale is one of the best noses I’ve experienced in an ale: fruity, pears with musty citrus and a wisp of smoke. Medium body sweet malt and the teast-hop mix leave a lightly smoked pear cider taste...wet finish...mild and mellow but tastey...a very nice scottish ale.

A light yellow cloudy beer. Sweet taste. Low carbonation. Some hints of lemon. Also some hops in the end.

Caramel and soapy aroma. Pours a cloudy orange, thick white head. Mild fruitiness,slight dry finish. Farily dull and run-of-the-mill.

Bottle 0.5 l. Yellow with white thick head. Nose is fresh, hoppy and fruity. Flavor is quite intensely bitter with a beautiful hoppy and malty aftertaste. Leans a bit to german pils style only a bit fruitier. Nicely thick for the abv. Winner!

Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a small head, nice lace, and a faint peaty sweet & floral aroma. Tastes like a blonde ale - somewhat fruity, with faint neutral bittering hops and some citrus (cascade) and floral notes. Faint almond & white vinegar taste. Lightly creamy body, sub-par carb. This would be excellent with a chilli or another spicy food, but on its own it doesn’t really stand-up. It’s too fruity to be a traditional bitter, but lacks the proper yeast to be a blonde. Ossian reminds me of the Italian "ossia", which means "or". This is either a bitter OR a blonde, OR possibly neither.

Cant believe I havent rated this before, its one of my favourite bottled beers. Fairly widely available, this one came from Tesco Gala, good clean gold with a good thickish white head. Fresh fruity nose with malty notes in the background. Well balanced palate with a noticable citrus character. A cracking beer!