 ENGLAND: ADNAMS (Southwold) • East Green, Carbon Neutral (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: honey gold / Citrus, smells like something gone bad) • Gunhill (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark red / Chocolate-flavoured rich ale.) • Innovation (6.7%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Bitter, strong and beautiful ale) • Lighthouse (3.4%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark red / leathery, malty, excellent, smooth) • SSP Bitter (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: reddish / Nose: cherry, nutty / Taste: bitter, malty, very tasty) • The Bitter (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: reddish / Nose: cherry, nutty / Taste: bitter, malty, very tasty) BASS (Burton Upon Trent) • Ale Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: amber / Nose: mild / Taste: very soft, velvet, pleasant) BATEMAN'S (Wainfleet, Lincolnshire) • Victory Ale (6.0%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: amber / Sweet and bitter ale) BATH ALES (Warmley, between Bath and Bristol) • Gem (4.1%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: dark brown / Nose: syrup, malty / Taste: malty) • Wild Hare (5.0%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: hay gold / fruity) BLACK SHEEP (Masham - North Yorkshire) • Emmerdale Ale (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: reddish, foamy) • Monty Python's Holy (Gr)ail (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: red / Nose: malty, nutty / Taste: malty, nutty, bitter, medium finish) BODDINGTON'S (Manchester) • Pub Ale (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: foamy, amber brown / Nose: mild fruity & honey / Taste: sweet, citrus, beautifully creamy) BOMBARDIER (Bedford) • Premium bitter (?%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark amber / Nice, creamy, mild and soft bitter) BUTCOMBE (Wrington, Bristol) • Gold Bitter (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: gold honey / mild, bitter, floral, pale) COBRA (Fulham, London) • Extra Smooth Premium Beer (5.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: gold / Very tasty, fruity, honey-flavoured lager) DALESIDE (Harrogate - Yorkshire) • Blonde (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: golden, foamy / Nose: malty / Taste: fruity) • I.P.A. (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: pale) • Morocco Ale (5.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: Coca-Cola black / Nose: syrupy, malty, smoky / Taste: burnt, bready, detergent, tar (pastirol) • Old Leg Over (4.1%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: red / Nose: coffee, malty / Taste: malty, medium-bodied, sweet, nutty) DARK STAR (Ansty, Sussex) • Golden Gate (Real Ale, ?%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: red / spicy and very tasty ale) • Hophead (Real Ale, ?%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: pale honey / very good mild and fruity real ale) DAVENPORTS (Birmingham) • IPA Export Bitter (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: pale gold / lime-scented bittery ale) • Original Bitter (Real Ale, ?%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark gold / mild and tasty bitter, but a wee bit more kick in it would've been great) • Special Bitter (3.8%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark gold / malty, bitter, leathery. Nice bitter) DOWNTON (Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire) • I.P.A. (6.8%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: blurry amber / Nose: mild, yeasty / Taste: yeasty, malty, soft) • Nelson's Delight (Real Ale, 4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: gold / very fine and smooth real ale) FULLER'S (London) • 1845 (6.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: brown / Nose: bready, leather / Taste: creamy, syrupy, nutty) • Bengal Lancer (Real Ale - Beer Hunter's, Pori, 5%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: mahogany / very smooth and tasty) • Chiswick Bitter (3.5%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: brown / Nose: malty, nutty / Taste: bitter, malty. Very tasty.) • Chiswick Bitter (Real Ale, Beer Hunter's) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: brown / very smooth and tasty bitter) • Discovery (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: golden brown / Nose: malty / Taste: creamy, honey, nutty) • E.S.B. (5.9%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark amber / Nose: bready, malty / Taste: creamy, nutty, salty) • Gales H.S.B. (Real Ale - Beer Hunter's, Pori) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark copper / smooth, creamy, tasty ale) • Gales Winterbrew (Real Ale, 4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / mild and malty) • Golden Pride (8.5%) Scotsman's rating: 1 point (Colour: nutbrown / nutty, sweet) • Jack Frost (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: dark brown / malty, nutty) • London Porter (5.4%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: malty, bready, nutty, strong / Taste: full-bodied, malty, bready, bitter, oily, creamy, strong complexity, spicy) • London Pride (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: medium brown / Nose: bitter, cherry / Taste: bitter, salty) • Organic Honey Dew (5.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: honey golden / Nose: honey, floral / Taste: honey) • Vintage Ale 2007 Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: brown / sweet, nutty) • Vintage Ale 2009, no 009617 (8.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: brown / caramel, toffee, sweet) GREENE KING (Bury St. Edmunds - Suffolk) • Abbot Ale (?%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark copper / perky ale, malty, bitter) • Hen's Tooth (6.5%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: very reddish / Nose: pale, malty / Taste: mild, chalky, malty) • Ruddles County (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark red / nice and tasty ale) • Strong Suffolk Vintage Ale (6.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: very dark brown / Nose: caramel / Taste: burnt caramel) HIGHGATE (Walsall) • Davenport's Top Brew DeLuxe (8.2%) Scotsman's rating: 1 point (Wasn't that enjoyable) • England's Glory (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: dark amber / Syrupy, floral & caramel) • Fox's Nob (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark brown / smooth and nice ale) • Old Ale (5.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: malty, syrupy, toffee / Taste: malty, caramel, soft, coffee. Very smooth and richly flavoured) • Old Ember (6.5%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: malty, syrupy / Taste: pear, sweet, chocolate) HOOK NORTON BREWERY (Oxon, Oxfordshire) • 303AD (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: pale amber / Nose: mild, nutty / Taste: bitter, medium, nutty, salty, chalky) • Double Stout (4.8%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black, creamy foam / Nose: burnt toffee / Taste: burnt toffee, malty, soft and full-bodied. Excellent aftertaste.) • Hooky Gold Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: honey gold / malty, oaky, grassy) • Old Hooky (4.6%) Scotsman's rating: 1 point (Colour: candy red / Nose: too sweet / Taste: ?) HOP BACK BREWERY (Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire) • Crop Circle (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 1 points (Colour: pale gold / very foamy, quite basic beer) • Entire Stout (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: bready, sweet, syrupy / Taste: licorice, malty, soft) • Taiphoon (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: honey / Nose: lime, fresh / Taste: floral, ciderlike) J.W. LEES & CO (Manchester) • Manchester Star Ale (7.3%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: black / bready, malty) JENNINGS BREWERY (London) • Cocker Hoop (4.6%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: blurry nut brown / Nose: honey, light / Taste: medium-bodied, malty, nutty, medium complexity, medium finish) • Cumberland Ale (4.?%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: gold / quite tasty ale with cereal scent) JOSEPH HOLTS (Manchester) • Fifth Sense Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: copper brown / malty, piny, refreshing, woody) MANCHESTER BREWING CO (Blackburn) • Manchester Cream Stout (4.6%) Scotsman's rating: 1 points (Colour: Coca-cola / mild, pale, unstoutish stout, not creamy. Very basic) MARSTON'S (Burton-Upon-Trent) • Old Empire (5.7%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: red / Nose: malty / Taste: malty, bitter) • Owd Rodger (7.6%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: mahogany brown / Nose: burnt toffee / Taste: burnt toffee) • Oyster Stout Scotsman's rating: 1 point (Colour: black / mild, quite boring stout) • Pedigree (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: amber / basic ale) • Single Malt (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: gold / Nose: coffee, medium-bodied, / Taste: bitter, medium-bodied) • Strong Pale Ale (6.2%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: red / Nose: malty / Taste: licorice) MEANTIME (The Greenwich Brewery, London) • Coffee Beer (6.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: foamy, black, blurry / Nose: syrup, malty, full-bodied, coffee / Taste: espresso coffee, cough pills (Codesan), full-bodied, strong, bready) • London Pale Ale (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: dark brown) • London Stout (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: mild / Taste: full-bodied, syrupy, velvet, bready) • Pale Ale (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: amber, sparkly / Nose: nutty, medium-bodied / Taste: medium-bodied, bitter, medium finish, band-aid) MERLIN (Leigh, Lancashire) • Goff (Real ale, 4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark gold / very tasty, floral scents and taste) MOLES (Melksham, Wiltshire) • Mole Catcher (Real Ale, 5.0%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: deep red / marvelous real ale. Makes you yearn more. Soft taste) MOOR (Pitney, Somerset) • JJJ I.P.A. (Real Ale, 9.0%) Scotsman's rating: 1 point (Colour: blurry brown / Strong flavoured, malty) • Somerland Gold (Real Ale, 5.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: blurry gold / Yeasty, hoppy. Nice real ale) OKELLS (Douglas - Isle Of Man) • Doctor Okell's I.P.A. (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: gold / refreshing ale) • Okells Easton Spice (Real Ale) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: blurry gold / Yeasty and peppery ale) • Okells I.P.A. (Real Ale, ?%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: blurry gold / lemon-scented nice real ale) • Okell's Mac Lir (4.4%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: light brown) • Okells Aile (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: black / Bready, syrupy, hint of smoke, smooth and tasty porter) RAMSBURY BREWERY (Axford, Marlborough, Wiltshire) • Knobber (Real Ale, 4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: golden brown / very smooth real ale.) RCH BREWERY (Weston Super Mare, North Somerset) • Golden Bitter (Real Ale, 4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: honey gold / delicious and spicy bitter) RIDGEWAY'S (Stoke - Oxfordshire) • Bad Elf (6.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: Xmas red / Nose: malty, coffee / Taste: malty, nutty, bitter) • Bad King John (6.0%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: black / Nose: coffee, syrup, tar / Taste: coffee, full-bodied, burnt, sweet) • Bitter Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: brown / good bitter) • Blue (5.0%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: honey gold / Lager-like ale) • Criminally Bad Elf (10.5%) Scotsman's rating: 0 points (Colour: Xmas red, bubbly / Nose: sweet, medium, nutty, oversweet, cherry / Taste: bitter, sour, too strong. Mainly only positive thing is the text in the neck of the bottle: "We all know of course, that Santa is really from Lapland". Yes, we all Finns know that. Hope the rest of the world knows that too...)) • Foreign Export Stout (8.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: syrup, burnt sugar, coffee / Taste: bready, malty, full-bodied, long finish, creamy, syrup) • High & Mighty (Beer of the Gods) (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 1 points (Colour: gold / quite basic ale) • I.P.A. (5.5%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: light brown, blurry / Nose: mild aroma / Taste: yeasty) • Ivanhoe (5.2%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: red / Nose: syrup / Taste: bitter) • Lump Of Coal (8.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: malty, bready / Taste: full-bodied, strong, nutty, malty, bready, long finish) • Organic (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: pale gold / a wee bit pale taste but okay. Quite refreshing.) • Reindeer Droppings Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: blurry brown / woody, bittery) • Rob (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: blurry gold / yeasty, malty, mouldy) • Warm Welcome (6.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: nut brown / Nose: medium-bodied, nutty, malty / Taste: full-bodied, medium complexity, malty, nutty, long finish) ROBINSON'S (Stockport, Cheshire) • Old Tom (8.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: black / Nose: syrup, full, nutty, malty / Taste: full-bodied, bready, sweet, coffee) • Unicorn (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: amber / toffee, soft, fruity, nutty, malty) ST. PETER'S BREWERY (st. Peter's Hall, Suffolk) • Golden Ale (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: sunset gold / very tasty, bittery ale) • Honey Porter (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 0 points (Colour: black / Too strongly beewax-flavoured) • Ruby Seal Ale (4.3%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark amber / Tasty ale) SCOTTISH & NEWCASTLE (Newcastle) • Newcastle Brown Ale (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 5 points (Colour: mahogany brown / Nose: malty, nutty, cherry / Taste: malty, nutty, sweet, syrupy) SHEPHERD'S NEAME (Faversham - Kent) (Britain's oldest brewer) • 1698 (6.5%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: reddish / Nose: nutty, malty / Taste: salty, malty, bitter) • 4-4-2 (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: copper brown / sap, malty, quite like Spitfire) • Bishop's Finger (5.4%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: nutty brown / Nose: mild, malty / Taste: malty, bitter) • Late Red (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: deep red / Strong licorice taste) • Early Bird (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: amber / Nose: mild / Taste: mild, soft, nice ale) • Goldings (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: red / lemon-scented ale) • Master Brew (4.0%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: mahogany brown / Nose: mild, malty, herbal / Taste: malty, minty, floral) • Spitfire (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: syrup red / Nose: malty, mild, sap / Taste: malty, bitter, sap, medium finish) • Spitfire Bitter (?) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: deep amber / Nose: mild / Taste: mild, bitter, malty, medium finish) • Whitstable Bay (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: amber brown / Nose: sweet honey / Taste: malty) THWAITES (Blackburn, Lancashire) • Lancaster Bomber (4.4%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: christmas red / sweet, malty ale) • Wainwright (4.1%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: orange / Sappy, woody, floral, malty) TITANIC (Titanic Brewery - Burslem, Stoke) • Titanic Stout (4.5%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour:black / Nose: syrup, bready / Taste: bready, full-bodied, strong, malty) WYCHWOOD (Witney - Oxfordshire) • Brakspear Organic Beer (4.6%) Scotsman's rating: 2 points (Colour: blurry amber / Nose: yeasty, floral / Taste: medium-bodied, medium complexity, honey, antiseptic) • Brakspear Oxford Gold Organic Beer (4.6%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: honey gold / honey-, lemon- and fruity-scented refreshing summer ale) • Circlemaster (4.7%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: nutty brown / Nose: slightly burnt hazelnut / Taste: nutty. Good aftertaste.) • Goliath (4.2%) Scotsman's rating: 3 points (Colour: amber brown / Nose: toffee, slight burnt caramel / Taste: nutty) • Hobgoblin Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: dark red / Nose: sweet, malty / Taste: mild, soft, malty, pleasant) • Whychcraft Blonde beer Scotsman's rating: 1 point (Colour: dirty brown / Quite basic beer) YOUNG'S (Wandsworth - London) • Double Chocolate Stout Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: black / Nose: chocolate, tar / Taste: chocolate) • Special London Ale (6.4%) Scotsman's rating: 4 points (Colour: nutty brown, creamy, foamy / Nose: citrus / Taste: bitter, creamy) |
The Legless Scotsman's Beer Guide - since 2006