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Caledonian Double Amber

 (RETIRED)
overall
24
16
style
Formerly brewed at Caledonian (Heineken UK)
Style: Bitter
Edinburgh, Scotland
Serve in English pint

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unknown

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RATINGS: 13   MEAN: 2.72/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.73   SEASONAL: Autumn   EST. CALORIES: 138   ABV: 4.6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask: Seasonal - October & November.
Amber coloured (naturally). Toasted nutty aroma with a spicy hop perfume. Sweet, nutty chocolate with a hint of malt in the aftertaste.
Hops: Fuggles


2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
AshtonMcCobb (4136) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JAN 7, 2014
On tap at Berts bar. Appearance - amber with a thin head. Nose - definitely confectionery. Like Irn Bru or some other fizzy pop. Taste - confirmed as per the nose. Palate - medium bodied with a sickly middle texture thing. It certainly doesn’t clean after that. Overall - not to be repeated.

2.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
SilkTork (5434) - Southampton, United Kingdom, Hampshire, ENGLAND - DEC 12, 2011
The Ugly Pub, Rochester. Dark & balanced & quite dry with a light twiggy finish and a hit of tobacco over the whole thing. OK, but a bit dull.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
cgarvieuk (18120) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - DEC 2, 2011
UPDATED: DEC 3, 2011 cask at standing order ... copper brown ... thin off white head ...soft sweet caley nose ... same toffeee malt sweetness ... no real hop ... sweet malt ... creamy ... again its just to bland and no diff from there normal

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
imdownthepub (11738) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - NOV 27, 2011
Cask conditioned at The Junction Tavern, Kentish Town, Gt London. Reddy brown with slight cream head. Sweet malty beer with a metallic edge, cloying and really not worth the £3:40 they charged. Dull.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Bullit (4260) - Burgos, SPAIN - NOV 12, 2011
Cask @ Henglers Circus. Dark amber colour, off-white head. Nose is caramel, vegetables. Flavour of massive caramel, vegetables, bit of biscuit and fruits. A bit harsh. Not good.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
JohnRMurdoch (3907) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - NOV 11, 2011
Cask@ The Henglers Circus. Sour caramel vegetable aroma. Rich brown colour, good head. Fagash malt flavour, bitter sweet aftertaste. Very typical poor Caledonian bitter.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
tombyars (1494) - Saltcoats, SCOTLAND - OCT 13, 2011
First tasted this in Coanes, Johnstone in April 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear dark amber red in colour with a tight creamy off white head. Strong lingering aroma of creamy butterscotch and vine fruit. Thick creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt complex gives a robust malt flavour with shortbread base, laden with strong fruit flavours of dark plum and syrupy dates. Sweetness continues with golden syrup and brown sugar. Spicy hop resins combine well with the sweet malt to give a drier oak wood aftertaste. Finish is long and smooth with lingering caramel notes to round things off. A cracking old fashioned style session ale and is up there with Merman as my joint favourites in the extensive old & new Caley portfolios.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Reid (2103) - Salem, Oregon, USA - NOV 21, 2006
Cask at The Muckle Cross, Elgin, Scotland. Dark amber almost brown in appearance. Has nice thick,creamy tan head. Nothing much in the aroma department..some malts. Creamy malty taste, slight hint of hops in the end. Mouthfeel was smooth and nice because of it being in cask. I suppose this is drinkable but a tad wearisome.

2.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
Mungo (2471) - Southampton, Hampshire, ENGLAND - OCT 16, 2006
Cask conditioned @ Giddy Bridge (JDW), Soton. Caramelly biscuity malts with some nuttiness and a little yeast leading into a creamy sweet caramel body with a light smattering of bittering hops in the finish. A bit sweet for me.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
GarethYoung (1110) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - OCT 10, 2006
[Cask at Troonfest] Caramel, strawberry, wet mown grass on the nose. medium body, a bit on the sweet side.


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