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Organic Yellowhammer
Black Isle Brewery Co Ltd
- From:
- Black Isle Brewery Co Ltd
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 12.4%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 22, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 07, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 10
"A golden, straw coloured bitter, brewed with Cascade hops adding a flinty, grapefruit aroma that is deliciously refreshing."
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.27/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Remember that ratings are per style, so here we go. Thought this was a pleasant bitter ale. Has nice grapefruit, orange, earthy and floral notes on the nose. Taste, unlike most bitters, had some orchard fruit (apple/pear) and lemon zest to with bitterness and dried fruits. Body right in the prototype per style. Bitters are not that exciting of a style, but this is a nice bitter
Sep 28, 2018Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A 330ml bottle with a best before end date of 24th April 2018. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A clear golden colour with a just less than two finger frothy white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Grapefruit zest, candied sugar, light caramel and mandarin peel.
Taste: Grapefruit flesh and zest, pine, citrus peel and light candied toffee.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice relaxing easy to drink session ale.
Mar 09, 2018Appearance: A clear golden colour with a just less than two finger frothy white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Grapefruit zest, candied sugar, light caramel and mandarin peel.
Taste: Grapefruit flesh and zest, pine, citrus peel and light candied toffee.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice relaxing easy to drink session ale.
Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.53/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Golden yellow colour with a thin and wispy head.
Tangerine aroma with sour notes. Dried fruits are apparent.
Leaf hop and earthy malt flavour.
Medium body.
I would not call this an English Bitter.
Oct 22, 2016Tangerine aroma with sour notes. Dried fruits are apparent.
Leaf hop and earthy malt flavour.
Medium body.
I would not call this an English Bitter.
Reviewed by NilocRellim from Minnesota
3.22/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.22/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear straw colour. Smells very grainy (wort), earthy hops, and not much else. Tastes milder than the smell leads on, cereal malts, grains, light bitterness.
Jun 25, 2016Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia
3.81/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear deep brown producing 2 fingers of frothy, tan, somewhat lived head that leaves thin, pasty sheets & webs of lace. Aroma is earthy dark roasted malt with hints of dried fruit, char, raisins, molasses & bitter chocolate. Taste is fronted by dark "cake-like" malt, chocolate milk, bittersweet cocoa, & hints of smoke, char & dark fruit. Finishes with dark chocolate, toffee, prune, char, smoke, a little prickly spice & a bitterness that intensifies in the burnt, bitter, unsweetened chocolate, astringent & long lingering aftertaste. In my experience the bitterness is more intense in the finish & aftertaste than is common to the style. Liquid fruit cake is a nice description by the brewery but I would call it more like liquid plum cake Mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with moderate carbonation, thin but slightly silky, moderately prickly & drawing in the aftertaste.
Jan 19, 2015Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation
4.1/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Golden ale poured into english pint.
Pours clear greenish golden beer with 1-finger off white head, moderate retention.
Crisp golden ale aroma - citrusy and malty.
Taste flows from aroma - piny, malty, citrusy, a bit harshly bitter, but still refreshing.
Light body, nice carbonation. Remarkably successful blonde ale.
Oct 06, 2014Pours clear greenish golden beer with 1-finger off white head, moderate retention.
Crisp golden ale aroma - citrusy and malty.
Taste flows from aroma - piny, malty, citrusy, a bit harshly bitter, but still refreshing.
Light body, nice carbonation. Remarkably successful blonde ale.
Organic Yellowhammer from Black Isle Brewery Co Ltd
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
40 ratings
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