St. Giles
Stewart Brewing Ltd
- From:
- Stewart Brewing Ltd
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Scottish Ale
Ranked #67 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #30,359 - Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 7.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 14, 2010
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.28/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a dark ruby with soft, tan head.
Smell is malty and a bit floral. Notes of dried fruit, caramel, brown bread and hazelnuts.
Taste is malty, sweet and nutty. Notes of dried fruit, brown bread and toffee with some roasted hints and soft bitterness.
Mouthfeel is medium, smooth, chewy and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice Scotch ale.
May 17, 2025Smell is malty and a bit floral. Notes of dried fruit, caramel, brown bread and hazelnuts.
Taste is malty, sweet and nutty. Notes of dried fruit, brown bread and toffee with some roasted hints and soft bitterness.
Mouthfeel is medium, smooth, chewy and well carbonated.
Overall, a very nice Scotch ale.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.67/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L- Deep chestnut brown, clear, pours with 2mm pale tan head. [Note: Bottle-conditioned, seems I left the sediment in the bottle]
S- Mild, just some toasty grain.
T- Takes a moment to open up on the palate but then it has quite deep malts and a dry (hoppy) and hint of a sour twist into the finish. It's a pretty punchy flavour for 5.0%ABV.
F- The deep maltiness of this means for me this beer comes over as more than 5%. It's quite impactful, so not one to rush. Carbonation in the mouth remains good.
O- It's a fine beer, and there's zero here I note out of balance or place. I'm intrigued how they get quite so much flavour balanced so well upon a 'mere 5%' foundation of ABV%. I'm had similar beers where the impactful flavour highlights how a similar ABV% is insufficient to support it; somehow this one works just fine.
I'd happily drink this again, though it'd make more sense for me to be buying it in pints than 330ml bottles, and preferably on draft.
330ml Bought from BeersOfEurope/UK for home delivery BB: 27/04/2021
Jun 07, 2020S- Mild, just some toasty grain.
T- Takes a moment to open up on the palate but then it has quite deep malts and a dry (hoppy) and hint of a sour twist into the finish. It's a pretty punchy flavour for 5.0%ABV.
F- The deep maltiness of this means for me this beer comes over as more than 5%. It's quite impactful, so not one to rush. Carbonation in the mouth remains good.
O- It's a fine beer, and there's zero here I note out of balance or place. I'm intrigued how they get quite so much flavour balanced so well upon a 'mere 5%' foundation of ABV%. I'm had similar beers where the impactful flavour highlights how a similar ABV% is insufficient to support it; somehow this one works just fine.
I'd happily drink this again, though it'd make more sense for me to be buying it in pints than 330ml bottles, and preferably on draft.
330ml Bought from BeersOfEurope/UK for home delivery BB: 27/04/2021
Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
3.42/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.42/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Poured from a 33cL bottle into a BrewDog cervoise glass. Best before July 2011.
A: Brief, bubbly head sits on top of a ruddy brown body, just barely translucent.
S: Heavily metallic, to the exclusion of almost everything else, except perhaps some malt.
T: Very average. The label reads, in part: "St Giles is a dark, smooth and malty contemporary taste of Edinburgh...developed to be a robust, rich and well balance beer full of body and flavour...designed to be easy drinking and a great accompaniment to food." It is dark, smooth, and malty. It is well-balanced and easy drinking. It would be a nice dinner beer. But it is not robust or rich, full of body or flavour.
M: Smooth, with little carbonation, but watery and tepid.
D: It was gone before I knew it! Not a great beer, but a very easy drinking one. I would consider having another.
Mar 01, 2011A: Brief, bubbly head sits on top of a ruddy brown body, just barely translucent.
S: Heavily metallic, to the exclusion of almost everything else, except perhaps some malt.
T: Very average. The label reads, in part: "St Giles is a dark, smooth and malty contemporary taste of Edinburgh...developed to be a robust, rich and well balance beer full of body and flavour...designed to be easy drinking and a great accompaniment to food." It is dark, smooth, and malty. It is well-balanced and easy drinking. It would be a nice dinner beer. But it is not robust or rich, full of body or flavour.
M: Smooth, with little carbonation, but watery and tepid.
D: It was gone before I knew it! Not a great beer, but a very easy drinking one. I would consider having another.
Reviewed by BDTyre from Canada (BC)
3.83/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
One of Stewart's new bottled range. I classed this as a Scottish ale, for even though it has some characteristic of a dark mild, its a bit on the stronger side.
Brownish-copper, and slightly cloudy. There is a good amount of gloppy yeast still left in the bottle. Sweet malty smell with some smokiness to it. Bitter hints in the background. Toffee and perhaps hazelnuts.
Sweeter taste, but still retaining some of the bitter smokiness and the nutty flavour. Almost a mix of a dark mild and a Scottish ale.
A little rough on the tongue when served cold, but as it warms it evens out and is a nice beer to drink.
Feb 14, 2010Brownish-copper, and slightly cloudy. There is a good amount of gloppy yeast still left in the bottle. Sweet malty smell with some smokiness to it. Bitter hints in the background. Toffee and perhaps hazelnuts.
Sweeter taste, but still retaining some of the bitter smokiness and the nutty flavour. Almost a mix of a dark mild and a Scottish ale.
A little rough on the tongue when served cold, but as it warms it evens out and is a nice beer to drink.
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