Thursday, November 10, 2016

Ölbeat 129: Belhaven 90/~ Wee Heavy

Brewery: Belhaven
Country: Scotland
Style: Scotch Ale
Abv: 7,4 %
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What about the beer?
Colour is oaky brown with a small whiteish head. Aroma has brown sugar, sweet malts, strawberry and vanilla. Taste bites first with spicy sweetness. Fudge-caramel malts and dark berries with oak and vanilla bars take over. Near the finish syrupy bitterness comes through. Aftertaste has sweet malts and fruity bitterness.

Tasty Wee Heavy! Sweet malts, berry-fruity flavours and gentle bitterness make this a strong and rich one. Deliciously spicy traditional Scotch Ale.

Ölbeat

Wee Heavy by a Scottish brewery forces one choose a song from the Scotsmen. Instantly forgetting the bagpipes and searching for something more powerful I came across a band that had it's years of fame in my youth. This song shares sweetness and joy with the brew.

Simple Minds: She's a River (YouTube)

From the 1995 album Good News from the Next World, the song was written by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.