Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (5.6%)

Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (5.6%)

Bottle: Filtered.

Previously 5.3%

Belhaven Brewery’s flagship American-style IPA. A bold but refreshing ale using pale malt to provide sweetness and a little Crystal malt for extra toffee and a touch of astringency. Challenger provides clean bitterness and an underlying herbal hoppyness. Hersbrucker adds a little fruit, spiciness and floral character and Cascade as the late hop adds masses of grapefruit citrus aroma and taste and floral fragrance. All three hops contribute to the bold bitterness and satisfying finish as well as the huge “hop store” aroma.

Ingredients: Pale malt, Cascade, Hersbrucker and Challenger hops.
3.1
699 reviews
Dunbar, Scotland

Community reviews

3.8 A rather bitter American-IPA though really enjoyable, the palate is relatively strong and noteworthy.
3.2 Big citrussy taste mainly grapefruit. Finish is surprisingly sweet and malty.
3.0 330ml bottle. Pours clear amber with no head. Aroma is tea, grain, malt. Taste is medium sweet, grain, floral hops. Light bitter finish.
3.8 Amber clear with no head. Smell of apricot. Taste of an amber lager at the attack with a roasted and bitter ending with a little honey note. Medium carbonation. An easy drinkable beer.
3.4 Aroma: Medium floral, woody, toffee. Appearance: Brilliant, gold body. Small, off-white head. Small bubbles. Fair retention Flavour: Medium woody, toffee. Medium bitterness. Dry finish with woodiness. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation. Overall: Good balance between hops and malt. The hops shine, with the malt giving good backup. 330 ml bottle, poured.
2.4 Color amarillo dorado, cristalina. Dos dedos de espuma con retención media. Aroma a cereal ligeramente tostado y ligero pino. Gusto a malta pale, ligero pino y un punto de extracto de cítrico, ligeramente amarga. Cuerpo acuoso. Una Blond Ale desequilibrada, pon pocos matices y mal aprovechados, muy floja.
2.6 Pas assez fraîche dommage, à retester !
4.1 Beautiful, smooth
2.7 Pours golden with a thick white head. Aroma of hops and wine must. Taste has heavy resin notes, hoppy. Palate has oily feel, herbal elements.
3.1 330ml bottle from Ken Warne, Darlington. Golden amber colour, white foam head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of mellow citrus. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel, alittle grain & biscuit, with blackcurrant, hoppy, earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi-dry tangy bitter finish. OK.
3.5 2016 01 30 Butelka 0,33 l. Piwo ma kolor bursztynowy, jest praktycznie klarowne. Piana tworzy się średnio obfita, drobno i średniopęcherzykowa, szybko pęka,ale warstewka zostaje do końca, delikatnie oblepia szklo. W aromacie przede wszystkim nuty winogronowe, cytrusowe, kwiatowe i być może kociego moczu. W smaku dość słodkie, biszkoptową slodowść uzupelnia cytrusowa owocowość. Goryczka właśnie o charakterze cytrusowym, na średnim poziomie intensywności, przyjemna chociaż lekko zalegająca. Pelnia jest średnia, może wydawać się wyższa niż w rzeczywistości dzięki niezbyt wysokiemu nagazowaniu. Mimo wyraźnej slodyczy, jest to bardzo pijalne piwo, nie zamulające, dobrze zbalansowane, szybko znika ze szkła.
1.7 Not very different from Belhaven craft pilsner. Doesn't smell like IPA and doesn't taste like IPA. Taste improves a little bit later.
3.1 33 cl flaske 5,6%. Dejlig relativt mild ipa. En ipa som de fleste kan drikke en del af. Ikke nogen videre vanvittig smagsoplevelse men en dejlig ipa til de varme aftener.
3.3 Bottled 0,33L. Dark orange color, limpid aspect with modest bubbly and foamy white head of medium duration. Light malty and fruity aroma, notes of cortex, wood, pale malt, roasted. Medium prickly taste, oily to watery texture, notes of citrus, aged orange peel, fruity hop final.
3.4 Pours a golden color with white head. Floral hop aroma and taste, moderately bitter. Notes: on tap at at the Flodigarry hotel, Isle of Skye Scotland, Jun ‘19
3.7 A scottish, clear, amber IPA with white head. Aroma is grapefruit, malt, hops, light yeast. Taste is bitter. Earlier Rating: 10/10/2016 Total Score: 4.4 A scottish, amber IPA with low, white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hops, citrus, light juniper. Taste is bitter.
2.9 Color is amber, transparent. The fragrance is not strong. a little bit hops, a little sweet. British style. Taste Flower-fruit a little sweetness. Aftertaste bitterness hop
2.8 Citrusic semi-sweet aroma, pours sunny golden with white head, little sweetish at first but then leads to bitterish aftertaste, floral-herbal palette. No a big fan of IPA's but this aint that bad.
3.6 Неплохой фруктовый вариант "закрученной" ипы
3.6 330 ml Cista narancasta boja, solidna pjena, aroma tipicna tropska za IPA.. Okus takodjer solidan,zanimljiva slatko gorkasta kombinacija.. Isplati se probat..
2.4 Very bright and clear color. Not telling aroma. Malty and sweet taste. An Ale, but not an India Pale Ale.
2.3 Birra dorata limpida con schiuma bianca fine e poco persistente. Scarica di profumi e dal sapore amaro
4.2 Earlier Rating: 3/22/2019 Total Score: 4.3
4.1 Dieses Bier fand ich in einer Probier-Box bei einem Diskonter. Da bekommt man meist ausgezeichnete Biere zum Schleuderpreis - so auch dieses. Es ist ein wunderbar gehopftes IPA nach britischer Braukunst mit einem tollen nordisch-herben Abgang. So soll IPA.
3.6 Not bad at all. That's 2 of a 6 mix. Not a traditional tasting IPA. But, still good.
3.4 Til den søde side, men den er jo også skotsk. Ikke så meget IPA over den, men drukket kold er det en fin tørstslukker i sommervarmen på altanen.
3.8 IPA bonne et simple
2.9 Espuma no muy intensa pero persistente. Aroma afrutado, cereal. Sabor malta, pan,dulzón y buen toque amargo. No es que sea muy impresionante pero no está mal.Recomendable.
1.7 Aroma 2. Appearance 2. Taste 4. Palate 2. Overall 7. Awful aroma, like old sock. Malt, caramel but not well balanced taste. Metalic aftertaste.
2.5 Uh nagyon édes