Orkney Red MacGregor (4%) (Bottle)
Available filtered in 500ml bottles.
"A mid gravity beer which has a generous hoppy nose and a flowery hop flavour with a smooth malty finish."
"A mid gravity beer which has a generous hoppy nose and a flowery hop flavour with a smooth malty finish."
3.4
453 reviews
Stromness, Scotland
Community reviews
Bottle. Dark red-brown colour. Very malty full-bodied beer (roast, toasted malts, buttery caramel). Fruity. Flowery spicy hops. Rather earthy (peaty?) bitter taste. Hints of smoke? Bitter roast malty finish. Very drinkable. (2008)
16.9 oz bottle pours amber with a white head. Aroma of citrus, floral and caramel. Taste is sweet malts an a mild bitterness.
50cl Bottle, thanks Bob & Rosemary! Clear ruby amber colour, light-beige head. Aroma of crystal malt, toffee, resin, hops, rose petals, red fruits, quite some classic hops. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, caramel, toffee, nuts, floral, light fruity, light resin, decent hoppy bitter finish. Light bodied. Nice.
Karamel, licht wurzig maar waterig in smaak. Best complex maar dun.
Licht aroma - beetje hoppiger. Niks speciaal, wel doordrinkbaar. 500ml fles.
$5.49 500 ml bottle from Market Street Wine Shop, Downtown. Pours murky brown with an inch plus of creamy beige head. Aroma is strong floral hops, almost perfumey, as well as light citrus, caramel, and apple? Flavor is highly floral, with rose hips, black tea, orange, caramel, raisin, violet?, nuts. Quite nice.
Bardzo dobre piwo. Pachnie bardzo chmielnie kwaitami i cytrusami. W smaku goryczkowe, nieco karmelu, ale glownie sporo dawki szlachetnej goryczki. Piwo ladnie wyglada piana spora i trwala, kolor klarowny czerwono herbaciany. Przyjemne i mocno wytrawne zwlaszcza na finiszu. Troche moze zbyt bylo przegazowane.
500ml bottle, chilled, poured into a pint glass at home. Amber colour; small off white head; lovely sweet nose, toffee apple, orange, malts; bitter taste; creamy; some caramel, raisin, orange with a sweetish, dry finish. Lacks a little body, but very tasty and highly drinkable, imo better than a lot of these new American style red/rye ales.
Amber decent off white head malty hint of fruit some herbs earthy notes smokey peat? Nice ale bot a couple would be enough on a night out. Somehow typically Scottish.
Bottle 33cl / Botella 33cl.
@ Supermarket Seiyo Ishii, Nagoya, Japon.
A: Amber / Ambar.
T/S: Malt, caramel / Malta, caramelo.
Aroma: herbs and flowers, crunchy bread skin.
Appearance: reddish color and beige head.
Taste: caramel, herbs, flowers, malty, caramel, quite dry.
Palate: low body and medium carbonation, herbal finish.
Overall: Nice ruby ale, drinkable.
Flasche 0,5l: Rötlich braun, Amber, klar, feinperlig, kräftiger feinporiger fester Schaum; frische Nase, frischer Hopfen, kräftige Grapefruit, Grapefruit-Zest, angenehme Bitterkeit; im Körper gleich sehr kräftige Bitterkeit, eher trocken, Grapefruitzest, sehr cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Grapefruitkerne, leichte Röstaromen; angenehmer trocken-bitterer Nachgang
Bottle 0.5l from Great British Weekend New Edition Belgrade Serbia.Taste 03.10.2015.Pour it clear amber color with small white head.Aroma of red fruits.Taste fruity, caramel feel, pinch of smoke on the end, again fruity finish.Ok,
Pours clear red. Aroma is malty, bread, very nice. Taste is light, malty, clean, medium body.
33 cl (11,2 fl oz) bottle, 5,5% ABV. Clear, dark amber to red-brown, thin tan head, lively rolling carbonation. Aroma is sweet and malty, some toffee. Great traditional English style bitter going on. It’s malty, toffee and caramel notes, a bit fenolic, medium carbonated, bittering hops are present in the aftertaste. Very nice treat!
Attractive red - brown colour, with a thin white head which fades to leave a bit of lacing. Body on the light side of medium. Nose is floral, with a hint of violet as advertised on the label, and some red fruit sitting on top of bready malt. Malt is a more pronounced in the taste, with more cherry and is sight!y metallic. Nice enough.
Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Orangebrun klar med fingerhøyt beige skum. Lukter karamell, noe brent. Fyldig. Søt med mye bitterhet, sammen med medium kullsyre gir det en skikkelig kraftig smak helt fra starten.
Aroma: caramel and bread malts, some straw. Appearance: clear amber, medium, frothy, white head. Taste: light sweet. Palate: malts all over again, caramel, some light hops coming up, light floral notes. Overall: OK Red Ale
Bottle at Wildfire, Edinburgh.
Reddish brown color with a nice off-white head. Aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and dark fruits. Flavor is quite bitter and spicy, notes of roasted malt. Medium body and low carbonation with a dry bitter finish.
Bottle @Bettyhill Hotel
Mature fruit, caramel
Caramel, some smokiness, hops, bitter enjoyable ending
Drunk from 50cl bottle brought as gift by parents from their Scotland trip. Enjoyable red ale.
Bottle from Tesco. Pours copper orange. Nose is berries, citrus, caramel, bread. Taste is caramel malts, berries, citrus, quite malty.
L:
-pours a clear ruby-copper with a big,creamy,offwhite head
-medium to high carbonation visible
S:
-grapefruit,pine,caramel,toffee,bready,coffee,strawberry,cherry
T:
-Follows the nose
-high bitterniss for the style
F:
-medium to high carbonation
-light,watery body
O:
Lacks a bit of Body otherwise a really nice Red Ale
Good and tastefull, a little low on alchohol, only 4% which makes it a bit light.
Bottle@Voldby. Pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma and taste is malts, hops, caramel notes, some fruits. Soft carbonation. Slight bitter finish.
Red-brown with thin beige head.
Roasted malt, acid, nuts, hops and honey in the nose.
Spicy flavour with notes of butter, malt and some acid.
Copper-nut-brown, frothy dark white beige head with good lacings. Aromas of nuts, bready malts, light toast and some butterscotch develop. Softly carbonated, soft texture and medium body. Juicy malt center light herbal bitterness with a medium finish. Bit more oomph than the british version.
Earlier Rating: 6/23/2013 Total Score: 3.1
Red/amber in colour with a light beige wee head. Noses of biscuits and floral/fruity. Rather slick and a bit velvety on the palate with bitter notes. Medium soft body. Finish is medium and a bit dry.
500 ml brow bottle purchased and consumed near St. Andrews, Scotland.
BB date stamp of May 2016 -- 1 year from now.
Clear red-brown body with a fine bone-colored head.
As hoppy as an Amer. Pale ale, but with a darker malt mix. Excellent hop/malt and bitter/sweet balance.
O: another solid and recommended offering from Orkney.
Clear red beer with a thick frothy head and a smell of dry, spicy malt. Flavour follows that up with a touch of hop and an almost smoky finish. There’s a touch of citrus running through it as well which makes it feel quite a bit fresher too.
Bottle @ DØE. Pours amber with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, little grain, grass, flowers. Flavor is light malt, caramel, light bitter hops, grass and flowers. Thin body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 180315