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Orkney Red MacGregor

Orkney Red MacGregor

Rated 3.430 by BeerPals

Brewed by Orkney Brewery

Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Style:  Extra Special Bitter

5% Alcohol by Volume

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Red Macgregor is a unique beer: delicate and sophisticated yet the robust cask conditioned version of this beer was the first Scottish beer to win the BIIA World Cask Beer Gold Medal. On the nose, this ruby-red beer is delicate, floral and fruity, with notes of violets, cherries, toffee and caramel. On the palate, the fruits combine with a juicy malt character and hints of toasted malt, with a biscuit malt and spicy hop finish. Appearance A brilliant ruby-red colour, with a smooth white head Aroma Delicious perfumed, floral, lychee aromas from Cascade hops, including notes of violets and rose-water, with hints of spiciness and of toasted malts Palate Rich hop fruits, summer berries, lychees, toffee sweetness and toasted malt, giving way to a clean, dry, refreshing, floral hop bitterness Key Ingredients Crystal and chocolate malt give this beer its distinctive ruby-red colour, and its backbone of toasted malt flavour; Cascade hops, rarely found in darker beers, give the floral, perfumed fruitiness

ID: 877 Last updated 2 years ago Added to database 22 years ago

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Overall Rank4670
Overall Percentile91.3
Style Rank53 of 735
Style Percentile92.8
Lowest Score3.0
Highest Score4.0
Average Score3.506
Weighted Score3.430
Standard Deviation0.345

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  • AIRFORCE1 681 reviews
    rated 3.0 10 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Pours a semi-cloudy red amber with a one finger head that disappears quickly. The carbonation is noticeable in the glass. Aroma is of bread dough and sweet malts. Taste is dry and metallic with hints of malts and rye. Finishes off very dry. Orkney Brewery has some solid brews but I find this one a tad lacking.

  • SUDSMCDUFF 3781 reviews
    rated 4.0 14 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Pours a medium tan brown .. some light lacing .. caramel, butterscotch and soil .. decent brew .. . My friend said to me, "I think the weather's trippy." I said, "No, man, it's not the weather that's trippy, perhaps it is the way that we perceive it that is indeed trippy." Then I thought, "Man, I should've just said, 'Yeah.'

  • RJA 2975 reviews
    rated 3.5 15 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    A brownish copper colored body. The head is moderate in context, a fluffy white, that settles quickly into a soapy ring. The aroma is sweet and floral. It is moderate in body and sweet on the palate. The malt is evident in the taste and there is nicely blended background of hoppiness.

  • BLUESANDBARBQ 2568 reviews
    rated 4.0 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

    Pours a deep reddish amber with a frothy light tan head with massive lacing. Good carbonation. Aromas of toasted malts, sweet caramels, toffee, very slight smoky peat and an ample supply of hops. Taste is potent yet balanced with a sweet, toasted maltiness and a medium hops bitterness. Loved it.

  • SIGMUND 6606 reviews
    rated 3.9 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Cask (return system) at The Abbotsford, Edinburgh. Copper to chestnut coloured beer, moderate head. Lovely malty aroma with loads of butterscotch. The flavour is malty with plenty of caramel and some butterscotch, low bitterness. Rerate: 500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.0%. Copper to mahogany coloured beer, big off-white head. Pleasant aroma of lightly toasted malts, caramel and floral and fruity hops. The flavour is first very malt-accented with caramel and biscuits, then spicy and moderately fruity hops come through, leaving a nice bitterness in the aftertaste. Definitely a good Scottish ale this one.

  • JONMOORE 1367 reviews
    rated 3.7 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Bottle. Dark red amber colour with a thick off-white head. Mostly malty aroma with some fruit. Nicely balanced flavours of malt and earthy hops, some dark fruit. Dryish with a sweetish finish. Medium bodied, smooth and lightly carbonated. Enjoyable.

  • ANTE 2674 reviews
    rated 3.1 17 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Clear ruby brown, small creamy white head. Sweet caramely aroma, hints of earth and toffee. Carmel malt dominates the flavour as well, small hints of sweet chocolate, soil and oranges. Some dull grassy hops back in the the throat with a very subtle smokey note. Grassy hops in the finish the strong caramely notes. Reminds me of an avarage american amber...

  • BEERGUY101 5022 reviews
    rated 3.5 18 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    This bitter pours a light brown amber color from a 500ml bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, peat and smoke. A medium bodied bitter. Malts are caramel, and earthy. Hops are mild and earthy. Nice balanced. Milder bitter. There is a very nice understated smokiness to this beer, Soft carbonation blends with a soft mouthfeel. Would make a nice session ale. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

  • OH6GDX 8392 reviews
    rated 3.0 18 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

    Dark amber colour, mediumsized beige bubbly head. Hops and fruit in aroma. Strong ryebreadish malty and hoppy flavour with hints of fruit. Long ryebreadish aftertaste. A bit mouthdrying.

  • EYECHARTBREW 1451 reviews
    rated 3.5 18 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Well despite my out-spoken opinion that there is no such thing as a "Red Ale" style, and that I've hated almost every "Red Ale" that has crossed my path the past 10 years or so..., I have to admit that this isn't too bad. Not bad at all, actually. Of course, I'm deluding myself into thinking that this an Amber Ale, but hey, work with me on this one, eh....? :)

    But seriously, this has an old-school charm to it that makes it fairly appealing. I wish it wasn't bottled in a clear bottle (um, hello? skunk-city?), but assuming that you can get untainted bottles, this is rather interesting. Malty in the front, middle, and back, with some peat smoke in the mix, as well. Very old-school in the hops, it seems to me -- all in the beginning of the boil, to make sure they don't show up in the finished beer's aroma.

    More of a speciality Scottish Ale than anything else, this strikes me as something of 60/- or 70/- Ale. But whatever style it does or does not fit in, it's worth investigating.
    //TB

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