Just supping my way through a bottle of this while cooking a risotto for my kids & what a marvellous beer! Are there any other Scottish bottled beers that measure up to this one? I may have to have another.

In no particular order. (and what our local sells…)

Distinctively average I find that, pleasant enough but nothing special. The Cairngorm Beers are Ok but again just nothing special.

80/- (eighty shilling).

I’m a big Arran fan, can’t say there’s a bad one in the bunch. Also like Thrappledouser. Orkney company is good. Thankfully local Tesco is big on Scottish beers and beers of the world. (Rutherglen if anyone’s close)

Scottish beers
This used to be my local shop but stopped by to get some Tempest beers, which are excellent, and discovered they have an extensive selection.

Harvieston 7 Giraffes….mmmmmm

Oooh yes good call on Tempest.

http://bridgeofallan.co.uk/

All the best rides finish there!

80/-. Who here remembers The Diggers in Gorgie as it was 20 years ago, where your eye was caught as you walked in the door and you held up the requisite number of fingers pertaining to the amounts of pints of Heavy you desired; these were then poured? If you wanted something else you got a scowl instead.

You lot would hate this 😉

Me: “Four pints of heavy and a pint of lager please”
(Barman pours dinks)
Barman (loudly): “There you go – four heavy and a lager for the poof”
(Time passes)
Mate: “Five pints of heavy please”
Barman: “Oh – the poof’s drinking heavy now?”

We used to drive along from work, scoop down four pints, and drive back. On our hour break.

Me: “Four pints of heavy and a pint of lager please”

I once ordered “a pint of fizzy piss” for a mate. Without missing a beat, the barperson decanted me a pint of Fosters.

(Mind you, that was in the same pub that once got Hobgoblin on tap, amended the pump masthead to change the “H” to an “N” and refused to serve it unless it was asked for by its corrected name.)

Heavy is 70/- 😀

Heavy is normally 80/-

The main categories are as follows:
60/- (aka “Light”) under 3.5% ABV
70/- (aka “Heavy”) 3.5%-4.5% ABV
80/- (aka “Heavy” or “Export”) 4.0%-5.5% ABV
90/- (aka “Wee Heavy”) over 5.5% ABV

McEwan’s is best known for 80/-, a Heavy beer,

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McEwan%27s]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McEwan%27s[/url]

When William McEwan founded his brewery at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh in 1856, this 80/- (‘eighty shilling’) was one of the first beers he produced. It was the beer of choice for McEwan’s brewery workers and at one time the local pub sold almost nothing else! Its classic full flavour is still much loved at home and abroad.

This traditional Scottish premium ale is also known as ‘Heavy’ and when it comes to taste it certainly packs a powerful punch.http://www.mcewans.co.uk/our-beers/80-2/?age-verified=bd772adae6

Your round Drac 😆

Colin: That’s made my day! 😀

I’m on holiday on Arran, and just polished off a very pleasant Arran Clyde Puffer – their Blonde is also excellent.

The McEwan’s 80/- is nice but it’s a poor cousin of, er, the other one. Deuchar’s? Maybe.

Worth it for the name alone

It’s took a long time for the beer up here to catch up with the amount of decent beers in England, but we’re getting there. Both of my local rides now feature a pub that sells schiehallion on draft, awesome stuff.

Your round Drac

Awww you spoilt my fun.

I spent 8 weeks training with Glaswegians when I was 19. They’d properly get wound up when I bought them any bitter saying it was all heavy. Although they all agreed it was the generic term for bitter they liked McEwans 80/- shilling to be called it.

Of course can we trust wiki?

Light
(60/-) was under 3.5% abv
Heavy
(70/-) was between 3.5% and 4.0% abv
Export
(80/-) was between 4.0% and 5.5% abv
Wee heavy
(90/-) was over 6.0% abv

If I could only drink one kind of beer for the rest of my life, from anywhere in the world, it wouldbe Deuchars IPA.
It just does everything a beer needs to do.

This has been given long and serious thought.
A good pint of 80 on tap is pretty close to perfection too though.

Always a fan of Fraoch heather ale. Might be a gimmick, but it tastes lovely to me.

Also, very much agreed with StirlingCrispin. The brewery at BoA is bloody superb. They’ll even fill a 4 litre milk jug with a beer of your choice for the home drinking enthusiasts.

Calling Heavy “Bitter”? Now you’re cruisin’ fer a bruisin’

Unfortunately the older style Scottish Heavy is becoming increasingly difficult to find as todays styles are very hopped. Diggers Heavy was particularly known for being quite sweet and owed much of its popularity to being “drawn” by water cistern pumps resulting in a very creamy, smooth texture.

OP – if you like the style of I&G then you really need to find some Tullibardine 1488.

Calling Heavy “Bitter”? Now you’re cruisin’ fer a bruisin’

😀

OP – if you like the style of I&G then you really need to find some Tullibardine 1488.

Like the sound of that- it was the oaky whisky aftertaste that really stood out for me with the I & G

StirlingCrispin – Member

http://bridgeofallan.co.uk/

All the best rides finish there!

Erm, you forget The Tappit…

Eden Mill are just up the road and I do like to bolster the local economy…

that Spey Stout is very good. colin treat us with some.
arran blonde is nice, islay finlaggan and saligo is gorgeous.
and all the pales from the cairngorm area are very good.

Gentlemen,
Having been in gods country for 8 months now I can happily impart these words……

Joker

Jarl

That is all…..

Erm, you forget The Tappit…

If you’re going to climb to get to a bar you might as well really climb…

The Sherrifmuir Inn. Also serves Erdinger, and the trails back to civilisation are hilarious after a couple of pints of that stuff.

Jarl

mmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmm

I might just have to pop out to have a swift pint at the Tappit meet eldest son from band practice. 😉

Worth it for the name alone

Brilliant.

If I could only drink one kind of beer for the rest of my life, from anywhere in the world, it wouldbe Deuchars IPA.

Seriously? Drink more beer.

The Sherrifmuir Inn. Also serves Erdinger, and the trails back to civilisation are hilarious after a couple of pints of that stuff.

I have never been in. The gathering stone descent would be fun afterwards.

I now have a cunning plan for Friday night, when an old friend visits. 8)

The gathering stone descent would be fun afterwards.

Indeed.

The Strava segment down to Darn walk is called “Erdinger Giggles”.
Some bugger stole my KOM by being sober!
I’ll email you some map grabs…

mmmmmm, mmmmmmm, mmmm
I might just have to pop out to have a swift pint at the Tappit meet eldest son from band practice.

The Hen still there is it?

Arran Red Squirrel is very nice, only ever seen it on draught though. Oh, and 7 Giraffes is Williams not Harviestoun. Williams stuff has always been a favourite, Fraoch is always a good choice if you want something different.