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Kelpie

 

Description: An ale brewed using Seaweed in the brewing process.

Newest Review: ... which is brewed with gooseberries (Groseid is the Gaelic for Gooseberry). Kelpie weighs in at 4.4% ABV and, as well as the ... more

 ... seaweed, is brewed using organic barley and malt, to recreate an old style dark Scottish beer. Up to the 1850's many Scottish ale houses along the coast brewed their beers using barley fertilised with seaweed. This gave the beer a distinct flavour that Kelpie aims to recreate. Looks wise, Kelpie is a very dark, almost black beer that takes on a slightly chocolate brown hue when held up to the light. The cream coloured head is sli...more

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tange
Crowned Review Kelpie: GET BLADDERED! (696 words)
by tange - written on 25/07/03 (Very useful, 99 readings)
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Every now and again a beer comes along that intrigues me. Kelpie Organic Seaweed Ale is definitely one of these beers. The name is certainly interesting, but so are the concept and the beer itself! Kelpie is the name given to the creatures that, according to legend, live in the Lochs of Scotland ~ Nessie is the most famous of these. The picture on the pump clip (and bottle label) of Kelpie Organic Seaweed Ale is actually the Pictish symbol for one of these mythical beasts. The beer itself REALLY is brewed using seaweed (bladder wrack to be precise) that is harvested, usually in the spring, from off the Argyll Coast. Heather Ales and Craigmill Brewery ...

 

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