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Belhaven Brewery

🌍 Scotland · Regional · Known for Scottish Ale
Known for Scottish Ale

One of Scotland's oldest breweries, operating in Dunbar since 1719. Uses the naturally soft Dunbar water. Belhaven Best is Scotland's best-selling cask ale. Now owned by Greene King.

3Beers
2Styles
4.9%Avg ABV
1719Founded

Beers by Belhaven Brewery

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
maltyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
smoothevery beer
3 of 3 beers
sweet
2 of 3 beers
caramel
2 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 2 style families
Amber 2Stout 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 52 other breweries making Scottish Ale.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Scottish AleBelhaven Brewery
in no beersin every beer
bitter
in all 3 of their beers · typical Scottish Ale brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more bitter than typical.
hoppy
in 2 of 3 · typical Scottish Ale brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more hoppy than typical.
clean
in 2 of 3 · typical Scottish Ale brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more clean than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 15%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 3
beers above the median
#574
best ranked beer
Belhaven Black Scottish Stout

Their beers place in the Top 15% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Belhaven Brewery

One of Scotland's oldest breweries, operating in Dunbar since 1719. Uses the naturally soft Dunbar water. Belhaven Best is Scotland's best-selling cask ale. Now owned by Greene King.

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Location
Dunbar · East Lothian · Scotland
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