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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
Belhaven Best
Belhaven Best
Scottish Ale · 3.9%
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BEL
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BEL
Belhaven Wee Heavy
Scottish Ale · 6.5%
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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.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 134 other breweries making Stout.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Belhaven Brewery's beers land close to what is typical for the Stout styles they brew. The character is in the styles they choose and how consistently they hit them — not in standing apart from the field.

typical for StoutBelhaven Brewery
in no beersin every beer
smooth
in all 3 of their beers · typical Stout brewery: all 5 out of 5
Right where the field sits.
malty
in all 3 of their beers · typical Stout brewery: all 5 out of 5
A shade above, but within the field.
bitter
in all 3 of their beers · typical Stout brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
caramel
in 2 of 3 · typical Stout brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
toasty
in 2 of 3 · typical Stout brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 7%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 3
beers above the median
#125
best ranked beer
Belhaven Best

Their beers place in the Top 7% 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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Dunbar · East Lothian · Scotland
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