Belhaven Brewery
Belhaven brews in Dunbar on the East Lothian coast, 20 miles from Edinburgh, among barley fields by the North Sea; the name means 'beautiful bay'. Market gardener John Johnstone founded it in 1719, and the Emperor of Austria is said to have called its beer the 'burgundy of Scotland'. Malted barley, spring water and Belhaven yeast go through mashing, lautering, whirlpool and cold storage; cellars dug by Benedictine monks are still in use. Exports reach 45+ countries.
Beers by Belhaven Brewery
11 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Belhaven Brewery brew a broad range across 6 style families.
Across these 11 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Belhaven Black
Their beers place in the Top 42% of the catalogue on average, across 11 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Belhaven Brewery
Belhaven brews in Dunbar on the East Lothian coast, 20 miles from Edinburgh, among barley fields by the North Sea; the name means 'beautiful bay'. Market gardener John Johnstone founded it in 1719, and the Emperor of Austria is said to have called its beer the 'burgundy of Scotland'. Malted barley, spring water and Belhaven yeast go through mashing, lautering, whirlpool and cold storage; cellars dug by Benedictine monks are still in use. Exports reach 45+ countries.
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