Black Isle Brewery

Red Kite

Red Ale - Other

An amber colored ale, Black Isle Red Kite is brewed using only the highest quality Maris Otter pale and crystal malts for flavor and body. Challenger… Read More

An amber colored ale, Black Isle Red Kite is brewed using only the highest quality Maris Otter pale and crystal malts for flavor and body. Challenger hops for bittering with the late addition of Styrian Goldings creates a balance of quenching citrus and malt, and a classic aromatic finish to this refreshing ale. This beer is bright amber with a toasted nut flavor and powerful orange fruit aroma. Read Less

Goldeneye

IPA - American

The blend of pale ale, Munich, crystal and wheat malts give Goldeneye its full body and rich gold colour. The initial impression of moderate bitterness… Read More

The blend of pale ale, Munich, crystal and wheat malts give Goldeneye its full body and rich gold colour. The initial impression of moderate bitterness balances with a clean finish. Fruity citrus notes of grapefruit and tangerine shine through with a touch of marmalade sweetness. Named after the beautiful birds that have nested in the Scottish Highlands since 1970, not the 1995 James Bond film! Read Less

Blonde

Lager - Pale

A premium quality continental style lager beer made with Hersbrucker and Hallertau hops. Pale yellow, with a light biscuit palate and a fresh grassy aroma. Read More

A premium quality continental style lager beer made with Hersbrucker and Hallertau hops. Pale yellow, with a light biscuit palate and a fresh grassy aroma. Read Less

Porter

Porter - English

Brewed with dark roasted malts producing a rich medium dry ruby-black beer.It is excellent with oysters and crab or for lunch with some mature farmhouse… Read More

Brewed with dark roasted malts producing a rich medium dry ruby-black beer.It is excellent with oysters and crab or for lunch with some mature farmhouse cheddar and oatcakes.

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Hibernator Oatmeal Stout

Stout - Oatmeal

Roasted malts, hedgerow fruit, espresso and liquorice. Big, black and wholesome; This is beer with soul! Naturally bottle conditioned it is secondary… Read More

Roasted malts, hedgerow fruit, espresso and liquorice. Big, black and wholesome; This is beer with soul! Naturally bottle conditioned it is secondary fermented in the bottle in a similar way to the production of champagne. This beer is made from 4 pure organic ingredients, malted barley, water, hops and yeast. It is full of vitamin B and good for you. Read Less

Yellowhammer

Blonde / Golden Ale - English

A golden, straw coloured bitter, brewed with Cascade hops adding a flinty, grapefruit aroma that is deliciously refreshing.

A golden, straw coloured bitter, brewed with Cascade hops adding a flinty, grapefruit aroma that is deliciously refreshing. Read Less

Scotch Ale

Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy

Believed to have originated from Edinburgh in the 1800s, the brewing of Scotch ales is now more of a focus for the US craft brewers than for those in… Read More

Believed to have originated from Edinburgh in the 1800s, the brewing of Scotch ales is now more of a focus for the US craft brewers than for those in its homeland. This beer, however, is a distillation of all that is good in Scotland. A liquid fruit cake with a malty foundation and a rich spice finish, this will fill your palate and astound you for minutes as you unlock the multi-layers of flavour.

A blinding pairing with roast lamb and equally good with a dram of Glenmorangie Lasanta. Read Less

Goldfinch

Gluten-Free

Goldfinch beer is bursting with citrusy zing. A multiple award winning beer, it’s a light, refreshingly hopped session IPA, and comes with the added bonus… Read More

Goldfinch beer is bursting with citrusy zing. A multiple award winning beer, it’s a light, refreshingly hopped session IPA, and comes with the added bonus of being certified gluten-free. Read Less

Spider Monkey

IPA - American

A truly modern IPA. A lager and wheat malt base with Cascade, Simcoe, Citra and Nelson Sauvin in the hop bill.

A truly modern IPA. A lager and wheat malt base with Cascade, Simcoe, Citra and Nelson Sauvin in the hop bill. Read Less

Pale Ale

Pale Ale - American

A classic pale ale, with Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Cascade, for a big citrusy hit.

A classic pale ale, with Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Cascade, for a big citrusy hit. Read Less

Walrus

Stout - Oatmeal

A silky smooth stout thanks to the addition of oats to the mash. Made with 6 different malts, this beer is all about mouthfeel. Expect plenty of espresso… Read More

A silky smooth stout thanks to the addition of oats to the mash. Made with 6 different malts, this beer is all about mouthfeel. Expect plenty of espresso notes, and chocolate tones. The water from Black Isle's borehole is as soft as water gets, which is perfect for dark beers. Read Less

Rhode Runner

Pale Ale - New England / Hazy

Rhode Runner uses smooth, organic malts and oats to produce a hazy, tropical tasting brew that’s perfect to enjoy as a session ale.

Rhode Runner uses smooth, organic malts and oats to produce a hazy, tropical tasting brew that’s perfect to enjoy as a session ale. Read Less

Altstadt

Lager - Amber / Red

It may come as surprise to some, but brewers love lager! That’s right, especially our resident German and Head Brewer, Thorsten. Hailing from the town… Read More

It may come as surprise to some, but brewers love lager! That’s right, especially our resident German and Head Brewer, Thorsten.

Hailing from the town in which he first put his brewing skills to work, he’s been longing to create a beer like this for a while. What better time than the Highland winter months; the prefect time for the slow, bottom fermenting yeast to work their magic – culminating in this luscious, red beauty of a beer.

Whilst he doesn’t claim to miss his motherland – with a deliciously disciplined brew like this in your hand – who would?

This delicious München red lager is a more-ish mix of bready malt flavours – balanced by a gentle, spicy bitterness and a clean, crisp finish. Read Less

Helles

Lager - Helles

Were we to follow time-honoured German traditions, we'd brew this beer to exactly the same recipe for 426 years, safe in the knowledge it was perfect… Read More

Were we to follow time-honoured German traditions, we'd brew this beer to exactly the same recipe for 426 years, safe in the knowledge it was perfect the first time round.
This is our 4th iteration of this style and Thorsten would go straight to hell(es) for his tinkering were he still in his homeland. Here, we brew things a little differently.
Crisp, refreshing, unfiltered and gluten-free. Read Less

High-Lights

Pale Ale - XPA (Extra Pale)

A light coloured beer with a rounded grassy aroma, slightly floral with a crisp biscuity mouthfeel. Balanced with subtle hops, Pacific Gem and Tradition,… Read More

A light coloured beer with a rounded grassy aroma, slightly floral with a crisp biscuity mouthfeel. Balanced with subtle hops, Pacific Gem and Tradition, lagered for 8 weeks, but top fermented using Black Isle's house yeast. The skill of the head German brewer, coupled with the history of this Scottish brewery. Read Less

Systems Theory - East Coast Edition

Stout - Imperial / Double

Black Isle and Poppels from Sweden collaborated a year or so ago to make a fantastic imperial stout called Systems Theory. Since then the beer has been… Read More

Black Isle and Poppels from Sweden collaborated a year or so ago to make a fantastic imperial stout called Systems Theory. Since then the beer has been maturing in whisky barrels and is now ready to make a reappearance.
There are two versions - a West coast version (using Islay barrels which gives a peaty flavour) and an East coast version which has oak, vanilla and dark chocolate notes. Read Less

Barrel Aged Series Oatmeal Stout East Coast Edition 2018

Stout - Oatmeal

Being perfectly placed in the Highlands, home to some of the world’s best distilleries, it’s been a natural step towards barrel aged beer. Having evolved… Read More

Being perfectly placed in the Highlands, home to some of the world’s best distilleries, it’s been a natural step towards barrel aged beer. Having evolved this line since 2012, this year saw the release of our East and West Coast Series, using Oatmeal Stout aged in Scottish Whisky casks to create a deep, rich flavour and deliciously decadent mouthfeel. Having waited nine months for this second batch, it’s out now on limited release.

Aroma – Deep roasted malt, caramel.

Appearance – Dark tawny-black, dark tan head.

Flavour – Dark chocolate, ripe plum, vanilla oak.


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Coco Van Porter

Porter - Other

For most of the Northern hemisphere, Summer is waning. The days are drawing in, the nights getting longer, and fires are lit as we hunker down for 4 months… Read More

For most of the Northern hemisphere, Summer is waning. The days are drawing in, the nights getting longer, and fires are lit as we hunker down for 4 months of soups and cocoa.

In Scotland however, September is an Indian summer. August we get rain, September we get sunshine; one last hurrah before the dying of the light.

What better way to celebrate this bounteous time of year than with an organic coconut vanilla porter.

Sweet, rich, sumptuous, decadence. Read Less

Systems Theory

Stout - Imperial / Double

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Anything Gose

Sour - Traditional Gose

A collaboration brew between Black Isle Brewery and Black Flag brewery. Gose style beer with a healthy dose of coriander and citra hop which gives a subtle… Read More

A collaboration brew between Black Isle Brewery and Black Flag brewery. Gose style beer with a healthy dose of coriander and citra hop which gives a subtle finish to this mildly sour, highly drinkable beer.

Aroma - citrus, wheat, slight coriander. Read Less

Systems Theory - West Coast Edition

Stout - Imperial / Double

Black Isle and Poppels from Sweden collaborated a year or so ago to make a fantastic imperial stout called Systems Theory. Since then the beer has been… Read More

Black Isle and Poppels from Sweden collaborated a year or so ago to make a fantastic imperial stout called Systems Theory. Since then the beer has been maturing in whisky barrels and is now ready to make a reappearance.
There are two versions - a West coast version (using Islay barrels which gives a peaty flavour) and an East coast version which has oak, vanilla and dark chocolate notes. Read Less

North Sea Bridges: Flame Out

IPA - Imperial / Double

Hazy DIPA

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23 Trees Citra Saison

Farmhouse Ale - Saison

We've named this limited edition beer 23 trees as a dedication to replace 23 ancient trees that were needlessly felled on the bordering land to our Organic… Read More

We've named this limited edition beer 23 trees as a dedication to replace 23 ancient trees that were needlessly felled on the bordering land to our Organic farm on the black isle. We love our surroundings, welcome the birds and the bees and work hard to maintain our land so that wildlife can thrive naturally. We will not stand for the irresponsible destruction of 23 perfectly good broad-leaf trees which provided a habitat for hundreds of species, oxygen we breathe and beautiful century-old character to our environment. We will replace these 23 trees and will plant 200 more in their place.

Aroma - Citrus and tropical fruit, spice faint pine resin, candied peel.

Appearance - Pale straw colour, rocky/frothy bright white head, sparkly high carbonation.

Flavour - Spice, tropical fruit, slightly sweet, rich malt body, light peppery heat, zest. Read Less

Chameleon

Pale Ale - English

This beer neither changes colour, nor does it have zygodactylous feet. Like a chameleon, however, this is hiding in plain sight. We brewed a cracking… Read More

This beer neither changes
colour, nor does it have
zygodactylous feet.
Like a chameleon, however,
this is hiding in plain sight.
We brewed a cracking
session IPA, removed the
gluten, and left… well, as
far as we can tell, exactly
the same beer.
Same aroma, same hoppy
bitterness, same mouthfeel.
A slammable beer designed
for pints and friends.
100% Organic, 100% visible. Read Less

Vanilla Stout

Stout - Other

Vanilla Stout (organic & unfiltered) latest version 2022

Vanilla Stout (organic & unfiltered) latest version 2022 Read Less