Muckle Cross
Elgin, IV3 01BU
Elgin, IV3 01BU
Muckle Cross
Elgin, IV3 01BU
Elgin, IV3 01BU
Cask Beers Available
Cask Beers Available
Ruby - 4.4%
Ruby
Rudgate
4.4% abv
A dark ale with a ruby red colour, the aroma has a sweet scent of strawberries combined with a smokiness and a soft, rich taste.
Wave Breaker - 4.3%
Wave Breaker
Orkney
4.3% abv
Blonde beer, lively lemon and lime aromas, then stone fruit flavours with biscuit malt and a creamy finish. This brew uses the innovative New Zealand hop Moteuka. This hop alongside a touch of biscuity Vienna malt offers flavours akin to Key Lime pie.
The Rev James Original - 4.5%
The Rev James Original
Brains
4.5% abv
Pale brown with a faint malty and fruity aroma. Malt and fruit flavours dominate the taste with a balancing bitterness, making for an easy-drinking beer of deceptive strength.
80 Shilling - 3.9%
80 Shilling
Belhaven
3.9% abv
A traditional style of ale typical of the East of Scotland. A superb classic with a deep copper hue and light bronze creamy foam. 80/- is brewed using Belhaven yeast and allowed to ferment at a slightly higher temperature. This delivers satisfying malt flavours and layers of soft fruit with a toffee finish.
Doom Bar - 4%
Doom Bar
Sharp's
4% abv
Bitter with a faint flowery aroma and a moderately fruity, malty taste. The finish is long but pleasantly bitter with some sweetness and dryness.
Abbot Ale - 5%
Abbot Ale
Greene King
5% abv
A full-bodied, very distinctive beer with a bitter-sweet aftertaste.
Ciders & Perries Available
Pear Mania - 7%
Pear Mania
Cockeyed
7% abv
This is a medium-sweet apple-pear hybrid, made by blending a variety of fruits to give a full, fruity aroma and a smooth, crisp flavour which packs a mad punch.
Coming Soon
Plum Porter - 4.9%
Plum Porter
Titanic
4.9% abv
This beer is dark strong and well rounded; the richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops and natural plum flavouring. Take the opportunity and go for the low hanging fruit, this sumptuous beer really is a plum!
Hopo Proper IPA - 5%
Hopo Proper IPA
Broughton
5% abv
We’ve crafted the Proper IPA as a dedication to those that enjoy Proper IPA with treacle malt, high alpha hop flavour and a light bitter aftertaste. With it's intense citrus, spice and pine flavours balanced with our blend of toasted local malts, the beer gives you a depth of spicy aroma and a balanced fruity aftertaste.
Dark Island - 4.6%
Dark Island
Orkney
4.6% abv
Hard to categorise as a stout or old ale. Sweetish roast malt taste leads to a long lasting roasted, slightly bitter finish. Rich fruity nose balanced by flavours of chocolate, dried fruit and figs.
Fort Smith - 5%
Fort Smith
Roosters
5% abv
This beer is named after the town in which Rooster Cogburn lived. It is a big, bold pale ale, brewed using American hops to impart tropical and passion fruit aromas, plus a lasting, bitter finish.
Old Jock - 6.7%
Old Jock
Broughton
6.7% abv
A classic Scottish Strong Ale. Surely one of the definitive examples of the Scotch ale style. Rich, dark malty flavour with a deceiving drinkability for its ABV. Also available as a permanent cask ale. Brewed with Optic malt and Roasted Barley and hopped with Challenger, Fuggles, and First Gold.
Red MacGregor - 4%
Red MacGregor
Orkney
4% abv
Pleasantly bitter, red coloured session beer with a smoothness that belies its aggressive ancestors! A brilliant ruby red colour, deliciously perfumed with hints of spiciness. Rich hop fruits giving way to a clean dry refreshing floral hop bitterness.
Hopo Session IPA - 3.8%
Hopo Session IPA
Broughton
3.8% abv
Hand-crafted by our master brew crew. We’ve added a barrel load of new world Cascade and Chinook hops and light Crystal and Vienna malts to deliver a sessional and refreshing IPA with a zesty twist.
Volt IPA - 4.5%
Volt IPA
Woodforde's
4.5% abv
Send your taste buds into overdrive with our beer that has some serious voltage! This IPA is crafted to spark your taste buds. The best American hops are all piled into this beer. Shock the system!
Also Available
Bottles
Windswept Blonde 4.0%
A light, refreshing session ale with citrus notes and a crisp bitter finish.
Windswept Wolf 6.0%
Rich and dark in colour with chocolate and liquorice aromas from the chocolate malts used.
Windswept Apa 5.0%
A refreshing IPA with smooth malts and a tangy grapefruit finish.
Windswept Tornado 6.7%
Crafted with a robust malt character to compliment the tropical fruit and resinous pine of the Citra hop.
Windswept Weizen 5.2%
Straw to amber in colour
Broughton Old Jock 6.7%
A beer of substance, rich and full-bodied with intense caramel aromas and roasted maltiness.
Adnams Ghost Ship 0.5%
Pale ale. Bold citrus flavours from citra hops. Alcohol free
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Muckle Cross is in the Aberdeen, Grampian & Northern Isles CAMRA branch area.