The Marine Hotel's traditional bar specialising in real ales has six hand pulls and some 100 bottle conditioned ales from around the world.

On tap we always have Deuchers IPA, Timothy Taylor Landlord and our own house ale 'Dunnottar' brewed for us by Inveralmond Brewery in Perth. In addition we have three guest ales featuring mainly Scottish micro breweries from the length and breadth of the country.

Check out Our Beer menu below. 

The bar has a welcoming atmosphere where folk of all walks of life gather to share in the pleasures of life. 

The adjacent lounge with seating for over 30 offers a more relaxed family atmosphere with open fire where meals are served dail.

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Scottish, Belgian and English Real Ales  

On our specials board you will find 4 real ales in the summer and 3 in the winter months. I support mainly Scottish micro brewerys helping to keep alive the small revolution of brewing in Scotland. However some of the more established English brands are often available.

Beer is often seen as a poor substitute to wine for dining with. Infact brewing is a far more complex process than wine making. The flavours produced, some 400, are far more diverse than wine and often compliment food far better whilst being more refreshing .

I believe "Beer is to dine for" and can accompany any dish in a restaurant. Even the glass ware has been chosen carefully for each beer from long flutes to wide rimmed goblets, allowing the unique aromas and flavours to be savoured.

Below you will find over 30 international beers from Rich robust Trappist to champagne like Faro's. I hope you will give one a try and I'm sure you will be very surprised.

Our full beer list is at the bottom of the page - click here to review an savour

Lambic/Fruit & Faro Ales  

FRANK BOON
Frank Boon is relatively new to Lambics having started blending in 1975, when he took over the defunct De Vits brewery. He has brought new life to the craft, developing a reputation as a daring traditionalist, his lambics having great complexity.

BOON GUEUZE 6.5% abv LAMBIC BEER 375ml
A clean tasting slightly sweet unfiltered gueuze, with a soft floweriness of rhubarb like aroma.

LIEFMANS KRIEK 6.5% abv FRUIT BEER 375ml
Once a year the brewery adds cherries to some of its brown ale and allows further fermentation. The finished product is deliciously smooth dark and distinctive with a sweet/sour flavour. A lovely brewery making truly great beers that take years to mature before being let out of the brewery.

LIEFMANS FRAMBOZEN 4.5% abv FRUIT BEER "NOW ON DRAUGHT"
A remarkable speciality beer made with pressed raspberries added to six month old brown ale. After 8 months of maturation the beer is filtered and becomes frambozen. A beer of real depth of flavour and a truly special sweet/sour taste. Even after bottling it is kept in cellars before it is released. A marvellous fruity experience

LINDEMANS
An independent lambic brewer in the hands of the eighth generation of the family to make lambic beers. Originally a farm, the brewery has recently doubled its capacity to cope with export demand.

LINDEMANS FARO 4.0% abv LAMBIC BEER 375ml
Champagne like, darkish, filtered and sweetened Lambic beer making it a good thirst quencher.

Speciality Beers

GULDEN DRAAK 10.5% abv SPECIALITY BEER 330ml
Powerful dark ale in a painted bottle. Golden dragon in English is more like herbal medicine!

JAN VAN GENT 5.5% abv SPECIALITY BEER 330ml
From Liefmans brewery, which is surely enough pedigree. a Belgian style ale with an orangey colour. Unfiltered and refreshing.

HOEGAARDEN GRAND CRU 8.7% abv SPECIALITY BEER 330ml
From the makers of Hoegaarden witbier, De Kluis, this beer has similar spicing - curacao orange peel and coriander. Aromatic and light in colour.

 LA CHOUFFE 8.0% abv SPECIALITY BEER 750ml.
From the small village Achouffe in the Ardennes this is a micro brewery success story. So what is a chouffe? A red hatted, long- bearded gnome that's a part of local folklore. The beer is just excellent! Spiced with coriander it's immensely drinkable and full of character. Only available in dated champagne bottles.

MCCHOUFFE 8.5% abv SPECIALITY BEER 750ml.
Inspired by a Scottish friend of the brewers this is a full, rich, warming brew with loads of character. The bearded gnome, which is the brewery logo is kilted in deference to that.

DE KONINCK 5.0% abv BELGIAN ALE 330ml
An outstanding copper coloured ale produced in the city of Antwerp. A fruity distinctive ale similar to alt bier and the diamond city's only brewery. Sparkling with taste and velvety smooth - ask for a bolleke of it!

GOUDEN CAROLUS CLASSIC 8.0% abv STRONG DARK ALE 330ml
An old established classic. The name refers to Charles the Fifth. This is a powerful distinctive dark beer - ideal as a nightcap or with chocolate dishes.

KUPPERS KOLSCH 4.8% abv GERMANY 500ml.
There are more than a dozen breweries in Cologne all specialising in the local style of beer. A pale golden aromatic ale with a delicate flavour. The brewers association has protected this style with an "appelation" and so this can only be produced in the city. The style is subtle rather than dramatic.

DUVEL 8.5% abv BELGIUM 330ml.
Today, the Duvel Moortgat , founded in 1871, is an independent producer of authentic speciality beers. Around the world, Moortgat is considered to be the leading producer of blond, bottle conditioned, high fermentation beers. Duvel, the classic strong golden ale with a large creamy head. A subtle fruitiness and distinctive delicate taste will lead you into temptation. One of the world's great beers, Duvel means devil in Flemish and it is certainly sinfully deceptive - light in body, pale in colour.

UNIBROUE, QUEBEC The French language on the labels of this beer is not from Belgium but Montreal, The Unibroue micro brewery make Belgian style beers of great character. It received initial consultancy from riva of Flanders.

RAFTMAN 5.5%abv QUEBEC 330ml
Brewed with whisky malt which combines well with smooth flavours of a choice yeast. It has a subtle and exceptional bouquet with creates a persistent smooth taste.
 

Flemish Red Ale  

RODENBACH probably no other brewery specialises so much in such an unusual product. A national treasure! The definitive example of Flanders red beer. Aged for two years in huge brandy casks there are 300 of these vessels - all uncoated oak - each containing up to 60,000 litres. This is unique in the world and helps give the sour, tart red colour and very unusual colour.

RODENBACH 5.0% abv FLEMISH RED ALE 250ml
A blend of fully matured and young beer - sweet and sour flavour with a certain sharpness.

RODENBACH GRAND CRU 6.0% abv FLEMISH RED ALE 330ml
The fully matured beer with a powerful bouquet and taste. Highly distinctive! 

Abbey Ales  

ST. BERNARDUS at Watou is in the heart of the Belgian hop growing area. It's beers are very malty however! These are licensed beers from Westvleteren the Trappist abbey.

ST. BERNARDUS PRIOR 8.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
Fruity and a little more acidic. Warming finish.

ST. BERNARDUS ABT 12.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
Revered brew - immensely full bodied rich and creamy.

KARMELIET TRIPEL 8.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
Made by the small brewery Bosteels, the makers of Kwak, this is a new beer made unusually using three types of grain. It's wonderfully smooth and aromatic. The Carmelites apparently made a three grain beer in the 1600's and the recipe was stumbled on by accident. The three grains are barley, wheat and oats in both raw and malted forms. Styrian hops, a generous spicing and the fruity character of the house yeast make a complex beer with a light crisp and lemon dryness.

CORSENDONK - The abbey founded in 1398 at Turnhout near the Dutch border has been renovated as a conference centre, whilst before closing in 1784 it still brewed beer. The beers are the creation of the Keersmaekers family, who have been involved in Belgian brewery for generations.

CORSENDONK AGNUS 8.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
A strong golden perfumey beer in the triple style well packaged. Often known as "Monk's Pale". This beer has considerable finesse with is clean body.

Trappist Ales  

WESTMALLE is in the province of Antwerp and the Trappist abbey here inspired a category of beer known as triple - probably the most sought after single trappist beer. A wide variety of hops are used which give the beers a dry complex flavour.

WESTMALLE TRIPLE 9.0% abv TRAPPIST ALE 330ml
Wonderfully herby elaborate beer. Lemon like zesty flavours complements the pale colour and dense rocky head.

WESTMALLE DUBBEL 7.0% abv TRAPPIST ALE 330ml
Fruity with a red brown colour. Flavours of raisins and chocolate from the dark malts but still refreshing on the finish.

ORVAL 6.2 % abv TRAPPIST ALE 330ml
The name means Golden Valley. The Trappist abbey was founded in 1070 when Countess Mathilda of Tuscany lost a gold ring in the local lake. She pledged that if it were returned she would thank God by building an abbey. A trout returned the ring! Hence the beer label. An intensely bitter orangey coloured ale with three fermentations.

Even by Trappist monk standards ROCHEFORT is withdrawn! This has led to these beers being the least well-known Trappist. however despite it's hard to find Ardennes location the beers are rich, dense individual brews.

ROCHEFORT 8 9.2% abv TRAPPIST ALE 330ml
Dry but rich with sweet tea and fig notes to complement the aromatic fullness.

ROCHEFORT 10 11.3% abv TRAPPIST ALE 330ml
Drink this with chocolate. A fruity spicy mocha flavoured classic.

CHIMAY is the best known and biggest Trappist brewery. The beers "set the standard" for Trappist beers. First brewed in 1861 Chimay was the first to sell its beers commercially. They also introduced the designation Trappist.

CHIMAY GRANDE RESERVE 9.0%abv TRAPPIST ALE 750ml
The strongest Chimay brew. Fruity becoming smoother as the years go by. It is in fact vintage dated. Rich with port like flavours. Try it with full flavoured cheeses.

CHIMAY WHITE CAP TRIPPLE 8.0%abv TRAPPIST ALE 330ml
White Cap is a lighter coloured beer in the triple style. Delicate balance of bitter and fruit flavours.

On Draught  

On Draught we also have speciality beers

Erdinger Weissbier
Established in 1886, Erdinger Weissbier is synonymous for Bavarian wheat beer. Located in the heart of Bavaria, in the town of Erding, the beer is traditionally matured to create a crisp, fresh and sparkling character.

LIEFMANS FRAMBOZEN 4.5% abv FRUIT BEER NOW ON DRAUGHT ½ pnt
A remarkable speciality beer made with pressed raspberries added to six month old brown ale. After 8 months of maturation the beer is filtered and becomes frambozen. A beer of real depth of flavour and a truly special sweet/sour taste. Even after bottling it is kept in cellars before it is released. A marvellous fruity experience.

Our List of Beers

  Real Ales on Draught

We have a fine selection of real ales from Scotland and England.

Whisky List

Local - East Highland  

1 Ardmore 46%

2 Fettercairn 12

Tasting Note

Nose: Aromatic, oily, beeswax, honey. Walnut and hazelnut. Barley.
Palate: Medium, oily, nutty. Spicy. Sweet honey. Crystallized stem ginger. Malty.
Finish: Medium. Winter spice. Cinnamon, ground ginger, walnut. Oak.

3 Fettercairn '92 CC

 4 Glen Esk 84 CC

5 Glencadam 10

6 Glencadam 15

 7 Glengairoch Founders Reserve

 8 Glenglassaugh New Spirit

9 Lochside CC

10 North Port-Brechin CC

11 Royal Lochnagar 12

Tasting Notes

Nose: Fruity, Spicy, Sweet

Palate: Fruity, Smoky, Sweet

Body: Gentle, Light

12 Royal Lochnagar DE

Central Highland

13 Deanston 12

14 Edradour 10

15 Glengoyne 10

16 Glenturret 10

Tasting Note

Nose: Fruity, Nutty, Herbal

Palate: Fruity, Rich, Sweet, Oaky Tannins

Finish: Medium length with beautiful sweetness

17 Tullibardine 1992

18 Balblair 97

North Highland

19 Brora  82 CC

20 Clynelish 14

21 Clynelish DE

22 Dalmore Gran Reserva

23 Glenmorangie 10

24 Glenmorangie 18

25 Glenmorangie Lasanta

26 Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban

27 Old Pulteney 12

Tasting Note

Nose: Medium, Dry with a hint of sea air

Palate: Dry, Smooth with a slight hint of sherry

Finish:  Dry, Medium bodied

28 Old Pulteney 8

29 Teaninich 10

30 Tormore 12

West Highland

31 Ben Nevis 10

32 Oban 14

33 Oban Distillers 95

Island

34 Arran 10 un chill

35 Highland Park 12

36 Highland Park 18

37 Highland Park Macphail's 8

38 Jura 10

39 Jura 16

Tasting Note

Nose: Fruity, Marmalade, Raisins, Cinnamon

Palate: Round, Mellow, Rich

Finish: Round, Sweet, Hints of chewed tobacco

40 Ledaig light

41 Scapa 93

42 Talisker 10

43 Talisker 18

44 Talisker Distillers Edition

Islay

45 Ardbeg 10

46 Ardbeg 1993 cc

47 Ardbeg Mor

48 Ardbeg Uigeadal

49 Bowmore 12

50 Bowmore 15 Darkest

51 Bruichladdich 12 yo

52 Bruichladdich 18

53 Bruichladdich X4

54 Bunnahabhain 12

55 Caol Ila 12

56 Caol Ila DE

57 Lagavulin 16

58 Lagavulin Distillers Edition

 59 Laphroaig 1/4 cask

60 Laphroaig 10

61 Laphroaig 18  

Tasting Note

Nose: Lively, Sweet, Honey

Palate: Smoky, Floral, Sweet

Finish: Good Length, Smooth

62 Port Ellen 1982

Speyside

63 Aberlour 10

64 Aberlour 18

65 Aberlour Abunadh

66 An Cnoc 12 yo

67 Balvenie 12 Doublewood

 68 Balvenie 12 Signature

69 Balvenie 15

70 Balvenie 21 Port Wood

71 Benriach Dark Rum 15

72 Benrinnes 91 CC

73 Benromach Organic

74 Benromach Peat Smoke

75 Caperdonich 1994 CC

76 Cardhu 12

Tasting Note

Nose: Good body, decent sweetness, richness. Streaks of smoke, apple peels, bruised pears

Palate: Smooth, rounded, gentle sweetness, soft peat. A little smoke whispers sweet nothings

Finish: Long, dry smoke, malty touch of peat

77 Coleburn 81 CC

78 Cragganmmore 12

79 Cragganmore DE

80 Dailuiane 94 CC

81 Dallas Dhu 82

82 Dalwhinnie 15

83 Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition

84 Dufftown (Singleton of)

 85 Glen Grant 93

86 Glendronnach 12

87 Glendronnach 15 Revival

88 Glenfarclas 10

89 Glenfarclas 15

90 Glenfarclas 21

 91 Glenfiddich 12

92 Glenfiddich 15

93 Glenfiddich 21 Caribbean Rum

94 Glenlivet 12

 95 Glenlivet 18

96 Glenlivet Nadurra

 97 Glenrothes Select

98 Glentauchers 1991

99 GM Glenrothes 8

100 Imperial 1991

101 Knockando 12

102 Linkwood 15

103 Longmorn 16

Tasting Note

Nose: A sweet tempting almost heady coconut fragrance. Like walking among gorses on a summer day. Opens on biscuity aromas

Palate: Smooth, silky. Enticing. Marzipan, macaroon, Chocolate and cereal bar

Finish: Drying on pleasant oaky notes. And chewed grass

104 Macallan (Speymalt)

105 Macallan 10

 106 Macallan 18

107 Miltonduff 10

 108 Mortlach 15

109 Strathisla 12

110 Strathmill 12

111 Tamdhu

 112 Tomatin 12

 113 Tomintoul 10

 114 Tomintoul 16

Lowland

 115 Auchentoshan 12 

116 Auchentoshan Triple Wood

117 Bladnoch '93 CC

118 Littlemill 12  

Tasting Note

Nose: The nose is of medium-body with curious vegetal and lactic notes. A touch sour with hints of sulphur and estery sweetness

Palate: The palate is quite full-bodied and very round with notes of barley sugar, toasted cereal and oily nuts with a rubbery character

Finish: The finish is long and quite sweet with herbal notes

119 Rosebank 91 CC

Campbeltown

121 Hazelburn 12

 122 Hazelburn 8

123 Kilkerran

Tastin Note

Nose: Light and fragrant, the nose leads you into the dram gently. Refreshing lemon citrus, hints of pear and just a dash of sherbet

Palate: Masses of sweet vanilla immediately take over the tastebuds before the classic Campbeltown salt hits the tongue. Creamy toffee and butterscotch become apparent as the natural oils coat the
mouth

Finish: Gentle smoke comes from deep in the throat followed up by very pleasant ground spices

124 Longrow CV

125 Springbank 10

 126 Springbank 15

World Whisky

127 Bushmills 10yo

128 Canadian Club

129 Jack Daniels

 130 Makers Mark

131 Wild Turkey

132 Woodfrods Reserve

133 Yamazaki  

Tasting Note

Nose: Lively and appetising on the nose

Palate: Soft oak, vanilla, pleasant oily mouthfeel. Cinnamon. Oil flavours develop, but now nuts and sesame oil

Finish: Sensuous mouth feel with rounded edges, and bit of spice

Liquer Whisky

134 Drambuie

135 Glayva

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