Pilot Peach Melba Sour

Name: Pilot Peach Melba Sour
Brand: Pilot Brewery
SKU: 5060478770121
Price: 3.25 GBP
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Pilot Peach Melba Sour

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Producer Pilot Brewery

Country Scotland

Region Edinburgh, Leith

ABV 4.30%

Tasting Notes

Peach, Raspberry, Tartness and Juicy Finish

Explore Further

Scotland Sour

This Pairs With:

Summer Drinking Cheese

Quantity

Don’t forget your bottle opener!

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More About Pilot Peach Melba Sour

A modern Scottish fruited sour ale from Pilot Beer in Leith, Edinburgh, inspired by the classic Peach Melba dessert, so you get a deliberate mix of stone fruit sweetness, berry sharpness, and vanilla creaminess rather than a purely acidic sour beer.

In the glass it pours a slightly hazy pale peach-pink, with an aroma that leans straight into ripe peach, raspberry coulis and soft vanilla cream. The fruit character is immediate and very expressive, almost dessert-like rather than sharply acidic.

On the palate it sits in a very approachable sweet-sour balance. The first impression is juicy peach and soft tropical stone fruit, quickly followed by bright raspberry tartness that lifts everything and prevents it from becoming heavy. The vanilla adds a round, creamy edge that smooths the acidity and gives it that “melba dessert” character rather than a sharp Berliner Weisse style bite.

Meet the Producer, Pilot Brewery

Pilot Brewery

Style: Brewery

Edinburgh’s beer scene has increasingly moved beyond traditional cask ale and into a much broader mix of modern brewing styles, and Pilot were one of the breweries helping push that shift early on.

Founded in Leith, the brewery built its reputation through approachable modern styles, particularly pale ales, lagers and mixed fermentation beers that favour balance and drinkability over sheer intensity. The beers tend to feel thoughtful without becoming overly serious about themselves, which suits Edinburgh quite well.

The pale ales usually carry soft tropical fruit and citrus character while keeping bitterness intact rather than disappearing completely into haze. The lagers are particularly good too. Clean, crisp and properly structured in a way that quietly demonstrates good technical brewing underneath the more relaxed branding.

Pilot also spent time experimenting with barrel ageing, sour beer and fermentation projects without abandoning the core idea that beer should still be enjoyable by the pint rather than merely admired in tiny pours.

Leith itself has become one of the more interesting food and drink areas in Scotland over recent years, full of breweries, distilleries, wine bars and slightly damp converted industrial buildings. Pilot fits naturally into that environment. Modern but unpretentious. Creative without trying too hard to become an “experience”.