3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
draft at map room. pretty awesome. coffeeish and burnt-sugar syrupy, kinda alcoholic too. some chocolate, but i guess coffee was the most important thing. probably one of my favorite scotch ales.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: FEB 3, 2010 Cloudy caramel with big, foamy beige head / Nose of apples, oak, toffee, leather, raisins, and brett / Full creamy, winey body, some sweetness, with with good balance and long finish / Flavors of smoke, leather, toffee, dates, apricots, coconut, and brett / An absolutely perfect Scotch ale.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours out in a hazy brown colour with a rich tan-coloured foam. Yeasty aroma of coconut, wood, dried fruit and spices. Full creamy flavour of nuts, toffee, yeast, coconut and figs. Full-bodied. Spicy finish with touches of wood and toffee
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Bright chestnut brown with medium sized cream colored head, fading to a thin layer. Fruity and fairly complex aroma with hints of tobacco and sour dried fruit. Flavor is malty and clean leading to a lingering sharp bitterness. As th ebeer warms small hints of butter reveals itself underscoring the maltiness. Alcohol is incredible well hidden. Soft, viscous mouth feel. A tasty beer, but I don’t pick up any oak aroma or flavor unfortunately which drags down the overall score.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. August 2006. Very delicate and muted nose: oak, spice, yeast, vanilla and malt. Pours a pretty ruby/amber with copper highlights. On the palate you get oak, vanilla, dry and sour yeast notes. Malted barley, caramel and some hops as well. Hides the 10% quite well. Creamy with lively carbonation. Complex and intriguing. The aroma could have been more upfront and not as muted.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a slightly cloudy red/orange, and with a medium to large head. The aroma is of slight yeast, and a hint of wheat. It tastes of rich yeast with a slightly bitter onset. The lingering taste is of sweetened peat malts, and warm scotch. Uses quite a palate.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours amber with a nice sturdy head. Certainly aroma of earth and wood, with an undertone of cherry. The cherry follows into the flavor on the back, with a caramel Scotch character, combined with a very yeasty and bread like finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Capones. Hazy amber color with nice head which produced good lacing. Malty and sweet with caramel/roasted flavors. Semi dry finish. Good beer.
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