Atlantic MacFoochies 7+ Scottish Ale

Draught at the brewery. Pours dark brown with thin, creamy off-white head. Aroma is an almost cola-like sweetness, caramel and roasty notes blended together, with a hint of herbal heather coming through. Taste is roasty malt, cocoa, earthy, very rich and malty, almost cola like, with nice, floral heather and smoky peat notes on the finish to balance - beautifully executed, my favorite beer by Atlantic. Palate was creamy with a subdued carbonation that was just crisp enough to go perfectly with the (surprisingly excellent) barbecue served at Atlantic’s own brewpub. Marvelous job.

En fût. Verre de dégustation chez Knox Road Grill (Bar Harbor, ME). Arôme: Odeur de caramel avec une pointe de fumée. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel sucré avec une pointe d’alcool. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence d’alcool chaleureux en arrière goût. (Rating #1785)

650 ml. Nearly opaque mahogany with a one-finger head that fizzles away immediately to a lasting ring, leaving some nice lace. Caramel, cola and slight smoke in the nose. Initial flavor is all caramel and cola, and methinks "uh-oh". But the earthy smoke and heather bittering quickly comes to the rescue, resulting in some nice oak, raisin, vanilla, fig, and slight whiskey flavors. The heather taste is thankfully sparse, mainly showing up on the dry but florid finish. Medium body ends nicely dry as mentioned, but is a bit too fizzy for my tastes.

(22oz. bottle) Pours a burgundy body with a small beige head. Aroma of peat, smoke, and caramel. Flavor of caramel malt, peat, toasted bread, some floral, and light smoke.

DFW Tasting 6/8/08 Thanks to Bu11zeye for sharing! The aromas are peat and moss. Taste is very light chocolate and peat. Very lively beer. Cheers!