Hazy dark brown hue, with a small beige head, sweet toasted malt nose, with a raisiny, wildberry note, with a faint bitter chocolate accent, with a subtle liquorice aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, sweet toasted malt, cookie dough character, with a nice raisiny, date fruity accent, with hint of nuttiness, a mild flowery hop note leading towards a good malty, fruity, hop bitterness finish.

<b>In short: </b>Well malted and fulfilling Scottish Ale. Solid.<br /> <b>How: </b>Pint at brewpub, fresh batch<br /> <b>The look: </b>Dark-ruby body with a small but long-lasting beige head<br /> <b>In long: </b>A ton of caramelized malts in this baby. Taste is sweet thick caramel with some liquorice and distant red fruits (kind of cranberries?…). Rather sweet beer with presence of residual sugar although it could be because it was a very fresh batch. Leafy and slightly fruity hops add a desired dryness and I would I liked a bit more of those. Comfortable carbonation. Straight to the point and effective malt galore. Very filling and sweet, maybe even too much so to be considered a session beer. I drank myself a few of those and let me tell you that they were the most hard-hitting Chiefs since the Hansen brothers of Slap Shot.