3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
translucent bark red-brown, wispy beige head. Medicinal cherry and bourbon, light licorice nose. Flavor is more bourbon, cocoa, oak. Dry, oaky finish, lightly medicinal.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 9/20
22oz bottle pours a hazy, deep brown with zero head. Big, boozy nose, nail polish, makers mark, light caramel. Flavor is all booze, whiskey, bourbon, light caramel. Finish is hot the whole way. All bourbon flavor, no scotch ale.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle shared by Alex into a tulip...Pours a really light and watery brown, pretty clear. Light watery head is gone right away...The aroma is super strong way to much scotch from start to finish, comes across as black sharpie as well. Scotch, wood, and ash. Too strong to smell often...The taste comes across slightly less alcoholic showing off some of the bourbon qualities bringing in nice oak and a little vanilla. The scotch is still way to strong to make this at all drinkable.
Not sure how this is an A beer, roundly disparged at our tasting.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours clear tawny with a medium, frothy beige head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma and flavor are sweet and heavy booze, figs, plums, dates, brown sugar, vanilla, and spicy hops. Full body, medium warmth and carbonation with a sweet finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
22oz bottle, thanks OldSock. Small beige head, clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, Bourbon/vanilla, some caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, Bourbon, some caramel, light raisin, alcohol warming. Sticky medium body.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
651mL thanks to someone from our local tasting! The pour is a clear, deep toffee amber with a thinning, tan head. Sticky lace. Aroma is sweet maple, bourbon, tawny oak, butter, candies. Taste is sweet cherries, spicy alcohol, sticky sweet, maple candies. A little thin bodied with some serious sweetness that is going over the top.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Served from a 22 oz bottle from an old trade. The appearance is a clear bodied dark amber with a small head. The aromas are nice with fruity esters, caramel, and vanilla. The flavors are very nice. A sweet berry flavor is pretty forward on the entry. A strawberry predominantly. Vanilla from the bourbon and caramel from the malts add some nice layers. Some sweet candied sugar as well. The mouth is a touch warm and alcohol thin. Full bodied. A well done fruity scotch ale.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sweet chocolate and bourbon nose. Taste is very sweet, lightly bitter, lots of toffee and dark fruit, some chocolate and brown sugar.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottle courtesy of nimbleprop, thanks! Hazy light brown, edge head. Aroma of butterscotch. Taste is pure whiskey.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thanks to Pete for opening up a bottle of this at a tasting a while back. Reviewed from notes.
Pours a dark shade of amber with a bit of an off white head that sits with a tiny ring of lace throughout. Nose brings good chunks of bourbon and caramel malt along with notes of oak, vanilla, and molasses. Taste mixes the bourbon and a level of molasses-like dry sweetness quite well with some of the barrel aging present in addition to the bourbon. Feel is nice and smooth with lower levels of carbonation. Drinks well and I glad I got to try this--I love being surprised by beers I’ve never heard much about.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 10-14-2010
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