Bièropholie MacKroken Flower

Aroma is dominated by dark fruit and alcohol.Pours black with a medium tan head.Dark fruit,chocolate and alcohol stand out in the flavor.Medium to full mouthfeel with a very smooth chocolate finish.

Bottle... Opaque, very dark brown ale with a mid-sized, fizzy, tan head. Decent retention. Caramel, smoky nose with notes of beef stock, dried plums, cocoa, port and dates. Huge, vinous, malty flavor with blasts of caramel, dried plum, alcohol, smoke and dark, bittersweet chocolate. Generous hopping and big, bitter alcohol balance this baby almost all the way out... however, in the end, a Scotch ale will be a Scotch ale... leaning well onto the sweet side of balance. Full-bodied with a skim-milk mouthfeel and ticklish carbonation. Lengthy, bittersweet, warming, mojave-dry finish. Huge, HUGE thanks to beerbuzzmontreal for keeping me supplied with quality Scotch ales!

Bottle, (2Ieme brassin), pour dark brown-red color with a good brown foam. Aroma of strawberry, yeast, roast and maybe some tobbaco. Taste is sweet in the begining then the bittterness takes all the place. Very good.

Courtesy of HogtownHarry. Thank you, sir. The aroma is a very concentrated sweetness that comes across as sharp due to the sheer force of aromatic concentration. Caramel, light smoke, malt, dark breadsand a mild nuttiness are also present. The body is a deep brown and holds a lasting, thumb thick, tan head that leaves clingy lace. <P> Fore is sweet and malty with dark bread, alcohol and faint smoke. The flavor very much follows the aroma. It gets a touch watery tasting towards the finish, but the mouthfeel is very enjoyable. It has an alcohol hotness in the far finish along with some fruit and caramel sweetness.

341ml bottle courtesy of radiomgb - thanks, Jeff! As a fan of Scotch and Wee Heavy, I was really eager to try this and it didn’t really disappoint. Lovely caramel flavors along with smoke, bold malts, and a tad of hazelnut. It’s just a little bit over the top in its sweetness for my tastes, but this is a really solid example of the style - too bad it’s retired.

341mL bottle traded with HogTownHarry, no date. Pours a clear orangeish reddish darker brown with a one finger beige head. Aroma of sweet raisins and dates, peated malt and smoke, roasted and nutty malts, scorched caramel. Overall pretty sweet. Taste up front is fairly "bock-y," pretty sweet with lots of malt presence. Taste follows the aroma quite nicely. Dry slightly bitter finish, with some warming alcohol present. Full bodied, moderate smooth carbonation with soft tiny bubbles. Quite nice.

Pours a dark muddy copperish color. Smells sweet, and fruity mostly dried fruits. Taste is complex the sweet side of it has raison, pruns, and caramel. The sour side has plums, malt and yeast. Nicely carbonated and pours out very thick. Alcohol is present in the smell but not the taste as much.

Poured a very dark caramel color with thin dark tan head. Aroma was of brown sugar and some alcohol, but was strong for a Scotch ale. Taste had a sharp sweetness to begin, and a slight bitter finish that lingered. Palate was silky. A very interesting brew.