Bièropholie MacKroken Flower

Medium fine-laced light brown head over deep dark red body through which light can just barely make it. Powerful sweet aroma of molasses and syrup with notes of coffee, oil, and wild berries. Aroma also somewhat bread-like. Taste is faintly sourish molasses with notes of wild berries and burnt syrup. Aftertaste is peppery coffee with oily hop notes. Alcohol heat lingers in the mouth. This is a great beer! Like a powerful imperial stout, but with more flavour. Especially the berry-like notes really make this stand out from your normal imperial stout. How they can call this a scotch ale is beyond me.

Bottle - sampled at the RBESP 2005
Chestnut colouring, creamy brown head. Molassis, chocolate and nut aroma notes. Nutty, slightly herbal flavors, sugary. Somewhat oxidized, a bit flat, sticky oily mouthfeel - in a good way.

Bouteille-Brune aux reflets ambrés. Odeur maltée et caramalisé. Pas de mousse. Goût de bonbon et de fuits.--Bottle-Brown with ambered reflections. Smells of malt and caramel. No head. Taste of candy and frutis.

Sampled at RBESG 2005.
Dark amber colored with a red gleam and a foamy light brown head. Roasted chocolaty aroma, sharp with some alcohol and buttery notes. Sweet slightly roasted flavor with notes of coffee and yeast. Quite sharp and biding and a little unbalanced. Interesting style, it reminds me of a mix between a stout and a Belgian ale.

Bottle 341ml Appearance: Deep dark brown in colour. Aroma: Malty with notes of caramel and alcohol. Flavor: strong malt, brown sugar, caramel.

12oz bottle acquired in a trade (sorry, I didn’t note from who - let me know if it was from you!). Poured a dark and clear mahogany color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of peat, toffee and some smoke. Earthy. Tastes of toffee, bourbon, caramel and some dark fruits. A touch of alcohol in the finish.

Thanks to Hopdog. Pours a dark ruby amber with a small off white lacing head. Aroma is caramel, peet, slight smoke with an overall sweetness. Flavor is similar to the aroma with some bitterness and a little dry.

Thanks to Turg for this one. 341 ml bottle. Deep ruddy brown colour, very thick sticky tan head. Initial aroma is of sweet caramel malt, toffee, slightly vineous. Light earthiness underneath the sweet aroma. A bit of fruit and salty licorice aroma. Seems to remind me of a barleywine more than a scotch ale. Flavour is sweet, anise/licorice, salt, and a touch of soy is the initial impression. Peppery flavour and a fairly alcoholic mouthfeel as well. Salty nuttiness lingers along with a fairly assertive bitterness. A bit too salty and licorice when its cold. Strangely, as it warms, the salt and licorice notes fall back and some more malt sweetness comes forward. After about 30 minutes and 14-18 degrees C, it actually become very balanced, spicy earthy hops come forward matching up against sweet vineous malt, light alcoholic pepper and a lingering bitter finish. Quite a complex and challenging brew.