3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
a pretty intersting ale, original and really good! a bit of switterness, but not too much
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Utobeer. It pours straw yellow, with a foamy white head. The nose is honey, floral and some orange. The taste is floral, honey, hay, grass, icing sugar, lemon soap and sweet orange, with a dry finish. Light to medium body, moderate carbonation, with a foamy mouth-feel. Decent balance. Not bad at all.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale honey amber with brief fluffy whitye head. Slightly dusty sweet honey and butterscotch nose. Light palate with gentle floral notes, vanilla and a sweet shirtcake finish.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 2/20
Cask handpull at Tap East. Clear pale gold thick white head. Diacetyl aroma. More or less undrinkable for me. Makes me gag. Condition is fine. Flavour has a touch of heather on finish and some sweet honey in the middle. But I cant stand diacetyl. Rest of beer is fine. Maybe the diacetyl burns off. I just dont like this beer.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Sour vegetable malt aroma with a hint of honey. Pale golden yellow colour with a big foamy head. Dry cereal biscuit flavour with a sweet pine honey aftertaste. Unusual and interesting but a bit unbalanced.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Bon Accord. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is vegetables, citric, light malted. Flavour is citric, little malts and some particular taste of how gasoline or even tar smells. Quite strange, but not bad. Spicy. Slightly bitter and slightly sweet finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Caley Sample Room. Pours a golden colour with a thin white head. Heather and sweet caramel malt aroma. Tastes honey sweet with some biscuity malt and yeast in there also. Not bad but a bit sweet for me but I can deal with it (dantheman!)
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
[330ml bottle, Caley Sample Room, Edinburgh] Served as part of pairing dinner at Caley Sample Room. Hazy golden beer with a thin off-white head. Sweet, syrupy aromas along with a fair bit of malt. On the taste, more sweetness from the honey – this comes out on the finish more than at any point. Didn’t get the heathery component – although I didn’t expect it to be like Fraoch, of course. Maybe just a touch too sweet for my liking [06062011]
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Golden and highly carbonated with a nice lacy head. The nose has citrus and honey. The taste has more honey but with a refreshing lemon grass on the end. The palate has a medium structure, a fairly creamy texture and a clean finish. Good beer.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 26, 2012 Pours a very pale amber. Milky white head that dissipates, leaving faint lacing. Honey, some light herbs and not much else on the nose. Taste is predictably sweet, honey and caramel, some nice spice. finish is subtle, slightly herby and tangy. Yes, it’s sweet. Deal with it. I like this. 5 3 6 4 16 = 3.4. Tasted again 26/04/12, apparently a new recipe (but still at 5% ABV). Pale orangey golden, thick frothy white head. Slightly more refined nose - grassy herbaceousness, some biscuity malt, definite honey, but not overpowering. Slightly tangy front, juicy fruit salad with well-integrated honey notes that don’t get in the way. Refreshing light peppery bitterness on the finish. Moderate carbonation. Nice, definitely an improvement. 6 4 7 4 16 = 3.7
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