 Schroppfy (1719), Ohio, USA
May 4, 2008 Updated: May 22, 2008
MUCH more integrated than the Ardbeg (009) version; smoother, smokier for sure, and with a more refined sweetness. The aroma is all smoke and seaside brine, with just a hint of bitter chocolate. The flavor is a touch sweet, with a good smoky scotch presence; tingly, with really well-veiled alcohol. A slight burnt butterscotch flavor; a sooty balsa wood dryness. Yum. Way better than 009! {Alcohol may get too hot with full warming...I’ll have to watch for that...}
CaptainCougar (4596), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Jun 29, 2008 Bottle thanks to dkachur: Pours a nearly opaque black with dark mahogany edges and a stringy-lacing beige head. Complex aroma of big smoky peaty Scotch character and some sweet dark caramel and roasted malts. Body starts with nice fullness and richness of flavor. Has good malty sweetness and earthy peaty balance before a smooth, drier, lingering smoky dark chocolate finish. A nice scotch barrel aged imperial stout.
railcat1 (465), Hammond, Indiana, USA
Jun 29, 2008 This was a smooth and smoky beer with a nice sweetness to it and a whiskey finish,it poured with a dark look and almost no head but it had a really good smokey finish overall very enjoyable.CHEERS!
jsquire (1834), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Dark beer with mahogany hues when held against the light. Short lived tan head that quickly shrank to a thin whisp. The nose is not as assertive as I expected, with subtle oak, whiskey and smoke notes. Strong Scotch whiskey flavors without being overpowering. Lots of smoke, leather, oak, vanilla, whiskey, and something earthy that I’ll say is the peat. For all the flavors, the body seems strangely light, which makes it too easy to drink for the ABV. The whiskey takes over as the beer warms. A real nice barrel aged beer.
thedm (3405), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Jun 27, 2008 This bottle brew from Indianapolis, IN was marked batch 008 and BBF 06/06/09. It poured a small sized head of frothy mostly diminishing medium sized brown colored bubbles that left behind an opaque black colored body with no visible carbonation. The aroma was of whiskey malt and smoke. The mouth feel was mildly tingly from start to finish. The flavor contained notes of smoke vinous and strongly hopped.
renffisch (349), london, Greater London, England
Jun 26, 2008 bottle from realale. Whisky and peat, peat, peat in the nose, mixed with musk and vanilla. Deep brown colour with a tan rim. It tastes absolutely lovely of awfulllness. I can’t stand whiskey but this is a lovely, well crafted beautiful beer. expertly made. just not mine, sorry.
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