2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Malt&Hops, Edinburgh, Scotland. Deep amber colour, white head. Aroma of butter, toffee, light toasted malts. Flavour is light sweet, watery, light toffee, light bitter. Light bodied, watery.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Akkurat, Stockholm. Amber colour with a small beige head. Aroma is nutty, caramelly, quite grassy and floral as well. Flavour is similar, but also has mild tropical fruity notes and toffee to it.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Tap at Cloisters, Edinburgh. Pours a light amber colour with a reasonable head. The nose is biscuity with some ginger in there, so ginger biscuits I guess. Unfortunately, there’s also a strong green apple note which isn’t a good sign. The taste isn’t quite so intense so more like cereal or basic digestive biscuits, still some green apple too. The palate is medium bodied with a creamy middle and it cleans quite well. Overall, it’s a shame as I don’t think I was drinking this on its best day and it did have some promise.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Cloisters. Pours a golden - amber colour with a thin white head. Oaty aroma and flavour with caramel and Weetabix malt also. Flavour is a little yeasty and bitter with a light dry finish. Quite smooth. OK.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ Gallus. Amber colour, off-white head. Nose is a bit fruity, caramel. Flavour is slightly fruity, bit of caramel, faint roastiness.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
UPDATED: AUG 24, 2011 Cask @ Gallus. Sour grassy malt aroma. Medium brown colour, good head. Sour grassy malt flavour. Smooth & creamy with bitter aftertaste. Not Cairngorm’s best.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
cask at malt and hops .. copper ... creamy white head ... sweet malt toffee nose .. sweet malts .. thin fruits ... soft malts ... light hop ... background.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask, handpull at The Malt & Hops, Leith, Nr Edinburgh, with Craig, Rob (Rob’s mate) & Loz, 29.10.10 Pours amber with some toffee. I found that there was a whiff of tiredness on the nose just a hint of been on a day two long sourness starting to creep in. Despite this it looked in good nick, there was some middling fruitiness but not great. A4 A4 T5 P2 Ov9 2.4
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