3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (GBBF 2008) - Copper brown in colour. Fruity aroma. Fruity and malty taste with raisins featuring in a fruity finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear dark brown beer. Small bubbly tan head. Semi dry palate. Very slightly sour and tangy malt. Generic hops fruit. Inoffensive tasty little beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Old Mill, Brodie
Light chestnut brown, clear, thin tight white head, some lacing
Aroma - soft caramel malts...bit of dark toffee...soft toasted malts...no hops
Taste - caramel toffee malts...light chocolate caramel...malty...light fruity malts in background...very soft bitter hops in background...less malty than I’ve had it before, flavour bit subdued
Palate - very soft carb, thinnish body, sweet malty palate. Finish of soft toffee malts...caramel malts...soft malty tail with slight burnt note.
Overall - Easy drinking but remember it being considerably more malty and having more flavour...bit bland today
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On cask at white star, stoke. Pours chestnut with off white head. Caramel, some smoke and very smooth. Excellent.
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2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
First tasted this in Gabriel’s, Paisley in June 1999. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear dark copper red in colour with a thin creamy white head. Slight note of soft caramel in the short aroma. Thin creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a digestive biscuit base with tart redcurrant fruit and boiled cabbage notes. Dusty prickle of hop resins impart a slight dryness to the short aftertaste. Finish is slightly on the malty side with citric fruit overtones. A reasonable session bitter but not one of the best from the Cairngorm portfolio.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sweet smelling ale that is a mix of dark summer fruits & toffee. It is quite typical for the style.
Nutty brown in colour and semi-clear with a very thin white lacing for a head.
Again pretty typical for the style with a taste that closely matches the aroma with dark fruits dominating. A nice bitter finish. Light bodied and smooth to drink but not watery.
Pretty decent for an ale and almost right down the middle of the scale in every aspect. A nice, drinkable pint although not necessarily one I’d look out for again. I did enjoy the name though.
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3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Half, cask at Dagda Bar. Slightly off-white head with good duration atop of an attractive, clear dark amber body. Smell of resin-like hops mixed with earthy malts. Resinous hops up front in flavour with dark, bread-like malts behind. Solid bitter end. A good one (Edinburgh, 28.11.2010).
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Halfway House. Rich red-brown. Wholemeal bread dough aromas with a hint of butter. Soft palate and relatively light body. Nice flavor profile. Starts off sweet toffee, mellows to crusty dark bread. Is good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
@ Halfway House, Edinburgh. Amber-brown. Malty, lightly chocolatey aroma. Cocoa notes, lots of wood. Almost smokey bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pump at Last Post - Tuesday 5 May 2010 - clear dark brown ale with a rather strong caramel taste
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars’ Scottish beer festival, Bristol 02/09/09. Dark amber with a slight, off-white head. Red fruits and sweet malts all round with a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
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