3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at ’Volo Cask Days 2009’. Pours a deep copper-brown with a spare fizzy off-white head. Aroma is very smoky along with malt, peat and some bacon. Flavour is smoke, bacon and malt -- not much else. Average bodied. Enjoyable but in small quantities.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask. At Volo Cask Days 2009. Nearly opaque clear ruby-black with a small frothy beige head. Mild deep roast aroma, caramel sweetness, with a solid overlay of iodine, hardwood smoke, sulfur and oak - not overpowering. The taste follows, a bit sweeter than the aroma, and the Islay character fades quickly, leaving a simple, appealing and not overly sweet scotch ale behind. Slick, somewhat astringent (that’s the oak for you) mouthfeel, a bit burnt and ashy in the aftertaste - pretty solid BA offering, not too much oak or booze.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask @ Volo cask days: Appearance: Dark purple/brown with a small white head. Aroma: Super smoky, bacon, malt, coal and peat. Flavour: Smoke, like bbq rinse water - charcoal, peat - delicious!
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[2566-20091031] Cask. Aroma is a cross between smoky Pine-Sol cleaner and brick paints. Hazy, dark brown body with a quick off-white bubbly head. Smoky watery evergreen flavour is a little earthy. Medium body. Not a fan, interesting to try though.
(Cask Days @ Volo; Toronto, ON)
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Volo – Cask Fest 2009
Appearance: light haze on light brown brew. Rocky tanned top.
Nose: Smoky , medicinal feel with brown malts below. 5+
Flavor/Palate : Mid bodied , meaty , smoky feel , hint of camp fire. Bit rough , very direct.11+/20
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Aroma of smoke, lots of peat, and whiskey dryness. The flavor is quite astringent, and dry. Lots of smoke, and peat. This is way too scotchey, and i’m not sure i could drink a full glass of this. But maybe someone who loves scotch might enjoy it.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
2009-10-31. Hazy dark brown body, headless. 3+ Powerful peat and iodine scotch aroma, alcoholic. Flavour is similar, strong smokey peat character, mild malt core can not really compete. Average palate is smooth. I found it pretty harsh as I do not care much for scotch, smoke, or peat. That said, if you are a scotch lover it is probably right up your alley as it has lots of all those things. Cool experiment, very much not to my own tastes. Cask at Volo Cask Days 2009
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
ok well i dug this beer! nose is big scotch like, peaty, smokey. the nose made me think it was going to be hard to drink but was proven wrong. easily could have downed a bunch of this, mouth feel was nice flavor was strong but not overbearing. smoke peat and scotch was there but really nice
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Volo Cask Days 2009.Had samples on two days here. It is hit and miss with this brewery. Unfortunately, a miss. The smell I found boozy, some smoke, wood chips. The taste was horrid,like licking wood on a tree and I needed to pour out. Mouthfeel was a little burning to me. An attempt to put some whiskey taste in the scotch, it was a bit peaty. Perhaps if it was more of a smooth scotch, with whiskey.
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