3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
Clear medium to dark red brown orange color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, hay, caramel, overripped fruit, burnt brown sugar, smoke - vomiting notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and malt dusty. Body is medium full to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091020]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A deep red beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet alcohol with strong notes of berries, while the flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of berries, combined with lighter notes of alcohol. The sweetness making it a bit sticky.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of markgugs. Clear, reddish brown with a yellowish brown head. Fairly complex aroma of rum and overripe fruit. Has a nice, full body with notes of nuts, overripe fruit and a rather hoppy finish. Complex and very interesting. 230807
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy brown and amber with a small off-white head. Roasted caramel malty aroma with a distinct fruity hops note, light wooden. Fruity, light metallic, roasted caramel and prune flavoured. Growing bitterness into a overripe fruity flavoured finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled@Monks Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm. Ruby red colour, small brown head. Aroma is caramel malts, some alcohol, plum and some slight grassyness. Flavour is sweet malts, alcohol, some mild raisins and plummy notes. Aftertaste is very sweet along with some mild toasted notes.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Mahogany colour. Malty and quite soft. Peaty and roasty with notes of toffee, Firm and rather sweet with salty balanced finish. Good stuff!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
Clear orange coloured with a small off white ehad.
Aroma of caramel, prunes and dried fruits
Flavour of dried fruits, caramel and liquorice with notes of alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Good hop aroma, quite sweet, hint of dust and a fruity spiciness. Dark red brown colour, very small head. Roasted flavour, also quite sweet. Good dustiness.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Hop Leaf, Chicago
Dark chestnut color. Good aroma of caramel, malt, hop. Full bodied, with a sweet flavor, mix of malt, caramel, some toffee, very good hopping, but powerful and aromatic; in the end there is some roasted malt too. Excellent American Strong Ale.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: NOV 13, 2010
Date: September 03, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: dark clear red, whispy tan head, rich sweet carmel malt aroma with a hint of earthy peat and a whisp of alcohol
Flavor: good rich earthy malt flavor, great carmel sweetness that dries out over time, picks up some nice smokey peat, only a hint of bitterness to keep the balance
Overall: the new benchmark in scotch ales
Date: June 03, 2006
Mode: bottle
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Date: November 09, 2010
Mode: draft
Words: mac mcgee
Appearance: clear dark brown, fine beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet malty aroma, light smokeyness along with a dry earthyness, touch of caramel sweetness
Flavor: rich deep caramel flavor, touch of earthy peat
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
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