Glazen Toren Canaster Winterscotch

Brewed by Kleinbrouwerij De Glazen Toren
Style: Scotch Ale
Erpe-Mere, Belgium

Serve in Thistle

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A dark reddish brown ale with a thick light moka head. A very woody aroma, scotch barrel, dark fruits, herbaceous matter. In mouth, a smooth scotch ale with light treacle, candy sugar, herbaceous, warming alcohol. Bieropholie import, tasted Feb. 13, 2010.

Bottle... Murky brown ale with a mid-sized, frothy, off-white head. Never-ending retention. Vinous notes alongside dark fruit and sweet chocolate in the aroma. Full-bodied and meaty with medium carbonation. Sweet chocolate, dark fruits, restrained alcohol and hops. Sweet, dark fruit and chocolate finish. Thanks go out to darkguardian for providing the bottle!

Explosive head transforms to flat and bubbleless. Muddy turbid brown. Toffee flavor with a bit of caramel. Nice flavor, needs more complexity, perhaps by laying down for a year.

Bottle. Clear dark amber with medium beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, dark fruit and yeast. Flavour is malt, caramel, little chocolate, medium sweet, little toffee, yeast, medium sweet, hops and a little bitter.

Bouteille: Reddish chestnut-amber coloured, stable off-white foamy layer, sweet caramelly-toasty nose, some vinous traces detectable, a bit like a german Doppelbock; moderate sweet-sourish flavour, light to medium bodied, but a bit slim for a beer of 8.7%; some vinous traces, again, in the fruity-caramelly finish. a good brew, not too demanding...

750 ml bottle poured a hazy brown with a lingering ring of amber foam. Aromas of carmel, brown sugar and fig. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, toffee, brown sugar and fig with a smooth dry fruity finish.

750 ml bottle, corked and caged. Dark brown beer with purple highlights and a thick tan head. Soft plummy aroma and caramel malts underneath a rich pudding-like spiciness. Rum, caramel and sweet baking spices with light banana and chocolate as well. Everything is well-balanced and very inviting. Soft palate, slightly chewy but not cloying, chocolate and caramel flavours from the majority of the malts. Warming intensifies the lovely yeasty spiciness. Earthy bitterness on the back along with some light prickly alcohol drying out each mouthful. Custurdy richness. Lingering spice and cocoa on the finish. Quite a lovely brew

750ml bottle (One Pint, Helsinki, Belgian Beer Weeks 2007). Apricot jumps out of the glass at first. Changes to chocolate cake, dark fruit, and fruitcake. Reminiscent of Traquair’s dark brews.

75 cl bottle. Cloudy golden/grey beer with a rich lively beige head. Yeasty spicy aroma, pepper, grapes, raisins, hop notes, salty, cinnamon, ginger, malty, caramel, biscuits, toffee, plums, brown sugar, some nuts. Yeasty spicy flavor, caramel, raisins, plums, cinnamon, toffee, brown sugar, bubblegum, banana, vinous, dades, some alcohol. Sweet but still pleasant. Fruity yeasty finish with spicy notes.

750 mL bottle. Pours hazy tawny with a small fizzy light brown head, mostly diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (molasses, caramel, nutty), average hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (dough, earth) with notes of alcohol, dates and cask. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, lively carbonation and an astringent finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.