Gordon Finest Scotch / Douglas Scotch Ale.

Brewed by John Martin (Scottish & Newcastle)
Style: Scotch Ale
Genval, Belgium

Serve in Thistle

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Bottle. Clear medium brown color with a average frothy good lacing mostly lasting light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla ?. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet (sugar sweet /synthetic sweet) with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

A deep red beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is sweet with some notes of alcohol, that resembles that of whiskey, but also notes of heather, nuts, and roasted malt. The flavor is very sweet and the mouthfeel thick, almost towards sirup, but also with a faint acidity, that balances the enourmous sweetness quite well. The flavor contains notes of heather honey, over ripe fruit, toffee, alcohol, and cowberries - a very complex flavor. The end is sweet yet roasted dry, and with a slight burn from the alcohol.

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a deep hazzlenut golden glare, dense, creamy and light tan head. Mild spiced and breadish malt aroma. Flavour is dry breadish malt, slight roasted note and a nice pilsner hops bitterness shining through. Goes down quite smooth given the alcohol content. Nice roasted malt finish with a mild bitterness lingering into a dry finish. Nice one.

UPDATED: OCT 23, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Black as original sin - perhaps with a shade of red. Nice, brownish head. Very roasted, almost burnt mal-flavours. Some initial sweetness to be substituted by a rather dry, bitter, stout-like finish. Very rich and potent. Brewed in Edinburgh Scotland. 241097 and 140303

Bottled. Hazy dark brown colour with small beige head. Aroma is leather, caramel and malts. Flacour is alcohol, dry dark fruit, malts and some caramel. Quite pleasant brew.

Bottled. Mahogany colour. Fruity appley nose. Very sweet and very roasty, rather malty. Bitter sharp finish. One-dimensional.

draught at Ølbaren. Clear red coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel and malts with hoppy note. Sweet flavour of malts and caramel with hoppy notes Hoppy finish.

Bottle. Thanks to Madsnp. Pours cloudy amber with a creamy bubbly head. Aroma is rye-bread, caramel & brown sugar. Thin palate. Taste has hints of liquirice. Wack!!!

Bottle. Malty aroma. Dark reddish brown colour. Very nice, stable head. Peppery liquorice flavour. Quite sweet. Not unlike a strong, sweet porter.

Dark amber color, thin creamy head. Nice, sweet malty aroma, with some liquorice. Good malty body, a lot of caramel, some sweetness; very light liquorice; the final is less structured (than I remember). Final dominated by the caramel.