3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is smooth roasted malty and caramelish. Sweet caramelish, light spiced and toasted malty. Sweet caramelish and smooth finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty dark fruit and caramel aroma. Sweetish malty bitter dark fruit flavor wit some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty fruity finish with a bitter aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle) Pours a mahogany body with a small creamy beige head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, light pine, and cola. Flavor of toasted (slightly burnt) toast, grape juice, cranberries, cherries, nuts, and spices.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark amber-brown. No particular head. Chewy, rich earthy malt aroma with toffee notes and burnt cherry accents. A little late alcohol. Sweet, complex profile. A rich blend of milk chocolate, burnt toffee, rum-soaked fruitcake. Long, chewy finish. Follows in Hale’s tradition of approachable beers that just happen to be really good.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Date: 03/17/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
dark brown, wispy head, drippy lace, dry caramel malt aroma with earthy hops, very dry caramel malt flavor, lots of hop flavor and bitterness, light smokey roasted character, bitterness is too over the top,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
11th October 2008. GABF. Aged in brandy barrels. Clear brown beer. Nice smooth brandyish malt. A little banana at the end. What’s not to like?
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
intense ruby colour, few head, plum aroma, sweet, complex bitter and cherry aftertaste
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Unanimous choice of five tasters at the brewpub for best beer of a very disappointing session. This one made the effort worthwhile.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin, spotty-lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet earthy toasty caramel malts has a touch of peat and piny hops. Body starts fairly full and sweet with nice toasty caramel notes toward a smooth lightly piny hopped finish. A nice Scotch ale.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep burgundy with a medium toned tan head. Taste is sweet syrupy brown sugar, dates, birch, caramel, and a semi-spicy, musty yeast flavor. Semi-thick texture. Nose contains more nuts and dried fruit, with a small scotch and brown sugar note as well. Recommended.
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