1.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20
Odd. Tastes like the bizarre product of a mating between an ale and a bottle of Pine-Sol. Piney scent and oily mouth-feel, which adds to the impression that someone poured me a glass of furniture cleaning product and topped it off with beer. Drinking it was sort of interesting but not an experience I’d particularly care to repeat.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle to chilled pint glass. Small head with good lacing. Cloudy light amber color. Caramel malt flavor and light hop flavor. You can obvioulsy taste the pine, but its a nice balance.
Medium body with a slick finish & average carbonation. Pretty good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This was an amber pour with a medium sized white head and moderate lacing. Nose is of pine and floral hops. Medium mouthfeel and body. Flavor is full of pine and the finish is spicy.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Name: Alba Scots Pine Ale
Date: December 02, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: cloudy orange, fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, hint of pine, light fruity sweetness, touch of spicyness
Flavor: sweet and fruity flavor, touch of pine and spruce, light spicyness yields a light bitterness
Overall: unique spicy spruce combined with the fruity character
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAY 14, 2010 (mix pack)
lct-cpr, ^eff, thin-wh-head, ^co2, smooth-med-body, patchy-lace,
aroma: sweet-malt sour-berry,
taste:
T1= ^berry(artificial-blueberry)
T2= weizen-sour-fruitiness, pine/spruce
T3= §malty §oily dryish
Tf= pine/spruce,
fresh and energetic flavors, ^drinkable
a great spring/autumn camping/outdoors (pine forest) session beer with a lot of interesting character, an occasional beer that would loose it’s unique charm if drank too often.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured from bottle. Poured orange copper color with average head. Fruity aroma, some banana, slightly floral. Very unique taste. I definitely noticed the pine notes, but it still retained the fruity flavor as well. Different, but very good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(bottle) Hazy, orange to copper colour with a medium-sized tanned foamy head. Moderately sweet and (initially) slightly acidic fruit-accented aroma of berries and pears, accompanied by a distinctive flowery and almost ethereally and resiny piney touch. Sweet and slightly bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a soft, almost creamy carbonation. Solid (cara-)malty base with light fruity notes and a blink of alcohol; dry-out effect towards the resiny spicy and malty finish with a tinge of alcohol coming out of the mask. Enjoyable and warming brew. 30.XI.09
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a cloudy cider like color with a small almost no white head. Aroma is quite strange. Besides the apparent oxidation, there are a lot of typical UK fruits, oh and some banana. An interesting caramel candy-like sweetness over just a hint of pine and peat earthiness. Flavor starts with a sweet fruit maltiness, super mellow and easy to just sit in the mouth. Gains some honey and sugary characters that are a bit cloying but seem fitting as a traditional beer. Finishes soft and without a whole lot of presence, some floral notes. Light to medium body and a super soft carbonation. So interesting and different you gotta respect that.
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