3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
330 ml bottle. Pours a ruby amber color with a quickly fading head. Aroma was sweet with honey dominating the aroma and reminding me of a mead with slight alcohol as well. Pine and spruce aromas were very faint. Mouthfeel was sticky with minimal carbonation but very pleasant. Flavor was of honey, wood and earth notes. This is an interesting beer and if it was good enough for Vikings then it’s good enough for this Viking fan.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
my kind of beer. i like it cold. just as they describe. wood and pine. medium body and a little slick. any weather beer. did’nt notice the alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
In the 330 mL bottle from Cyclone Liquors. Pours a lovely reddish dark orange color with a thin white head. Outstanding aroma of a berry fruit dressing. Fantastic flavor that is malty and sweet. I get little pine or spruce from this, but it sure is delicious.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 3, 2007 Appearance: toffee color. Medium head, of beige color, consistent and persistent. Good adherence to glass.
Aroma: sweet malty, candy, toffee, truffle, honey and vanilla. Fruitiness of peaches; intensive in pine, eucalyptus and herby. Liquory. Without perceptible hoppy. I would not say complex, I would say “complete and exotic”.
Flavor: candy malty, yeasty, soft toasty, toffee, milk candy, vanilla and propolis. Few fruitiness, peaches mainly. Very intensive in pine (obviously); too herby, eucalyptus and “avocado-honey” (in Chile: “palto-miel”, a natural medicine for cough) touches. Liquory, with reminiscences of Baileys (whisky cream). Sweet start, with progress to a warm and fresh pine final. Low dryness.
Palate: medium body, oily texture. Low carbonation.
Exotic, nice and complete beer, “own identity”, only a few excessive yeasty.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a slightly opaque gold-brown with a small ring of foam but not much of a head. Pleasant pine flavour blends well with the hops and simply makes it seem more fruity. It has a caramel taste that reminds me of a Quadroupel, and a moderate fruity taste to it as well. Thin but smooth, creamy body.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Last beer in the Historic Ales of Scotland set. I had put this beer off til last figuring I wouldn’t like it at all. Come on, brewed with pine and spruce, I was expecting it to taste like gin. I was wrong. The beer poured a murky amber in color, with a tan head. The aroma was a bit grainy/woody, but also a bit sweet/fruity?. The flavor was a mellow grainy, yet smoothly sweet mix with a touch of bite. Rather enjoyed this for something different.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle part of "Historic Ales of Scotland" pack. Nice looking dark amber ale. Had no idea what to expect from this really. Sweet, spicy aroma. First sip threw me off a bit. Very sweet, very little carbonation. The alcohol is indeed present, but not in a bad way. Aftertaste is where the pine and/or spruce comes into play. Very unique beer indeed, and pretty damn good overall.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
An odd and unique beer. Pour was a dark orange with no head. Aroma of malt and some hops. Taste was, amazingly enough, spicy and woody. There was some hard candy type flavors...hot cinnamon/Atomic fireball. Very sweet and thick aftertaste. Pine and beer...who’d a thought?
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