Heather Ales Kelpie

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale
Alloa, Scotland

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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Bottle. Darl brown with a thin head. Dark malt and toffee aroma. Flavour is milk chocolate, nuts and a litlle salt. Body is too thin and was is over fizzy for a dark ale.

Deep brown with beige head. Chocolatey and coffeelike, with a hint of Virginia tobacco. The seaweed isn’t a bad thing at all; it contributes an ocean breeze/medicinal (almost like an Islay single malt minus the smokiness) flavor plus a smooth thick mouthfeel that differs from malt smooth/thickness in an indescribable way. Really nice.

To call this a "chocolate" ale is a bit of an overstatement. It has some dark chocolate notes, but its a moderately flavored beer. Nothing outstanding, but it remains a solid statement. The kelp doesn’t make much of an appearance.

Bottle (500ml from Aldi Supermarket - £1.39):
Almost nothing in the way of an aroma here when I first smelt it. There is some roasted malts and a hint of chocolate along with a faint stout like aroma. There is also a smell similar to miso soup as well but none of the smells are strong ones.
Dark brown in colour with an almost black look to it and a lively looking body. There is a thin, centimetre tall head on top that is an off white colour and settles to a patchy lacing after a few seconds.
Basic in taste as well with some basic dark malts and a hint of chocolate along with that same basic stout characteristic. It does seem a lot stronger than the 4.4% mentioned on the bottle though.
Light medium bodied with an alcohol laced flavour and medium carbonation. There is a slightly gassy feel to the beer as well.

A rather poor beer for me here, it was far too light on the nose and tasted with a cheap stout mixed with salt water. Nothing about this one really appealed to me and it won’t be one I’ll have again.

500ml bottle from Geronimo, Tapiola, Espoo. Pours dark reddish brown with a tan head. Malty, roasted aroma, some dark bread, coffee and chocolate. Roasted malt dominates the flavour, there’s some chocolate, coffee and tobacco and a hint of hops. The seaweed I cannot distinguish. Dry, roasted finish.

Nearly black,...purple highlights with frothy tan head. Scent is roast malt, chocolate.. Slight smokiness. Taste is subdued smoky chocolate.. The barest hint of sea salt.....more noticeable as an aftertaste on lips and tongue.... Salty aspect continues to increase as it goes... Soft, smooth... Liked this one...a lot.

50cl bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head with an average duration. Aroma is light toasty, malty, hearth. Flavor is light caramel, slightly bittery, notes of hearth and smoke are present. The final is dry with a slightly bitterness. Carbonation and body are medium.

A deep brown beer with malty aroma and slightest hint of a sea breeze very chocolate and malty in flavour with a slightly salty finish

Bought this beer because I was interested and like seaweed. Suprisingly chocolate flavor with an ending of slight ocean saltiness.

Bottle - average size foamy head, very dark brown/almost black color, roasted malt aroma and flavor, good chocolate like taste, and there is a very mild little shot of something at the very end that might resemble seaweed, a little bit