jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA Nov 13, 2007 12 oz bottle-pours an off white head and copper color. Aroma is citrus-lime, which gives way to whisky, woody. Taste is whiskey/malt, woody, some vanilla. Smooth. Occasional. OK carbonation. Thanks jwc215 for sharing. Englander (21), Durham, England Nov 13, 2007 Flavours start light and fruity, finishing woody, malty with a hint of scotch. The smaller than average bottle size hints that this is an ale to sit down and take your time with. Interesting and unique. DruncanVeasey (2695), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England Nov 6, 2007 Updated: Nov 7, 2007Brilliant reddish amber. Creamy white suds. In pre-ratebeer days I dismissed this as a cloyingly whiskeyish novelty, but now my palate has been broadened a bit I’m forced to admit....it’s still cloyingly whiskeyish. But I almost like it. Nose is whiskey-sodden oak as expected with vanilla, and some musty hops lurking in the background. Sweetly creamy vanilla-tinged malt and...yep, more whiskey and wood. Hardly a sniff of booze. One-dimensional and very sweet, but devilishly smooth. One is plenty, mind. Whiskey becoming more assertive as it warms. A scoop of vanilla ice cream. Not a bad beer, but a beer you’ve really got to be in the mood for. mullet2007 (198), St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada Oct 24, 2007 Pours a beautiful copper color with no real head to speak of. Aroma is oak and some smoke with nice hints of malt perhaps some honey and a bit of toffee. Really nice. Flavor is sweet and malty, with a tiny hint of hops and a nice helping of oak and smokiness. Carbonation is pretty low, but mouthfeel is still full and nice. Overall a pretty great beer. JB175 (1654), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Oct 24, 2007 Reddish-golden color with a small head. Aroma is sweet with honey and a hint of scotch. Flavor is a bit grainy with a hint of whiskey. Way too watery and dumbed down. Just needs some more oomph. Olly (11), Bowburn, England Oct 24, 2007 Bottle. Amber in colour, with a sweet caramel aroma. Cloying in the mouth and tasted of liquid butter. Not for me. dewolfpack (59), Petit De Grat, Nova Scotia, Canada Oct 21, 2007 Fantastic aroma I couldn’t wait to try it. The flavor was reasonable but the heavy robustness came out and filled me up before the first bottle was consumed. And a bit expensive at 4.75 a bottle in stores. I will drink it again at a later time to perhaps re-rate. Perhaps before a nice meal to excite my palate. GeoffT (12), Scotland Oct 20, 2007 Pale amber colour, sweet aroma with vanilla, caramel and wood. Tastes the same as it smells, overly tannic and astringent presumably from the oak. Not really my kind of beer, I don’t like the cloying sweetness and astringency.
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