3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
First tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in April 1999. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear ruby in colour with a thick creamy off white head. Dusty notes of drinking chocolate powder and roast grain in the short aroma. Creamy texture in the mouthfeel and good lacing. Mixed malt complex gives a robust maltloaf base with syrupy raisins, maple syrup and stale chocolate. Spicy hop resins impart a soft aftertaste which is short lived. Finish is very malty with vinous fruit evident. An excellent Scottish version of an ESB. Highly recommended.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml. bottle. Pours a medium, lasting, ivory head, with some lacing, over a clear, amber (SRM 8) body.....nose is cereal, light hop spice, hint of honey....taste is cereal, light toffee/caramel, hint of honey, finishing with a bitter hop bite....mouth feel medium, carbonation adds a pleasant foamy sensation. This is nicely balanced, easy drinking beer which meets the style quite well. BJCP 7/3/13/4/7
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From bottle. Color dark copper. Clear. Light head which disappears fairly quickly. Bitterness dominates the taste, counterbalanced by a hint of citrus and light sweetness. The kind of dark beer which instantly takes me, mentally, to an English village pub (I know - it should be Scottish).
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap@Roscoe Head (Liverpool). Dark amber with a white creamy head. Malty aroma, starts sweet and ends dry and bitter. Well balanced, but not my cup of tea.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Dark amber with a white head that fades to sad little fluffy puddles. Hops, malt and coffee aroma. Malt and hops in the flavour with a mild bitter finish. A well put together beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours an amber color with almost no head. Scent is sweet malt. Taste is the same with some citrus notes. Enjoyed this one.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours dark amber with a white head. Mild hops on the nose with a nice malt presence too. Tastes pretty good, mildly hoppy, mildly bitter. . A pretty satisfying package.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hand pulled at the Old Contemptibles, Birmingham. A faint smoky twang on the finish, which, coupled with a wistful sweet choc, slightly improves upon the preceding sour smoothness. Very sweet, a bit nutty, but not much flav.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours a nice clear dark amber with a very light-brown head that lingers for a long time. Aroma is sweet and malty with a hint of the hops. Some sweetness in the taste but it is quickly covered by the bitter hops in a not very elegant way. Light to medium body with some carbonation. Average finish. All in all not a very exciting beer but drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Keg at the White Horse Old Ale festival 2011, Parsons Green, London. An amber coloured pour with a small off white head on top. Sweet, malty aroma. Tastes sweet, malty, caramel, hoppy.
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