3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
dark, very little head, but surprisingly balanced taste... especially for the price and distribution of this ale
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Poured a tanish blackish color with very little head. Aroma of rubbing alcohol with some malt. Taste of chocolate and malty is present.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark brown. Aroma is sweet and malty. Flavor is sweet and malty, with some coffee and roasted flavors. Mouthfeel is syrupy sweet. No bitterness in the finish.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Poured from tap at a local establishment. Poured a dark black with a lighter tan head. Very sweet smell with the alcohol present. Very alcoholie tasting to which did not let the other flavors come out.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Lots of sweet malt in the aroma.Pours black with a slight tan head.Very sweet flavor.Medium to full mouthfeel with a sweet malt finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 3, 2008 Quite similar to its imitator Dirty Bastard. A style I really like. Alas none of top rated scotch ales are available near me. Hides 8.0 very well. Nice looking bottle and label.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours to a blackish shade of dark chocolate, light cream head of brief life. Aroma is toasty malts and some caramel fruit. A vanilla-ish, berries and cream flavor with some chocolate struggling through at the end. Very very sweet, leaving a desserty remnant coating the mouth. It’s an impish brew that’s just a bit too phony its richness...i also feel like it’s trying to trick me with that high abv into considering it refined. Somehow it conveys images of the assembly line. Musings aside, it’s not a bad brew at all. Just not "choice."
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bought from Michaels off licence in Birmingham. The bottle was clearly for export and someone has imported it back.Well a big thank you to them because this is a classic Scotch ale allbeit a bit on the sweet side. Almost stout like in appearance it has a powerfull full body with lots of sweetness.Very warming and not one for summer nights! Thank you again for bringing this one back to England
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