4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: AUG 13, 2006 Gorgeous amber brown with a rich head. This is a full thick beer. An amazing tasting beer. Has caramael butterscotch aroma. Complex for this style. Malty as expected with a warm roastiness at 8%. This one just works well. I would love to sample a draught.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours to a dark brown color with ornage tint, medium off-white head and okay lacing. Good aroma of chocalatey malt, with an over-riding smell of honey or molasses. Taste was a very good, honey-sweet flavor, but not syrupy like many thick bodied beers. As the beer warmed, the 8% alcohol made its presence known more, but not overwhelmingly. Finish was long and smooth. I really liked this beer.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Very sweet and malty. Viurtually no hop smell or taste. A nutty aroma. Goes down easily but a little too sweet.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle pour into a "globe" glass (don’t know if they’re all called that). About quarter inch, very bright tan, dense foam. Highly malted alochol aroma. Thick burgundy scotch ale. Yum.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Smells malty and caramelly. Dark brown body with intially one inch, but quickl dissipating to about a quarter inch tan head. Tastes sweet first and foremost, but not overpoweringly so as some Scotch ales can be. Slight smoke and alcohol tastes are also present. Rather good actually. I thought for sure that it would either taste too strong or unbalanced, but niether is really the case here. A pretty good ale, especially if you’re a fan of porters or brown ales.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours out a dark brown-black with a perfect creamy tan head. Scent is oak, vanilla, caramel, and slight warm alcoholic note that combines into sweet and inviting. Taste is bold and creamy without being abrasive on the palate. Notes of coffee/toffee and vanilla and oak mix together beautifully. All of the elements of the brew mix together rather well making a lot of character and complexity but lacking slightly in the big body of a good ale... However this is balanced by the fact that the beer rides well like a fine scotch
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, cellared for 2,5 years. Dark brown to black color, very small head, large bubbles, vanished rapidly. First, I’m struck by a rhum-like aroma, then it’s vanilla, loads of caramel and some oak. Flavor is quite sweet and is balanced by a nice roastiness and subtle acidity. This sample finished with a coffee bitterness. Mouthfeel could be fuller. One of the best McEwans I’ve had, will definitely cellar more of these.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
One of the great halves of the old “Steak & Ale” dinners. I love this Ale with a Med Rare cut of Prime Rib. Hits your tongue strong and does not let go. A bitter aftertaste but this is a Dark Scottish Ale we are talking about, not “Bud”, so you have an idea of what your in for if your buying it. Serving it at room temp revealed more toffee and chocolate hidden in that dark body.
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