2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Sampled draught at Oggi’s, Vista.
Dark brown, beautiful creamy head. Appley toffee aroma. Medium bodied. Sweet with clean, hard mouthfeel and syrupy finish.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Name: Caber Tossed
Date: 12/04/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
dark brown with ruby edges, whispy tan head, very faint carmel and toffee aroma, big rich carmel malt flavor, touch of smokey peat in the finish, aroma and flavor grows as it warms, a really nice scotch ale
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear garnet body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, some syrup, cherry, some alcohol. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some roast, light scotch-alcohol warming. Medium-full body.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750ml bottle acquired in trade (I was told it was a part part of the Brewers bottles from the ’05 GABF). Poured a medium and cloudy/murky brownish-orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, earthy, fruity, light peat and a little smokey. Tastes of toffee, sugary sweet, toasted malts, fruity, and smoke. Lively body. This was by far, one of the best Scotch Ales I’ve had in a while. Well done!
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Mahogany pour, mostly lasting off-white head. Rich and chewy toasted malts are sweet and fruity (grapes, berries, caramel apple). Bitter on the palate, drying out immensely in fraction of seconds. Medium-full bodied, fair carbonation. Ridiculously hoppy imo which is too bad, because it has the great maltiness to make a fine malty barleywine or scotch ale, but this citric acidity is really too much.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ Oggi’s Vista: Clear dark amber. Light sweet malt aroma. Sugar and toffee, and grapes. Flavor was very sweet. Toasted, thick caramel, light smoke. Full bodied and very warming.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to hopdog. Pours a hazy brown/orange/amber with an averaged sized off white head that left some lacing. Aromas of caramel, toffee, earthy, various fruits, dark fruits and molasses/nuts. Tastes of sweet toasted malts, some fruit, caramel, brown sugar and nuts. Lots of carbonation.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
25 oz bottle, via Naven. Pours a cola brown clear body with a fizzy beige head that vanished completely. Looks more like a Pepsi than a beer actually. The nose is showing a bit of age, but still lots of sweet malt, roast, and some cola notes. The flavor is similar to the nose, a little old tasting, it dulls the sweetness some. Roast, burnt caramel, a little graininess, maybe just a touch of smoke. Mouthfeel is medium bodied but a little thin for such a big beer. Moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, this was OK, but I couldn’t help but think that in all aspects of this beer that it was on the downhill side of its peak. Had no idea from the taste that this was so high in alcohol, it was pretty deceptively easy drinking.
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