Old review from notes... Served at cellar temperature in Duvel glass. Intriguing aroma of roasted malts, dark cherries, peat smoke, grass and whiskey oak. Body is dark brown thick with yeasty sediment with a creamy off-white head and lacing. Mouth is rich, almost velvet smooth, yet only the slightest incling of hops and tiny bit of alcohol warmth. Flavour reminds me of Drambuie; whiskey, peat smoke, honey, grassy hops, toffee, wood. Finishes dry with a bit of bitter hop emergence. Rich and uniquely flavour brew. Deceptively drinkable for 8.5%!!!

Pours a nice reddish brown with a small off white head. Aroma of dark fruits, malt, rasins, caramel, molasses. Flavor is sweet dark fruits, earthy undertones, brown sugar, caramel, molasses, thick syrupy mouthfeel. Good stuff.

(Bottle). Fruity sweet aroma. Reddish dark amber, with small off-white head. Flavor is sweetish pineapple and other fruit, with the alcohol apparent. Interesting, but not outstanding.

a solid barley wine. somewhat uninteresting. improved in enjoyability as the pint progressed. slight sweet but somewhat flattish flavor response from beginning to end. quite drinkable and overall a fine beer.

This is definately a Scotch Ale from the excellent Scottish island of Orkney. An amber-colored ale with medium head, bordering on a reddish ale. Nose is that of fruit and carmel. Taste is sweet and quite bold. Molasses and sugary, a clearness of peat and smoke, good muscle behind this, but not enough to punch you in the gut. Can clearly notice the high alcohol.