3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20growler. Hazy brown/deep tan ale. Nose of earth & leather. Complex malt, but a mild scotch IMO... Easy to drink.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown pour with white head. Aroma of large brown sugar and caramel. A dried fruit flavor and a light brown sugar. Light earthy hops and almost no bitter.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
XS bottle. Pours deep amber. Big fruity, peach aroma. Taste is sweet peach, kind of jammy. Not bad and not what I expect fro ma scotch ale (which is good).
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pint on tap. Fantastic beer. Dark copper, clearish, no lacing. Great slightly sour aroma. Medium carbonation. Just warm and slightly alcoholic taste. Malty deliciousness in a strong beer? Yes, please!
2.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Poured an intense murkey plum red. no head. smelled nice very sweet and bitter. Taste is a caramel bomb, undrinkable finish. Most likely would have been better fresh.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a deep hazy copper from the bottle with little to no head or lacing. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, boozy sweet middle, and a hint of bready grain on the end, flavor follows, lots of booze, less scotch and more sweet whiskey. Decent, but not sure it’s worth the price.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazy orange pour no head. Very sweet aroma candy like. Very sweet malt no hops grainy. Has a smooth grainy sweetness more like an Irish whiskey than a scotch.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught @ GEIB, Grande Esposizione Italiane della Birra 2012, Nuova Fiera di Roma, via Portuense 1645, Rome, Italy 00100.
Unclear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, caramel, light oxidide, moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, malty, caramel, hoopy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121214]
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared from Kris Wines. Pours cloudy brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of caramel, malt, cereal, overripe fruit and raisins. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Very nice!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
small bottle courtesy of and shared with Kermis, thanks.
Very thin whte head. Hazy red/amber pour. Lots of caramel. Nice brew.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nip bottle from Elizabeth Station, Bellingham, WA
Vintage 2010, 2 years old
Brown color, with minimal head. The aroma is mild, of caramel, and already there are signs of oxidization. The mouthfeel is a bit oily, and the carbonation very low; some caramel flavor, some nutty accent; the quite evident oxidization and the very low bitterness don’t help either.
I had similar Belgian beers, bottles that were 20-25 years old and still in better shape than this.
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