Schloss Eggenberg MacQueens Nessie (7.3%)

Formerly brewed at Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg
Style: Smoked
Vorchdorf, Austria

Old gold coloured with a slim, but steady white head. Nice aroma of sweet malts and whiskey. Nice taste of malts, whiskey and caramel. Alcohol is well hidden. More tastes become apparent as you get into it; some butterscotch and vanilla. Full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. Don’t know why the average score for this is so low. Excellent.

Almost no head. Light amber. Scotch-like malty smoked aroma. Smooth and dry. Tasty alcohol flavour and finish. Whisky malt is very present.

Light in color. Clean flavor. Malty with a spiced hop finish. Pleasant to drink. Some smokey notes too.

Pretty funny .. Austrian beer named for a myth in Scotland. Anyway .. Poured clear dark goldne, very active, like the air is hurrying to escape into the huge poofy head. The aroma honestly reminds me of pigs in a blanket ... meaty and gravy-like. Likewise, despite the relatively light color, this is a full beer ... richly malty, lightly smoky. Me thinks very many previous raters rated this as if they were expecting a big sugary Scotch ale instead of the subtle, artfully smoked ale they received. This is excellent.

Butterscotch in color... I'm not sure why they call this a red ale. I didn't get any of the smoke aroma/flavor that others commented about. It had a strong alcohol/whiskey flavor in the beginning, but it mellowed out half way through the beer. Then I started tasting chocolate and butterscotch, which was really strange for such a light beer. This beer started out rough for me, but the flavor really improved as I drank it. I will definately buy this again...very interesting flavor changes when drinking it. In the end, it was a very good beer.

Medium head. Standard color for more mature lagers. Pilsener smell. Strong flavor, like a real ale but emphasized with sugar and caramel. A really nice aquaintance. Wish I had bought more...

Amber color with a smallish white head. Yummy malt aroma. Nice roasted malt flavor that nicely masks the 7.3%. Very smooth finish. Tasted of some sort of black liquor in the end.

Clear light honey gold color. No capping of any kind really, just a thin collar around the edge. Hmmm...I sense malts as suspect to the inadequate foam, actually I can smell em. Label states this as a "Red Ale", and is suppose to be a wee heavy styled brew, so the color appearance is a bit of a mystery as to why its not reminiscent of what either of those would be. Aroma is quite big at first, sweet and uninhibited with a watermelon jolly rancher-like waft with hints to cherry pie filling, pear, and bread dough. It does however fade to a lighter aroma as it sits to just some bread dough with light hints to some fruity alcoholic esters. Taste is malty and smooth with very well adjusted character. Nothing quite stands out on its own here. Subtlity is the name of the game here. Doughy sweetness to start, toffee/caramel dry out into some rough tinges thereafter and into the finish. Tiny bits of cherry and pear hover along the back sides. Finishes slow and a bit empty as some doughyness returns as it gains a bold chewyness with fruity hints on a late trail of soothing warming traits. Feel is smooth and silky with malts. Favors a medium body and low carbonation, making for a soothing ride of subtle malt chewyness thats rounded just enough to give it enough gumption in girth the entire time. Damn drinkable too. A very easy going Red/ Scotch/Wee Heavy/ Bock beer/Ale? Whatever it is or isn’t style wise, I liked it and that’s all that matters when it comes down it. If I could find it cheaper it may find a regular rotating spot within my fridge.