3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at Cloisters Bar, Edinburgh. Tawny brown with cream head. Smooth, creamy, malty beer, generally in the Scottish style, not too much hop impact apart from a light earthiness and just a hint of tarty fruitiness. It’s ok.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
House cask at Cloisters. A dark ruby ale with a thin white head. Fruity, yeasty nose. Mild malty, bready flavour. Kinda thin. OK.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask-conditioned at Cloisters, Edinburgh 7/06/2011. Deep brown with an off-white head. Rich, sweet, fruity malt and nut aroma. Sweet toffee aroma, with more fruit and a contrasting slightly herbal edge leading to a dryish, hoppy finish. Very good.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very enjoyable choice of ale down the Cloisters in Edinburgh - boy do I miss Edinburgh sometimes.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Cloisters. Pour is reddish/copper with a decent white head. Aroma is vaguely medicinal, bit of toffee, bit of hops. Mouthfeel is rich, flavour is toffee malt with a light bitter finish. Fine, drinkable, but distinctly average.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Cloisters, Edinburgh. Toffee apple aroma. Rich dark brown colour. Flavour of roasted toffee malts & chocolate. Very smooth.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Medium beige creamy head. Deep brown body. No discernible aroma. Dry-sweet roasty earthy fruity taste with floral musty notes. Mild, smooth mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dryish roasty wooden aftertaste with earthy notes. Decent, but nothing special. (0.25l cask, Cloisters, Edinburgh.)
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Cloisters, Edinburgh.
Pours a nice chestnut colour, with a small, creamy, off-white head. Aroma has almonds, rather sweet malts and toasted caramel. Low carbonation, a bit thin. Okay flavours with okay bitterness. Some toasted caramel, softly roasted and a bit sweet. Quite dull.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ Cloisters, 26 Brougham Street, Edinburgh EH3 9JH, Scotland.
Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, caramel notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090410]
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Two half pint, cask served at the right drinking temperature at Cloister Bar in Edinburgh early on a quiet Sunday afternoon. Clear, deep mahogany body with a few patches on the top. Dry malty aroma. Dark fruits flavour accomplished by sweet malts. Mid dry in the mouth, with just one bitter note, or perhaps two [26.10.2008].
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