3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Deeside Drinks Emporium. It pours deep amber with a medium off-white head. The nose is wood, earth, herbal, raisin, banana, subtle smoke and caramel. The taste is caramel, wood, earth, herbal, metal, candy, banana, wet leaf and some spice with a dry, lightly warming finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Hides the alcohol well. An interesting, well balanced brew.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
[cask at Cloisters Bar, Edinburgh] Pours a hazy golden orange with a thin head. Aroma of sweet, Belgian yeast, coriander and orange. Lots of coriander on the flavour. Soft and sweet, before a bitter snap of a finish, which features alcohol, coriander and something sweeter reminiscent of pumpkin. Very nice indeed [06122012]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle courtesy of mr_h. Copper brown colour, not much head. Spicy vanilla malt aroma & flavour. Sharp with biting aftertaste. Scottish take on a classic Belgian beer. Does not feel like 8%.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From the bottle pours deep coppery brown, a little hazy. No head to speak of. A bit of bubblegum and fruitin the aroma. Intially slightly sweet with some citric notes which develops to a distinctly bitter finish. A Scottish Belgian Tripel, brewed for Stewart’s 8th anniversary as a brewery and worth seeking out.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours a hazy orange with a thin head of lace. The nose has pineapple sorbet with some coriander or even rocket leaves. The taste has dry green leafiness, with a long tangy citrus note, the sorbet thing again. The palate has a medium to full body with a big tangy texture and a long tangy finish. Overall, a really good tripel, which could be Belgian.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Keg at beer launch at Cloisters, Edinburgh - cloudy orange, very mild fruity aroma, sweet fruity, resin, excellent malt / hop balance, easy to drink for its strength
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Strong sweet beer with flavours of plum and raisins nice hop and malt balance and very smooth to drink with a strong alcoholic kick
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