3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle) Pours dark brown to black with a small light brown head. The aroma holds aggressive notes of whisky up front – smoke, wet stone, tar and peat. Undertones of chocolate roast and earth. The flavour is light sweet, light bitter and tiny acidic. Smoke, tar, chocolate, earth, stone and meat. The mouthfeel is soft, almost velvety and bit watery with almost no carbonation. Lingering whisky aftertaste with hints of roast. Near medium bodied.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
RBESG August 2011, grand tasting. Black with a small tan head. Strong iodine and peat aroma with some licorice. Sweetish overwhelming peat smoke flavour.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle (2006 vintage) at RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at The Dean Swift, London. Pours murky black with a foamy, white head. Huge peat aroma, also some wood. Very sweet flavor, great earthy character, more peat, mild roast and cocoa. Full bodied with soft carbonation. Outrageously good finish, mlid warmth, very little burn. Peat galore, mild cocoa, dark sugars. This stuff is just incredible. Beautiful barrel integration. Great balance. Miraculous character.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (RBESG2011, Grand Tasting)
Black, small tan ring head. Clear islay aroma, roastiness too. Islay all over the taste too. Smooth palate, but a nice tingle from burntness, hops and even a little alcohol. Good, but lacking the wow that would make me wax lyrical and throw around stunning scores.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ RBESG Grand Tasting @ Dean Swift, London 2011. Pours black with small bubbles on top. Islay and coffee roast. Heavy peat. Smooth and oaky. Really well made.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle (Grand Tasting at RBESG 2011, London) at Dean Swift. Clear brown - white head. Smokey, iod, peated, burned malts, oiley, ashtray, hard burned malts. Nice.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
2006 bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting, held at Dean Swift.
Peaty Islay nose, smoke, dry. Flavor is huge peat, smoke, coffee, chocolate. Doesn’t work for me at all.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
37.5 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty, ashtray, tarish and smoked. Sweet, dense malty, peaty, dark smoked, meaty and light acidic touch. Ends dry and dense smoked to tarish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a dark reddish/black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty very smoky islay aroma. Roasted malty smoky islay flavor with some hints of chocolate and licorice. Has a roasted malty strong smoky islay finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
4th March 2010. Pre ZBF. Very dark brown beer - light just passes through. Dry semi soft palate. Dark malt and whisky and chocolate malt. Subtle fruit underneath. Mellow whisk y and chocolate beer!
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