4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JUN 27, 2005 Argh! This’ll put hair on your chest, me hearties. No doubt, Robert the Bruce would’ve liked this one, as would William Wallace himself. Hoppier than I’d expect for a scottish ale, but very drinkable. Very solid and deliciously enjoyable as the various malts combine together well to produce a sweet, toasty body! Rerate: perhaps a touch too hoppy for the style. Essentially a hoppy porter.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAY 6, 2008 Bottle... This beer rocks!...
Clear copper-colored ale.
Caramel, nuts and chocolate in the nose.
Rich, malty flavor. Chocolate, caramel and dates. Leans on the sweet side of balance, but not cloyingly so. Full-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Sweet, grassy, medium dry finish. My favorite Scottish ale!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
very nice scottish ale, much hoppier than others in this style.
nut brown with a red head.
clean sweet caramel malt taste with a hint of chocolate but hasa surprisingly strong hop finish.
very drinkable at 7.2%
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very malty brew. i didn’t get too much of the hop presence except for a little in the dry finish. a decent drinkable beer.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
After reading previous ratings, it sounds like the tap version is much hoppier than the bottle version. I had the bottle version. I’ll get to the hop flavors in a sec, but first, I thought it had a mammoth malt presence. Tingly carbonation wove in and out of a smooth and supple malt heaviness. Finished a little on the dryish side, with a slightly sharp hop bitterness, which built more and more with every sip. Aside from its bitter end, I did catch a few citrus notes here and there. Hardly any smoky flavors to speak of. Overall, I found the beer to be pretty decent. Unfortunately, the more I drank, the more I noticed a ’cloraseptic’ kind of flavor that coated my mouth... somewhat medicine-like.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had this off the tap. Heavy on the hops, which unexpected I did enjoy. Medium-brown color. Nice beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 2, 2003 Update, 12/2/03: Munster bottling of this beer sampled. Aroma and flavor simply possess a richness that they did not in the previous sampling. Sugary toffee, toasty malt, slightly vinous fruit, faint earthy hops and finishing with a pleasant nuttiness. Palate also seems smoother and fuller. Just a better rendered version of this beer in every regard. Look for the tie-dyed bottle caps. Thanks, Trap.
Iced tea color with average carbonation. Strong, varied hop flavor, along with some caramelly sweetness. The complexity of the hops and strength of the malts keeps this from being just an amber. Caramel aftertaste. I liked it okay.
1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
I did not enjoy this beer at all. It tasted bitter and ’gritty’.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tried on draft at the brewery. A little hoppy as are most of their brews but that isn’t a bad thing. Great overall flavor. I’m not normally a scottish ale fan but Three Floyds hasn’t disappointed me with any brew.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very rich beer. Great on tap.
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