3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20bottle from Aldi came to us to support Burns night , light ground hoppy aroma, brown, clear, white foam, medium bitterness, light sweetness, and peaty finish just like Stotch Whisky...just a bit but intense and nicemedium body, slick feel, long finish, good drinkable beer as always from TSA
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
330ml bottle. Clear dark amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Caramel malty aroma with a fruity touch of red berries and cautious bitter hoppy overtones. Taste is dry fruity, hints of red berries and fruit parings, metallic echoes.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask @ JDW Elgin [100313]
Amber copper, clear, thin white head
Aroma of light caramel, little on the nose
Taste of caramel malt, some hay, light fruits, touch of metallic bitterness, not clean, touch vegetal, not great at all
Palate - thinnish body, little oily. Finish as main flavour, dull, bit dry, some light yeasty hay in the finish
Overall - 80/- are supposed to be nice and malty. This was just meh meh meh...didn’t finish the half
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle. Lovely reddish brown colour with an off white head. The aroma is sweet predominantly and this follows on the palate with a toffee/fudge like flavour. The sweetness is well balanced by bittering hops such that it doesnt overly dominate. A fine example of an 80/-.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Amber, average and mostly diminishing head. Moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel with light burnt malt, light fruitiness with light hoppyness. Body is medium, malty and sweetish flavor, some caramel with light fruitiness, light grassy hoppyness. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, some caramel with light burnt malt, light fruitiness, light grassy hoppyness. Lightly sweetish bitter with caramel - OK but nothing special.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Finally breeched the Aldi bought 500ml bottle: best before Jun 2013, it was shared with a friend on 15 Feb 2013 during a random tasting evening at home.
Mid-brown, bordering on amber in colour: a thin white head sat on each half-pint glass.
Malts first and foremost: sweet molasses taking over the smell and taste. Caramel and butterscotch notes make this one sweet beer. The hops can’t hold the malty strengths and although this isn’t sickly in any way: it certainly isn’t a hoppy brew, nutty notes and hints of wood about, but mostly malts.
A little unbalanced: but I like sweet malty brews, so it was OK with me.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at West Kirk jdw ayr clear light Amber sweet carmel malty flavour smooth drinking quite sweet
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle. Pours orange brown with a small head. Aroma is toffee, bready malt and a hint of boiled sweets. Taste is toffee to start with a bitter, burnt finish.
2.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml brown bottle from Aldi for less than £1.50. Malty session bitter with few hops. Some chocolate notes. Some mouldy cobwebs. Drinkable, but unexciting.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle, 33cl) Clear, amber colour with a short and tanned foamy head. Buttery cara-malty aroma with slightly fruity hops in the background. Moderately sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a modest carbonation. Cara-malt upfront with notes of butter and a tinge of apricots; moderately dry and a tad slim finish with cara-malt and delicately fruity hops. Easy-going Ale. 03.II.13
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Brown with a small head.Malty and well bottled with a pleasant but not very interesting flavour.Not as good as I had expected.
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