3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Alesela 030212
Amber brown...clear...thin white head...no lacing..dissipates to rim
Aroma - light sweet caramel malts..hint of hops..some raisin fruit notes
Taste - Caramel malts...some biscuit...bit of toffee..light raisin...some bitter spicy hops....well blended...but too subtle for 5%
Palate - soft carb...smooth. Finish as main flavour...slight bitternes...clean finish...a bit dull
Overall - seems like a lower abv, milder version of the House Ale...its nicely made but a bit dull...not up to heights of the Jacobite or House Ales
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from the Good Wine shop, Kew. It pours clear mahogany brown, with a decent beige head. The nose is freshly baked brown bread, wood, chocolate and caramel. The taste is wood, leather, chocolate, dark fruits, touch of spice, salted caramel and smoke, with a long dry finish. Medium and moderate carbonation. Good, but not up to the high quality of other Traquair brews.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from Scottish Real Ale shop. Brown colour, thin off-white head. Nose is caramel malts, toffee and fruits. Flavour is caramel malts, little toastiness, fruits, bit hoppy. Not much going on in this one. Dry and slightly bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: NOV 7, 2011 Re-rating, quite savoury this time, even salty and bran flakes.
Previous rating 21/06/11 5/3/5/11 = 2.7
50cl bottle courtesy of Blairgus. Pours a dark honey colour. The nose has /h/oney and cornflakes. The taste has malt and honey. The palate is medium bodied with a medium texture and a finish that drops off but still has a malt note that persists too long. Overall, not a bad session ale, but not inspiring.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 28, 2011 20 june 2011, bottle. nutty amber colour, clear, no bubbles. thin brown head. really sweet wort, wet bread, green raisins and almost meaty aromas. thin body and no carbonation. flavours of caramel, nuts, and sugary malt. pretty nice.
(original rating - 6,3,5,2,10 = 2.6) maple nut brown colour
nose is bready alcohol and malt
thin body and slighty fizzy
tastes like burnt caramel and powdery malt
i’m not impressed
a watery session beer with some coffee and burnt caramel flavour
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap in the traquair arms, innerleithen. Light brown ale with a smooth head. Hoppy aroma, with good bitterness drifting into the taste. Flavor could linger a bit longer imo. Just what I needed after teaching mountain bikes!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cl bottle for Christmas. Dark brown with small head. A fairly heavy taste while feeling lighter in palate.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Clear amber, thick head. Delish clean dry fruity and bready malt aroma. Quaff quaff, light on the tongue but long in the flavor. Flavors linger with delightful toasted dark bread and a scrumptious woody, rooty hop bitterness in the finish. Liquid bread character but dry and toasty, not sweet. I could drink a lot of this and would love to have on cask, it’s my kind of session ale.
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