Traquair House Ale

Bottle. Reddish brown color with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, roasted malt, sweet fruit, alcohol and spices. The taste is malty and fruity with notes of toffee/caramel, roasted malt, alcohol, wine, tobacco/tea, blackberries, spices and some bitterness in the finish.

Poured a very earthy brown with a very thin off white cap. The nose was very complex with spicey toffee, milk chocolate and a touch of caramel. The flavor started with deep caramel flavors and spicey toffee with huge chocolate notes rounding it off. Hop balance is slightly off. There was a minor amount of smokiness taste above the hops in the finish. This beer is huge with taste and body. It’s a tough ale to get into but once your there you’ll be glad you stuck it out.

11.2 ounce bottle in pint glass. Deep garnet red with lasting ring and some lace. Earthy, oaky, port-like, ripe fruity aroma. Brown sugar sweetness with ripe cherry and raisin fruitiness, oak woodsiness, slight smoke, and mild bitterness in finish. Medium-full body and medium carbo. Excellently complex and flavorful. Could stand a bit less carbonation. Must be killer on cask.

Bottle: Dark brown with a reddish tint. Aroma is malty and sweet, little bits of nuts. Flavor is more malty with light nuts and toffee. Small bits of dark fruit. Pleasant, but forgettable. Damn, I passed on the Jacobite because I thought this was the better of the two at the time.

Very malty sweet smelling, nearly like a wine as my wife said. Very dark nut brown in color. Very sweet and smooth, and you can taste the alcohol mid-sip. Vanilla and wood with some raisin also. Smooth soft and creamy down the throat. nice occasional after dinner sip.