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Brewed by Traquair
Style: English Strong Ale
Innerleithen, Borders, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RATINGS: 971   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.68   EST. CALORIES: 216   ABV: 7.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Mainly available filtered in bottles, though part of the production goes unfiltered into cask.
The traditional brewing process used in the production of Traquair House Ale consists of the following; 1. Traditional infusion mashing process. The wort is then drawn off and boiled during which process the hops are added. 2. The wort is now cooled and pitched with top fermenting yeast under controlled temperature. It is then fermented in oak over a period of seven days. The beer is then transferred into cold storage tanks or barrels and matured over a period of weeks. After maturation the beer is filtered prior to packing.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
caralkaline87 (386) - Washington DC, USA - JUN 2, 2011
Pours brown-amber and transparent with a decent off-white head; nose is strongly oaked but not in an unpleasant way, with some hops and maple syrup in the background. Flavor and palate are both very soft. The flavor is best described as "earthy", with wooden and herbal hints coming out without a specific dominating flavor. Hops are light and balance the modest maltiness well. Finish is dry and slightly herbal. Not quite excellent but a solidly good beer.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ungstrup (22906) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - JUN 2, 2011
Bottled. A dark chestnut colored beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of over ripe fruits, dusty hops, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, over ripe fruits, spices, malt, and caramel, leading to a dry almost woody finish.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Keeper (198) - Milano, ITALY - MAY 27, 2011
bottle, 033. Deep brown with gentle carbonation and tight head. Coffe hops and chocolate in aroma. Note: stranissima inglese: molta schiuma ed molti aromi sprigionati all’olfatto..sembra l’anello di congiungione tra belgio e uk.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
mansquito (1607) - washington, Washington DC, USA - MAY 25, 2011
Chevy Chase, DC 330ml ($5.49): Pours brownish red with a rather small white head. Caramel, cake (I can’t believe someone else described this aroma as cake), plenty of malts, biscuit, fruit, and some other fancy shmancy things. Incredibly drinkable and makes me want to drink all of it. Extremely well-balanced. Some hop bitterness and a modicum of astringency. A teeny-weeny bit of sugar, but not on the sweet side. An excellent beer, which I wish was cheaper than it is.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Scopey (1179) - Croydon, Surrey, ENGLAND - MAY 23, 2011
Bottle from Nelson Wines. It pours hazy dark brown with a red hue and a thin fizzy white head. The nose is sweet caramel, dried fruit, milk chocolate and toffee. The taste is vanilla, caramel, wood, liquorice, toffee, leather, smoke, tobacco, lactose, plum, dried cherry and milk chocolate, with a fruity finish.Very well balanced. A bit like a Scotch Ale-Belgian dubbel cross. High quality stuff.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
oobawa (549) - South Carolina, USA - MAY 18, 2011
The color is pretty, a dirty dark red that turns amber in the light, but the head too quickly retreats to the unwanted "Thin Doughnut" position. Smells Scottish, for damn sure, cakelike with earthy funk underneath. Starts moderately sweet, yet develops a biscuits-n-butter character that bleeds into a dry, whisky-soaked finish. Lax carbonation means the flavors linger on the palate like a barrel of Scotch, thick and easy to drink. (3/16/09)

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
JohnRMurdoch (1387) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - MAY 13, 2011
Grassy cola aroma. Medium brown colour, not much head. Strong sweet grassy cola flavour. Smooth & oily. Quite unusual this one.

3.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
LordHeelGibson (18) - Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 7, 2011
caramel, raisin, woody, brown, minimal head, medium sweetness, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, great brew.


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