Traquair Jacobite Ale

Brewed by Traquair
Style: Traditional Ale
Innerleithen, Borders, Scotland

Not sure if it’s supposed to be this way but had no head whatsoever. Minimal carbonation. Perhaps a bad bottle? Flavor is good though, smooth, good roasted malty flavor. May have to get another to compare.

Dark brown-reddish hue, with a diminishing beige head, nice sweet toasted malt nose, with a strong coriander spiciness, toffeeish accent, caramel and chocolatey notes, and dark dried fruits in the aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a sweet toasted malt character, with a hint of black coffee, dried dark fruits of plums, raisins, dates, spicy coriander, and faint anise, toffee note, leading towards a sweet malt graininess, in a lingering spiciness finish.

Bottled. Dark amber colour, big beige head. Aroma is plum, berries, slight roast and raisins. Flavour is smooth raisins, dark fruits and berries. Quite smooth, and lovely.

Bottled. Dark ruby, decent off-white head. Toasted, roasted aroma. Very malty, dark malts, roasted, hides ABV well. My "easiest non-rated good beer" was slightly dissapointing. (7/4/7/3/13 3.4). Re-rated bottle from Alko. Dark ruby color, small tan head. Lots of raisins in the nose together with some alcohol. Very soft palate. Dark fruits - dates, raisins, plums. Sweet edge and some alcohol. Rounded sipping brew - needs some ageing. ((7/4/7/4/15 3.7)

Dark reddish brown coloration... almost black except for around the edges. No head and just a bit of fizz on the surface. Aroma is a work of art. Sweet sugary notes with dark fruit, molasses and maybe some berry scents, too. Flavor is a bit crisper and thinner than I expected. There is a lot more wood/earth/peat type flavoring than the nose let on. That said, this all blends together extremely well.

(Bottle at Haket, Göteborg) Pours dark red with a light brown head. Fruity aroma with berries and wet tobacco. Red apples. Very sweet. Syrup and fudge. Dried fruit and sweet malt flavour with a nice afterbitterness and yeast character. Spicey. Medium to big body.

Bottle. Pours ruby brown with virtually no head. Aroma is apricot, plum, malt. Flavor is plum, earth, sour, and herbal.

Pours a deep red/brown color that becomes near black as the glass fills, but you can tell it’s not a stout. This beer tried to pour a head, but somehow the foam resembled only larger soapy-looking bubbles. However, the stuck around and formed a nice lacing, and it was rather amusing to tilt the glass and watch the bubbles slowly crawl to the surface of this thick beer. Anyway, the aroma was very rich in spices and toffee notes. The flavor is pretty sweet upfront, almost like a German chocolate cake, but nuttier. The finish had minimal bitterness, but there was still plenty to taste, with different spice flavors guiding the beer down, as well as an almost hazelnut-like finish. After a few minutes though, the aftertaste can be a little much, but that’s almost to be expected with such a unique flavor. This beer packed a lot of malty and spice flavors, and I can see why it’s rating is so high. Every flavor was delightful, and everthing was balanced.