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Brewed by Traditional Scottish Ales
Style: Scotch Ale
Stirling, Scotland
Serve in Thistle

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RATINGS: 168   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.93   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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Brewed by Douglas Ross of the Bridge of Allan Brewery at and for the Tullibardine Distillery using whiskey malt. The beer is matured in oak whiskey casks.
This remarkable Blackford 1488 Whisky Ale is brewed with the pure crystal spring water and malted barley used in the distillation process. It is conditioned in individually numbered oak casks which have been used in the maturation of the majestic Tullibardine single malt Scotch whisky, its distinctive character beautifully balanced by the lightness of touch so familiar to Tullibardine connoisseurs the world over. This truly majestic ale is best drunk cold, perhaps being chased by a dram of your favourite Tullibardine single malt Scotch whisky.


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3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
RyanE (98) - British Columbia, CANADA - DEC 2, 2012
Yellow Brown with a tinge of orange. Thin white head disappears quickly. Maltiness on the nose, touch of oak and vanilla. Tart citrus taste is balanced well with the sweet malt. Lively mouthfeel.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Bathory (360) - Bryne, NORWAY - NOV 16, 2012
UPDATED: NOV 19, 2012 Pours a golden, hazy colour with almost no head. Aroma of oak, wood and caramel. Flavour are really much of oak, some spruce, pine and caramel also. Good a quite light body for a 7 %, but i really likr it. Smooth palate with soft carbonation.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Deu (395) - IRELAND - OCT 25, 2012
330 ml bottle in Grand Canaria. Clear amber ale. Nice whisky aroma. I Really enjoyed it. I recommend

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Beerheart65 (680) - Pori, FINLAND - SEP 2, 2012
Aroma has whisky, malting. Mild aroma. Slightly hazy golden, short head. Taste has caramel, whisky, some spices. Medium body, soft bit thin feel. Finish medium long, sweet. Quite tasty.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
olio (4088) - Tampere, FINLAND - JUL 31, 2012
33 cl bottle.
Pours clear golden color with minimal head. Aroma of ripe, almost rotten banana, sugar, wooden notes and some weird glue notes. Flavor of banana, toffee, corn, some acidic apple, hints of honey and mild caramel. Quite weird to say the least.
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3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
laiti (3935) - Tampere, FINLAND - JUL 31, 2012
33 cl bottle @ home as ”Tullibardine 1488 Premium Whisky Beer”, 7%. BBE 03/2013
Quite stale, weird and unpleasant aroma with whisky, very ripe bananas, some peat and hints of apricot. Flavour is slightly sweet with whisky, peat, some apricot and hints of banana. Quite messy stuff.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
AndySnow (1199) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - JUL 27, 2012
Bottle. Amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is a bit smokey, grain. Slightly sweet and bitter flavour.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Nuffield (3348) - Roseville, Minnesota, USA - JUL 21, 2012
Good vibrant flavor with some prominent caramel notes--suggesting that the beer has better balance than might have happened with so much cask/whisky stuff going on in it. Not too hot, compared to other 7% beers I’ve had recently, too. Decent. (cask at Scottish Real Ale Festival, Edinburgh, June 2012)

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
ComradeK (732) - Blue Mountains, AUSTRALIA - JUL 13, 2012
330ml bottle. Pours a hazy medium gold, with a tiny white head which fades quickly and leaves no lacing. Strong caramel malt and fruitcake notes mix with some faint oak in the aroma. Very mild grassy hops soon give way to a blend of caramel malt and some charry, woody scotch whisky notes. There is a touch of oak in the finish. This is not an especially exciting beer, but neither is it particularly offensive. A fairly middle of the road affair.

3.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
apeirohedron (1) - AUSTRALIA - JUL 10, 2012 does not count
Scored a couple of bottles at a whisky fair. Hardly any smell or head, but delicate and complex taste. Tastes more like beer than like whisky, unlike many other "whisky beers".


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