3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Deep reddish amber hue with small frothy head and average lace. The aroma has notes of caramelized malts, smoke peat, ripen pear, orange zest, pipe tobacco, grassy hops, and earthy yeast esters. Smell like an old ale, but not as musty. The taste starts moderately malty with a edge of fruitiness. Smoky, grassy and earthy qualities abound. The finish has a dry hoppy English bitterness and some spicy undertones. The feel is chalky and smooth. Overall a quality drink and worth another. Just what I expected, nice!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown sugar, caramel, and leafy, tobacco-like hops permeate the air just above the clear coppery red, tan-headed liquid in my glass. Great flavor too- these English ales seem like the perfect complement to a cigar while flipping through ancient, dusty books in a dark, wood-shelved castle library. With a candle, of course. But I digress...there is plenty of brown sugar and caramel in the flavor, with woody notes, raisins, and leafy, spicy hops. Earthy, a bit chalky, and flavorful. You really can’t go wrong with this beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Light brown pour with a somewhat creamy tan head. Aroma is powerful, with malt and a bit of spice/citrus. Primarily malt flavors with notes of smoke, chocolate, fruit with a woodsy backbone. Medium bodied, with a mildly bitter finish and a lingering hop bite at the end. A good one!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep bottle brown, amber slightly. Nice cream colored head, nice lacing. Great smelling beer, nice and nutty, malty, some raisin. Good flavor too, a nice coffee bitterness to it, but not that hoppy. Some caramel sweetness as well. This is a really nice English Ale. I would recommend it to others.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark orange amber color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is malt, wood, caramel, smoke and peat. A medium bodied English ale. Malts are biscuity, peaty and oaky. Hops are understated, slightly spicy and mellow. Nicely balanced. A nice sipping beer, savor the aroma and the subtle flavors slowly. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and sweet. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
deep amber color, head is thin beige. aroma is pretty strongly malty, but with a solid core of slightly citrusy hops. apple is present in the aroma. flavor is kind of buttery, and appley...nice smokiness in the flavor...quite peaty..not at all bad.
3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Boy, I couldn't wait to try this after smelling the big tan head and roasted barley in the nose. Flavor was metalic, skunky and bitter. Bit of caramel and light hop taste. Good for Scotland!!!
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pint bottle, nonick glass. Cookie, caramel, milk chocolate malt (M); flowery hops (L); honey and toffee aromas. Tall, creamy, off-white head is slowly diminishing and crowns a deep amber body. Lightly sweet, lightly bitter flavor becomes a moderately bitter, lightly acidic, astringent finish. The bitter flavor is quite in stark contrast to the sweet, malty nose. Strange. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. The bottom line is: great malty aroma, too bad there’s none of that in the flavor.
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