3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20Tried this dark ale at Mossend Hotel, Lochwinnoch in July 1994. Cask, handpump dispense. Dark red mahogany in colour with a thick creamy white head. Dry hoppy aroma, short in intensity. Good creamy mouthfeel and superb lacing. Dark malt complexes giving a wide variety of flavours with digestive biscuit, gooey molasses and treacle toffee evident. Roasted hazelnuts in the dry hopped aftertaste along with a sweet butterscotch finish. A cracking session Old Ale for the dark malt fans out there. Well recommended.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 4, 2013 Cask. Strong roasted malts emanate from this dark, slightly frothy old ale. Medium body. Nice sweetness with caramel and slightly burnt malt. Low on the hops. Nice.
Bottled it’s much more lively, a bit thinner and needs to be poured and left alone for 15 minutes before drinking (3.0)
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown colour. Lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Heavy malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter great flavor. Some caramellic notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Wonderfull well-balanced beer.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep brown with essentially no head.
Scent is roast, chocolate malt,...a little spray paint.
Taste is darkly fruited, chocolate.....very thin.
Slightly herbal sour.
Very smooth.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Kris Wines. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, nuts and hops. Nice dry and smooth.
3.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle conditioned. Pours nearly black.
Off white head with short life. Low aroma. Big malt taste, chocolate and caramel. A real joy, although it makes me think of deep winter!
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3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A - dried fruit and plumb
A - dark with frothy head
T - sweet
P - mid to full
O - decent
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Solid but dark bbbb - quite nutty but with a thin mothfeel. Heavy yeast character which is not unpleasant
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3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ The Crosse Key, JDW, Bank EC3. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with a some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(draught) pours a clear dark ruby-tinged copper colour with a frothy beige head. aroma of milk chocolate and bread dough, with notes of spicy rye, pears and pretzels. flavour is mostly toasted malts, slightly ashy, with a hint of caramel and banana and a roasted-bitter finish. medium-bodied with soft carbonation.
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