UPDATED: DEC 20, 2020 Great beer, the way the red style should be made. Low bitterness, great round body. Yeast driven esters dominate. Sk co-op

i wish i could still find this beer. on the same vein as scottish heavy, but i seem to remember it being richer and more complex, perhaps even more bold. it was / is a fantastic beer. grab it if you can...

Light rust and some caramel. Decent body and good malt. Creamy consistency like hot butter. Amber pour with decent head and lacing. Bottle in Banff.

UPDATED: OCT 21, 2016 Amber color. Sweet and soft caramel tastes with little bit of high alcohol. Reminds me of some tripel beers. Good red ale.

330ml bottle. Pours a clear, red amber with a small, short lived, fully dissipating, off-white head. Sweet aroma of caramel malt with a hint of dark fruit. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, dark fruit and a hint of nuts with a dry, bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with a creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. 7% ABV is well hidden. One of their better offerings.

Appearance: clear medium amber with one finger of rocky light tan head diminishing gradually to a thin skim, patchy lacing. (3/5) Aroma: caramel malt, dark fruit, grassy and earthy, diacetyl. (6/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate bitter, light sour. (5/10) Medium body, medium carbonation, medium duration bitter and lightly sour finish. (3/5) Nope, sorry. I’ve tried this beer so many times over the years, but I’m just not getting any closer to liking it. It’s malt-heavy, which would be fine, but for that sour something I can’t quite identify. And it’s not a good sour, either - more like the back of the throat “hurk” when you’re trying not to puke. (10/20)

Rather a "meh" appearance with modest head and bright copper body. Soft hops aroma with a hint of malt. Flavour is modestly hoppy with a hint of citrus ad rice. Just okay. first rating in many months!

Pours a clear amber-orange with a nice size lasting foamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, fruit and mild hops. Mild but smooth flavour of caramel malt and alcohol with a light bitter finish. Light to medium bodied.

Poured from 330ml bottle at Deer Lodge at Lake Louise, Alberta. Clear, sparkling dark coppery orange with a khaki head and good lacing. Aroma of caramel, plum, fig, lemon and grapefruit. Taste of caramel, orange, toffee, plum, lemon, peach and grapefruit. Medium body and medium carbonation. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Aroma: 4/10. Aroma slightly reminiscent of stale bananas. Caramel, hops, a grapefruit sour note. Not really pleasant. Like a grapefruit-scented cleaner. Appearance: 3/5. Pours a pretty honey brown with a thin white head and light, creamy lacing. Taste: 4/10. Meh. Sour attack with some caramel notes, too much hops in the flavoring, and overall, just not a pleasant beer past the first few sips. Palate: 4/5. Actually not at all a bad palate; smooth on the tongue and teeth, and with a pleasant crispness and astringency to the beer itself. Shame about that nauseatingly hopped finish though, but that’s a weakness of Irish style beers as a whole. Overall: 10/20. If you like irish style beers you’ll probably enjoy this a lot more than I would, but overall I just found there wasn’t much to love in this one. Pass.