Yeah, so this was a much hated (apparently) scotch ale. IMO it did the trick. Not well, but c’est la vie.

Bottle. Amberish, golden color with a small head. Really malty, shades of caramel corn and some slight bread flavor. Aroma, slightly sweet malt and hay.

A bit on the light side, very sweet.

Bottle at home. Weird one but I’m digging it. Tastes like mash at a whiskey distillery. Brighter orange than expected. Nose is malt and toast. Tastes similar with some caramel and faint fruit. Brings up fond memories.

Bottle at home. From one of those beers of the month things that my company signed me up for. Poured a dark, almost ruby brown color. Aroma was dark, sweet malts. Flavor was about the same - a touch dryer than many Scottish ales, which made it more palatable than most in the same style.

12 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of raisin, plum, apple, caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, brown sugar, nuttiness, light smoke, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and solid balance of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. A bit too fruity in the nose. Taste of caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, brown sugar, plum, apple, light nuttiness, light smoke, light herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Minimal earthy herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, brown sugar, plum, apple, light nuttiness/smoke, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity/earthy yeast flavors; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice Scottish ale style. All around good robustness, balance, and complexity of dark/bready malt and light-moderate fruity/earthy yeast flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Bottle. Clear bright deep golden amber color, white head. Aroma of lightly toasted biscuit dipped in caramel. Taste is toasted, lightly fruity caramel. Decent.

Bottle. Light fruity caramel malt aroma. Clear copper with a small, quickly dissipating white head. Sweet caramel malt with a saccharin type bitter finish. Light body, moderate carbonation.

Pours clear amber with a thin, off-white head. Aroma is malt, toffee, apple. Taste is sweet...caramel, apple, malt. Just a slight fruity bitter at finish. Pretty good.