Big Peat
Islay Ales in Bridgend, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 🏴
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.48
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Cask matured ale
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml Bottle - Golden in colour. Very smoky aroma with peat and soil detected. Smoky and earthy taste with peat and burnt bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 09:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Master of Malt. Golden colour with a white foam head that dissipates away. Phenolic islay whisky aroma. Taste is malty, underlying fruity, with phenolic whisky and salty notes. Quite thin bodied, high carbonation, dry tangy finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2016
at 11:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the Old Kiln Cafe at Ardbeg distillery. Appearance - Nose - floral but sweet oak and whisky notes in there too. Taste - the spirit and oak flavours definitely dominate the floral notes. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - as far as a whisky aged bitter or golden ale goes this is quite a good example. I would question whether sticking a blonde beer in a spirit barrel was the best plan on outset however. It definitely suits a stout better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2016
at 13:53