Cromarty Brewing Co. Cone Head

Cone Head

 

Cromarty Brewing Co. in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Collab with: Tempest Brewing Co.
  Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular
Score
7.33
ABV: 7.4% IBU: - Ticks: 6
Collaboration with Tempest - brewed with Belgian malts & yeast plus oats, rye and locally scavenged pine cones then dry "hopped" with more pine cones
 

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Cloisters. Pours deep brown, sweet, light sickly pine, chocolate roast.

Tried on 19 Oct 2014 at 23:41


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home. It pours darkest ruby with a small light tan head. The nose is roasted malt, toast, coffee, liquorice, pine, dark fruit, spice, hay and candy. The taste is bitter-sweet, rich roast, toasted brown bread, coffee grinds, pine, resin, light spice, dark fruit, jammy berry, liquorice, candy and light alcohol with a bitter, roasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Really rather flavoursome. Good depth and well balanced. Very impressive stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2013 at 06:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - opaque black with a generous head. Nose - citrus and pine against a chocolate background. Taste - more citrus and pine, something medicinal like olbas oil, some earthiness in the background with crunchy honeycomb too. Palate - medium to full bodied, big challenging texture and a very drying finish. Overall - I’m not sure this has the underlying nuttiness I would expect from Scotch Ale, probably closer to stout. It’s also very complex but more complex than balanced - but regardless of that, it’s a good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2013 at 16:39


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

keg at cloisetrs ... deep brown ... thin tan head ... soft roast nose ... fruity blackcurrant roast ... fizz ... very fruity but too fizzy ...

Tried on 09 Dec 2013 at 10:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle shared with jeevan. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Caramel and liquorice aromas, some chocolate and coffee, and a woody note, I’m guessing from the pine cones? Sweet taste and pleasant lingering light bitterness. Long finish. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2013 at 02:50


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from The Beerhive. Dark brown body with ruby highlights. Massive dome-shaped (if only it was cone-shaped...) beige head. Nice lacing. Aroma of pine, coffee and dark malts. Flavours of pine, milk chocolate, earth and tangy yeast. Light peppery finish. Full body with a thick, creamy mouthfeel. Soft carbonation prickle. A fantastic experimental beer that coats the mouth with a rich, woody flavour that lasts long after each taste. More subtle than I was expecting for the 7.4% ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2013 at 12:30