6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2017 - Pint from the cask at the Forth Inn, Aberfoyle. Pours brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, bread, caramel, toffee, grain, spices & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish

6

Malty, sourish, grainy, mild bitterness

6.9

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

Cask at PoW, Aberdeen. It pours deep brown with a decent, bubbly off - white head. The aroma is earthy roast, toasted brown bread, bit of caramel, treacle, malt loaf and festive spice. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, wood, leather, warming festive spice, gingerbread, brown bread and cakey malts with a smooth, cakey finish. Light to medium body and soft carbonation. Well rounded and drinkable.

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh airport. Pours clear golden amber, thin white head. Not much on the nose. Toffee and biscuit maybe. Taste is more of the same. Sweet, thin.

6.2

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

On cask at the Cafe Royal. Appearance - a dark copper going into toffee. Nice fawn head. Nose - sone toffee and just a hint of chocolate. Maybe some biscuits. Taste - chocolate biscuits but a little thin. Some creaminess. Palate - light to medium bodied with a thin texture. Relatively balanced finish. Overall - not unpleasant.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Standing Order. Deep red, rich toffee nose, thin and sweet, light spice, bit watery.

7

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

Cask at the Magpie & Crown, Brentford, UK on 14th January 2011. Ruby with a white slippery head. Fruity, berries aroma. Spicy touches and smokiness together with a rich fruit palate. Zingy mouthfeel. Sweetish finish with some bitterness and smokiness, although front-mouth sweetness lingers in the aftertaste.

7.8

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

cask in guilford ... dark brown ... bubbly off white head ... sweet rich treacle tofff nose ... light soft woody malts ... light chocolate ... refreshing tasty but really quite low on flavour ... saying that i like it

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Deep ruby. Sweet and caramelly. Mild and malty with medium body and soft mouthfeel. Soem caramelized sugar and the lightest touch of figs. Carefully salty grassy finish. Mildly warming.