Specialty beer from this classic English brewery, founded in 1996 and housed next to St. Peter’s Hall in St. Peter South Elmham in Suffolk, known for its very recognizable, oval flask-shaped bottles; this one is apparently not only made with a small portion of peated whisky malt, but also contains a splash of English (!) whisky, so a whisky beer in two different ways, you could say. Medium thick, off-white, lacing, very regular head, in the shape of a firm moussy ring and some flat islands in the middle, atop a cristal clear, orange-tinged ’old gold’ coloured beer. Aroma of clear cooked vegetable- and somewhat plastic-like pasteurization, overseeing more flattering hints of dry peat (clearly present but not too overpowering), freshly struck matches, damp cloth, moist flour, dried bitter wormwood leaves, straw, deep fryer oil, scones, lightly toasted white bread, moist cigarette tobacco, peanuts, camomile and indeed whisky, but subtly so and without the alcoholic effect. ’Clean’ and very subdued fruitiness in the mouth, so subdued that it becomes lager-like, but still showing faint background hints of dried apricot and apple peel, dryish from the start with a certain rounded, cereally malt sweetishness readily apparent, in a smooth and slick, lightly oily, softly carbonated environment. The maltiness clearly dominates the onset and the middle, with this cereally factor quickly shifting to a more expressive, toasted, softly bitterish flavour, with thin caramelly edges; the toasted bitterness matches well with a classically (’noble’) hoppy end bitterness in the finish, floral, leafy and peppery, drying the root of the tongue and lingering for quite a while; meanwhile the peat factor has subtly crept in, with a smoky, almost cigarette tobacco-like effect. The added whisky flavour is perceptible but hard to distinguish from this smoky peated malt aspect; generally speaking, a whisky-like effect adorns the end phase of this beer, but in a subtle and non-offensive way. That said, this whisky element is basically the only thing that elevates this beer a bit over the mainstream filtered English pale ale- and bitter-style beers, setting it a bit apart in its own subtle way; if only many of these peated whisky barrel-aged beers with deeper structures and higher ambitions would be able to apply it in this subtle, yet distinctive manner. That said: below this interesting peated and whisky-like factor, this is still a bland, filtered and pasteurized, almost lager-like English ale with an industrial feel to it as a result - and nowhere near a ’Scotch ale’ as it is apparently classified here...

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Kicsi, gyorsan apadó, de vékonyan megmaradó hab, kissé homályos borostyán szín. Malátás, enyhén whisky-s illatok. Malátás alap, enyhe keserű, és minden egyebet elnyomó füstös-hordós, kissé olajos whisky íz. Utóíze a korty folytatása. Testes, kellemes ital.

Tht march. Sampled from bottle. Clear caramel blonde. Caramel sweet malts, peat. Medium sweet, light bitter. Medium body, light carbonation. OK --- Beer merged from original tick of The Saints Whisky Beer on 21 Nov 2017 at 16:28 - Score: 6. Original review text: 2.9

Bottle shared at THT, thanks! Clear amber with a medium off white head. Aroma of peat, big woody notes, toffee and nutty aspects. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Pours clear reddish orange color with small and creamy white head. Smell is a bit smoked, whisky with some hops in the background. Medium body with soft carbonation. Texture is watery at first, turning into creamy when left on the tongue a bit. Taste is mostly bitter with some sourness to it. Aroma falls between fruity and boozy, combination of malts, hops and citrus fruits with whisky presence in the background. Finish is dry and bitter, followed by smoked but slightly metallic aftertaste which does spoil this one for me a bit. Overall, decent beer. Nothing outstanding but interesting for a change.

Old rating, best before 20 June 12. Nice intense smoky nose. The beer starts with an extreme but great peated aroma, great intense smoked malts on a smooth but a bit sweetish body. Moderate bitterness, the smoke is great, the beer is moderate. Ok but very interesting stuff!