Got in a trade with beergoot. 12 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper/amber/light reddish color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of roast, golden raisin, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, peat smoke, wood, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of roast, golden raisin, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red apple, peat smoke, wood, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Slight tart English yeast. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, roast, light fruits, peat smoke, wood, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.9%. Overall this is an awesome scotch ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roasted malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel. Awesome rich and well rounded English malt complexity; with mellow earthy EKG hops, and restrained fruity English yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example all the way through.