Bottle at ash's. Pours amber with lots of floaters, nose is caramel, berries, bready, little vegetative, taste is caramel, bready, syrup, figs. 7

Bottle from Beers of Europe. At some point this has been stored on its side, and a yeasty deposit settled around the cap. I kept it upright, and this yeast then came out in lumps when pouring. So it's not a looker, lots of floaters in the hazy amber pour. Nice off-white head. Aromas of red fruit, caramel, bread. Taste has honey, more red fruit, toffee and nuts. Light sweet finish.

bottle at ashs ..mucky ...loads of bits on display ... amber ..thin white lacing ...soft sweet oily caramel toffee ..juicy sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...soft sweet caramel ..woody toffee ...Light funk ...soft bready

7fiddy at home. It pours hazy deep red with a decent off - white head. The aroma is smooth, malt - driven, rather fruity, red berries, cranberry, jammy berry rolly polly, fruit cake and bready malt. The taste is smooth, chewy, toothy, bitter - sweet, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, cranberry, raspberry, toasty spice, warming booze, slightly medicinal, smokey, charred vibes and leather with a drying, chewy finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. A fun toothy malt bomb.

750 ml bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep ruby red/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, peach, pear, melon, apricot, red apple, brown bread, roasted nuts, wood/peat smoke, leather, tobacco, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of toffee, chocolate, cocoa, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toast/smokey earthiness. A touch too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/smoked/light roasted malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, raisin, plum, cherry, fig, date, peach, pear, melon, apricot, red apple, brown bread, roasted nuts, wood/peat smoke, leather, tobacco, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of toffee, chocolate, cocoa, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toast/smokey earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery hop; and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, dark fruit, peach, pear, melon, apricot, red apple, brown bread, roasted nuts, wood/peat smoke, leather, tobacco, toasted biscuit, toffee, chocolate, cocoa, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast/toast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/smoked/light roasted malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roasted bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, fairly sticky, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.7%. Overall this is a delicious Scotch ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/smoked/light roasted malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Great balance of nicely rich malts and fruity yeast complexity; with nice earthy hop presence/balance against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively well made style example. A lot of great well rounded complexities, got better as it warmed up. Not overly smokey. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperial Nessie Ancient Red Stone on 28 Jan 2019 at 22:00 - Score: 7. Original review text: Delicious! Caramel/sugar/raisin/plum/cherry/fig/date/peach/pear/melon/apricot/apple/brown bread/nuts/wood/peat smoke/leather/tobacco/toast/biscuit; lighter toffee/choc/cocoa/herbal/floral/grass/pepper/yeast. Fairly bitter. Creamy/bready med-full body.

bottle shared by Sebilinz at Vienna Tasting 02/2015. Thanks Erich.redish / dark amber color, big off-white head. smells of dark fruits, raisins, malty sweetness, light off-smell. full body, quite malty, dried fruits, light alcoholic, sweet, had a light off-taste for me, that I couldnt pick out. roasty malty finish. good.

750 ml bottle shared by Sebilinz. Thanks!
Copper, hazy body, with a medium, creamy, yellowish head.
Aroma with typical Scotch Ale notes, turf, caramel, dried fruits, subtle smoke.
Taste follows this.
Medium to light mouthfeel, with a low carbonation.
Finishes roasty, malty, slightly smoky.

Good. I’m no big fan of Scotch Ales and this one won’t change my mind. Still a nice beer, with a good balance and some nice aromas, but overall a bit too one-dimensional for my taste.

Bottle. Aroma rich caramel malty flavours. Clear reddish colour, stable head. Clean rich malty taste, dried fruits, caramel, very nice. Very good, but rather simple.

Bottle kindly shared by Saeglopur. Amber color with thick off-white head. Caramel, yeast, oak. Sweet malty taste with caramel, burned sugar, alcohol, very light smoke. Good.