William Wallace
Black Wolf in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland 🏴
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
5.92
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This legend of a Scottish 80/- has a slightly sweet and malty taste with a hint of toffee.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Aldi, Manchester. Deep hazy amber with a thin head. Has a tasty smooth sweet grainy malt character with lots of very good fruit flavours to compliment this. .
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 12:35
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, Karamell, fruchtig, nussig. Geschmack röstmalzig, leicht schokoladig. Karamell, fruchtig, nussig.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2014
at 12:36
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Copper coloured, a bit unclear, almost no head, fruity-bready nose with a tinge of vegetables, but a hoppy background; mild to moderate bitter-sweet finish, light bodied to watery and harsh; thin bitter-sweet finish. Below average…
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2013
at 13:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle at home. Pours medium brown with a thin, short-lived head. Aromas of raisin, toffee and caramel with malt. Touch of hops comes through later. Taste is too sweet, not enough balance. Bit sticky on the texture. Long, sweet finish. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2013
at 08:21
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle. Clear dark amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Caramel malty aroma with a fruity touch of red berries and cautious bitter hoppy overtones. Taste is dry fruity, hints of red berries and fruit parings, metallic echoes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2013
at 09:54
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ JDW Elgin [100313]
Amber copper, clear, thin white head
Aroma of light caramel, little on the nose
Taste of caramel malt, some hay, light fruits, touch of metallic bitterness, not clean, touch vegetal, not great at all
Palate - thinnish body, little oily. Finish as main flavour, dull, bit dry, some light yeasty hay in the finish
Overall - 80/- are supposed to be nice and malty. This was just meh meh meh...didn’t finish the half
Amber copper, clear, thin white head
Aroma of light caramel, little on the nose
Taste of caramel malt, some hay, light fruits, touch of metallic bitterness, not clean, touch vegetal, not great at all
Palate - thinnish body, little oily. Finish as main flavour, dull, bit dry, some light yeasty hay in the finish
Overall - 80/- are supposed to be nice and malty. This was just meh meh meh...didn’t finish the half
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2013
at 16:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Finally breeched the Aldi bought 500ml bottle: best before Jun 2013, it was shared with a friend on 15 Feb 2013 during a random tasting evening at home. Mid-brown, bordering on amber in colour: a thin white head sat on each half-pint glass. Malts first and foremost: sweet molasses taking over the smell and taste. Caramel and butterscotch notes make this one sweet beer. The hops can’t hold the malty strengths and although this isn’t sickly in any way: it certainly isn’t a hoppy brew, nutty notes and hints of wood about, but mostly malts. A little unbalanced: but I like sweet malty brews, so it was OK with me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2013
at 15:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours orange brown with a small head. Aroma is toffee, bready malt and a hint of boiled sweets. Taste is toffee to start with a bitter, burnt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2013
at 12:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle, 33cl) Clear, amber colour with a short and tanned foamy head. Buttery cara-malty aroma with slightly fruity hops in the background. Moderately sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a modest carbonation. Cara-malt upfront with notes of butter and a tinge of apricots; moderately dry and a tad slim finish with cara-malt and delicately fruity hops. Easy-going Ale. 03.II.13
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2013
at 10:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle a present from my Aberdeen friend. Nose is sweet caramel, nutty almonds, and a hint of bubblegum. Copper brown with a medium beige head. Flavor is lightly bitter, nutty, and a hint of sweet caramel malt. If I lived in Scotland and this was available it would probably be a favorite session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2012
at 18:16