Blackfriar
Inveralmond in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland 🏴
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.65
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A dark brew, hardy and warming with a slightly sweet malty character balanced by a pleasant hoppiness. Blackfriar is known as a 'wee heavy'. Whilst not an international classification this term has been used in Scotland for generations to describe strong ales
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. It pours a more or less clear body, dark amber in color and with a minimal sized off-white head. There’s a lot of dried fruits in the aroma, with toffee and a faint note of paint remover.Some bitterness in the flavor, far from as much as I get the impression there would be judging from the description, but at least enough to prevent it from being cloying. There’s some higher alcohol or paint remover in the mouth as well, a bit more than in the aroma actually, and especially in the end. There’s toffee sweetness, some nuts and dried fruits as well. It’s full-bodied and pleasantly carbonated. The finish is quite dry, even though the sweetness can be felt, guess the alcohol and bitterness does their bit of palate cleaning. Overall, I would like this much better without the paint remover touch, as it’s a quite pleasant one if you manage to ignore that. 131119
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2013
at 13:37
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Flaske fra polet: fint skum som ender opp med litt kniplinger. Mild og behagelig aroma av malt og julekrydder med litt humle. God munnfølelse og en ganske sammensatt men lett smak. Allikevel er hovedinntrykket litt intetsigende. Tror ikke jeg kjøper denne igjen.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2013
at 12:56
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
08.11.2013, 0,5l bottle @ home:
Nice slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, caramel malts, almond cake, honey, dried fruits, hay, sugar, nuts. Taste is harsh and neutral, almond essence, light malts, harsh hay, light malts, some dried fruits. Medium bitterness, harsh mouthfeel. Next!
Nice slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, caramel malts, almond cake, honey, dried fruits, hay, sugar, nuts. Taste is harsh and neutral, almond essence, light malts, harsh hay, light malts, some dried fruits. Medium bitterness, harsh mouthfeel. Next!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2013
at 14:25
6/10
Tried
on 21 Oct 2013
at 11:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2013, Olympia, London. A dark amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Sweet, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes is similar, sweet, malty, caramel, a little dark fruit. Delicious.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Aug 2013
at 12:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Gbbf 2013. Brown beer lasting cream head. Sweet bit flat. Good biscuit malt. Fairly true to style. Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2013
at 05:50
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Dobre, chyba najlepsze Ale z tego mikrobrowaru. Czerwono jaskrawa barwa, ze spora i puszysta piana. Kremowo lukrecjowy smak, troche gumy balonowej oraz nuta czekolady. Finisz gozkawy. Jakby lekki akcent miodu takze wyczuwam. Ogolnie piwo tresciwe, dobry przedstawiciel Szkockich ale. Polecam
Tried
on 21 Jul 2013
at 11:15
8/10
Tried
on 03 Apr 2013
at 06:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Taps Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear dark brown with a broken white head and plenty of broken lace. The aroma was fruity and a little sweet, leading to a medium to strong alcohol bitter taste with lots of malt and liqourice, followed by a little additional sweetness too on the palate. The finish is smooth and weak bitter. It’s the palate where all the burning takes place! It’s a nice, heart warming winter ale and good in the Asian heat too when served cool, but the alcohol is starting to dominate this beer more than I would like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2013
at 06:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
cask-offwhite bubbles-amber. A-lots of med malt, hint of herbal. T- lots of med malt, herbal hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2012
at 07:44