Blackfriar

(bottle) Hazy, amber colour with a big and bubbly off-white foamy head. Slightly sweet cara-malty aroma with notes of caramel, ginger and peppery spicy, also slightly fruity hops. Sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Cara-malty taste with caramel, candy, spicy notes and a mild fruity touch. Medium-dry, sweet-bitter, slightly fruity and woody hoppy finish with a moderate alcoholic burn. Not outstanding but pretty palatable. 09.XI.09

500ml bottle from a Luvian shop in St Andrews. The pour reveals a dense, off-white head over a golden brown body. Great display of laceworks. Smell of dry, sweet malts. Spicy and roasted malts up front with dark fruits coming through. Some hints of alcohol beneath. Satisfying bitter ending. A wee heavy beer that was rather well bodied [28.10.2008].

(50 cl bottle at Café 3 Små Rum, Göteborg)On September 25, 2008BB March 2011Hoppy, malty, sweet, slight acidic scent. Hoppy, bitter, a bit sweet, dry taste. Clear pale copper color, tan head. Smooth mouthfeel. Rather big, dry afterbitterness.

Pours deep amber into a thistle. Fluffy pancake head with good retention. Sweet and crisp caramel and bread upfront with a dry, powdery finish.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before November 2008, purchased at Viti Wine and Lager (Vancouver) on August 5 2008, savoured on August 11 2008; eye: caramel brown with a golden hue, hazy, beige head that falls and becomes a ring, lacing; nose: "watery" liqueur-like, lots of caramel malt, more hops than expected, light ashy, light smoke; mouth: starts surprisingly thin, malt, lots of caramel, resinous hops, grapefruit, ash, fruity, light smoke, finale in malt with a good presence of hops and a hint of alcohol, light astringency, mildly sweet and bitter, medium body, slightly sticky, average carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant novembre 2008, achetée chez Viti Wine and Lager à Vancouver le 5 août 2008, savourée le 11 août 2008; œil : brune caramel avec des reflets dorés, volée, mousse beige qui tombe pour un laisser un petit anneau, dentelle; nez : liquoreux « aqueux », beaucoup de malt caramel, plus de houblon que prévu, léger cendré, léger fumé, fruité; bouche : curieusement mince en attaque, malt, beaucoup de caramel, houblon résineux, pamplemousse, cendré, fruité, léger fumé, finale en malt avec une bonne présence de houblon et une pointe d’alcool, légère astringence, moyennement sucrée et amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement collante, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : bien

Bottle. Dark toasted malt aroma - between porter and stout. Dark amber color with a beige head. Medium body with near creamy carbonation. Flavor has a lot of resiny hop and dark/toasted malt. Not so sweet as many Scottish ales. Finishes relatively dry. Quite refreshing and tasty.

Cask. Amber colour, beige bubbly head. Aroma is caramel, fruits and wood. Flavour is wooden, fruity, mildly earthy hops as well as some nuts and nectar. Hides the alcohol totally.

Cask (gravity)@HBF 2008 Dark amber color, small white head. Woody-nutty hoppy aroma. Earthy, nutty, dried fruity flavor. Hoppy-alcoholic bite in the finish. Good drinkable high ABV cask ale. Not outstanding, but ok.

Pour is a dark cloudy brown with a tan head. Aroma is a nice dark fruit with a nice burnt quality to it. Flavor is sweet caramel malts with a bit of earthyness to it with a finish that is bitter and hoppy. I quite enjoyed this one.

[i] [b] Bottle, many thanks to Craig for this one, had this 03-02-08 [/i] [/b] Pours dark brown bit murky looking. Good malty aroma with some hops. Taste is very, very good wonderful hoppiness I was quite taken aback by the great hoppy bitterness in this as I anticipated that it would be mostly sweet and quite alcohol laden, and whilst there was some sweet malts it was the impressive hoppy bite to this that really made this beer stand out. Loved it once again cheers Craig.