Tullibardine 1488 Whisky Beer
Black Wolf in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland 🏴
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
5.88
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A partnership between the Black Wolf Brewery and Tullibardine distillery has produced something special - a unique beer with a light whisky aroma and clean fresh aftertaste. Once bitten, forever smitten.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle. Explosive on opening, but rapidly settling to leave a completely still amber beer; malt and oak aroma; whisky-like malt flavour; smoky and waarming finish. Rather one-dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2009
at 18:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Frothy white good mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Whisky not as dominating as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2009
at 03:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sugar, smoke, malt and notes of perfume.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2009
at 18:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear golden colour, small white head. Aroma has whisky malts and something woody. Flavour of toasted malts, whisky and wood. Sweet finish.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2009
at 16:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Mild butterish and slight wooden dry aroma. Sweet malty flavoured with a distinct wooden touch. Not much whiskey flavours, but certainly wooden. Lasting sweet and malty finish. Lacks some depth to be really interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Cornelius Beer and Wine in Edinburgh. Clear, dark golden body. No head, except a white top when poured into the glass. Aroma of malt and plums. The sweetness of anise is prominent in the flavour supported by whisky-like notes and earthy malts. Well bodied, but rather too sweet [26.10.2008].
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2008
at 03:48
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 4
[500ml bottle, gift from my wife from distillery’s own stand at the Henley Fair] Pours an amber orange with a large off-white head that slowly dissipates. Moderate carbonation. Smells sweet and malty. Head tastes very sweet. Actual beer tastes quite strongly of sour citrus with a sour whisky mash in there as well - in fact, an unpleasant sourness was my overall impression. Leaves a sticky, syruppy mouthfeel. Overall it’s pretty grim and hard to finish (apologies to my wife as it was her gift!). However, the high ABV still made me pretty merry and led to me dancing with my two year old daughter, which made her happy - so it’s not all bad news!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2008
at 07:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, shared by tarjei. Clear, golden pour with an off-white head. Quite sweetish and malty on the nose, with some peat in the background and a good fruityness. Sweet, slightly peaty, carmelly flavor with fruityness and a touch of bitterness. Full-bodied, slightly warming mouthfeel. Long finish on the malty side. A rather unusual beer, pleasant and pleasing. (080731)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2008
at 04:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark golden colour with a white head. Aroma iswhiskey, malt. Flavour is sweet, whiskey, malt, heather, hop. OK, but could be more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2008
at 02:18
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled (BB 12/2007)
Orange-yellow-copper color, not much head. Very oaky, vanilla aroma. Sticky alcohol, light palate. Whisky flavors dominate (oak, vanilla). Aftertaste is short with dry mouthfeel. Anoher whisky gimmick beer, which is not totally bad, but not anything to drink another bottle.
Orange-yellow-copper color, not much head. Very oaky, vanilla aroma. Sticky alcohol, light palate. Whisky flavors dominate (oak, vanilla). Aftertaste is short with dry mouthfeel. Anoher whisky gimmick beer, which is not totally bad, but not anything to drink another bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2007
at 05:19