Wee Heavy Islay BA
Knops in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.77
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at James's. Pours deep ruby, nose is huge peat smoke, biscuits, caramel, berries, taste is sweet, fruity, berries, peaty, smoke, dry toffee. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2022
at 14:41
5/10
bottle at home... here's to robs swansong... dark brown.. medicine tcp nose... soft toffee.. elastoplat tcp... well of the four i was pretty sure i wasn't going to like this one. bottle at home.. dark roast.. rich mslts.. bloody smoke nose.. heavy smoke light malt.. big smoke 2.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2020
at 10:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The least accessible of the set, great if you love smoke and tcp. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Smoky aromas. Chewy as all fuck. Woody. Challenging.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2019
at 22:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dark brown to black and close to opaque. Nose - big smoky seawood and iodine. Some toffee lurking at the back. Taste - big tarry, wood thing. Drying smoke. Some dark chocolate if you search for it. Palate - rich and medium to full bodied. Dry woody finish! Overall - I'm not usually a fan of beers being aged in Islay and although this one doesn't have that much in the way of wee heavy notes, I can see complexity will come with laying down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2019
at 22:00