Bottle from Cornelius, Edinburgh. It pours darkest brown with a thick light tan head. The nose is soft, roasted malt, jammy, vinous, treacle and coffee. The taste is bitter, roasted malt, coffee, mild spice, earth, dark fruits, cola, light smoke, some acidity and spice with a dry finish. Medium+ body and average carbonation. Interesting and quaffable. Plenty going on. Nice.

Bottle from Beerhive. Appearance - opaque black with a nice fawn head. Nose - burnt sugar on the edge of liquorice. There’s something that resembles wood and/or smoke. Intriguing. Taste - dark chocolate and nougat. So Toblerone. Burnt sugar on top of this. This calms down to Highland toffee in the finish. Palate - medium to full bodied with a big tangy texture. Despite this richness there is relative freshness in the finish.which is extremely long. Overall - delicious Scotch Ale. Almost as good as the regular version which is stunning. Great recipe Bob. Overall - Overall -

Bottle at xmas tasting. Dark brown, roast chocolate nose, bit of cheese, dry and bitter taste, roast chocolate.

330ml bottle at home. Pours dark, dark brown, near black. Thin tan head than soon goes. Aromas of burnt sugar, caramel, a woody note, and something zingy from (I’m guessing) the yeast. Dark stone fruit too, really interesting nose. Taste brings all this together, with a nice sweet toffee finish, and cleansing bitterness. Their best so far for me.