Auld Rood
Alechemy Brewing in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland 🏴
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.42
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A rich amber Belgian style red ale, flavours of dark fruity malts with subtle sweet ester aromas.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at hanging bat. Pours dark amber, sweet, winey, berry fruits, sickly caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2014
at 06:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle from the Grumpy Goat in Reading. Drunk on the evening aftet Scotland voted to stay in the UK to toast both sides in the debate on a superbly fought campaign and on showing the world that the UK does democracy properly! Love the label design. Pours red with a thin but lasting white head and a light fizz. Nice whiff of fruit and toffee. It tastes rather old and dusty up front but spice and a little sweet banana come through. However, I don’t like the rather cloying mouthfeel, and afterva dry finish it leaves a rather unpleasant sour and bitter finish. Disappointing, and the more I drink the less I like it. Wish I’d had a Brewdog for this toast instead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2014
at 13:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - a nice colour somewhere between amber andBelgian style. Nose - stewed fruits and toffee. Actually more into fudge. Taste - definitely fudge with more red fruits. Palate - medium bodied with a big sweet tangy texture and a finish that couldbbe fresher. Overall - not what I expected. Makes me think of bitter or Scottish Ale rather than a belgia
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2014
at 15:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours dark reddish brown with cream head. Malty aroma, taste is dark fruits, sweet malts, rusty figs, spice & caramel. Not entirely sure it gells too well but an interesting feisty beer nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2014
at 12:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
26th June 2014
Bright clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and crisp and dry. Twangy oxidised tasting thin malts. Little thin malt cream. Ripe dried fruits. Finishes light and dry. A curious beer, it has flavour but also is a lot like something very old and obscure from the dustiest corner of the Kuliminator cellars!
Bright clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and crisp and dry. Twangy oxidised tasting thin malts. Little thin malt cream. Ripe dried fruits. Finishes light and dry. A curious beer, it has flavour but also is a lot like something very old and obscure from the dustiest corner of the Kuliminator cellars!
Tried
on 29 Jun 2014
at 05:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home. It pours deep red with a frothy beige head. The nose is bruised banana, over-ripe, spice, dark fruits, rice puddings. The taste is sweet, dried berry, dark fruits, spicy, warming alcohol, banana bread, toffee and mouldy wood with a short, sort of sweet finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Yeah not great.... A disappointment from these guys.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2014
at 12:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; clear chestnut brown pour with a thin white head, sherry and fruit aroma, taste has dark fruit, caramel, a hint of spice, robust malts and some light bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2014
at 12:46
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 330ml. @ cgarvieuk [ Lets do a chrisO Tasting ], Edinburgh, Scotland. [ As Alechemy Auld Rood ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nutty, moderate to light light heavy yeasty, sweet yeast, wood, tobacco, shoe shinner notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, belgium yeast, sweet yeast, phenol, spicy, sharp, tobacco. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140315]
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2014
at 14:51
6/10
Tried
on 15 Mar 2014
at 04:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at The Hanging Bat. Pours clear copper-red, thick off-white head. Aromas of Belgian yeast & spice, peppery and fruity. Taste has more of the same, perhaps a touch of chalkiness. Spicy and yeasty to the end, nice.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2014
at 03:05