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bottle at home... copper.. thin tan lacing... soft sweet woody caramel toffee malts nose... soft sweet woody malts... soft sweet caramel toffee malts.. juicy sweet malts

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Westhill SS. It pours hazy dark amber with a thick beige head. The aroma is sticky, oily, resinous, toffee, ripe orchard fruitiness, earth and wood. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy, wood, resin, stickiness, dull smoke, leather, toffee, splash of orange marmalade, plum, spice, light tannin and a touch of booze with a drying and toothy finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A strong ale in reality as opposed to the Double IPA on the label. Toothy. Unfortunately a hint of smoke to it, which I doubt was intented. So-so.