Dark Moor
Kelburn Brewery in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Winter|
Score
6.47
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Smooth, dark and dangerous, this ale is designed to warm the cockles of your heart whilst sitting around the ingle after a long cold winter’s day outdoors. Although dark and and robust the aftertones of liquorice and blackcurrant make this an ale of complex character, not to be missed.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask at Standing Order. Pours clear and golden brown with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty, breadish, toffee and caramelish. Medium sweet, caramelish and light toasted malty. Medium dry and roasted finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2012
at 06:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Gallows Bird, 20120908) The beer poured dark brown and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had malts and molasses. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, roasted malts, chocolate and bitterness. Aftertaste was roasty and bitter. A nice mild with long lasting roasty aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2012
at 07:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
36th CAMRA Cotswold beer festival (July 2012) in the lovely 15th century Tithe Barn: the setting for my tasting of this beer. Gravity poured pint: looked like the colour was mahogany in the barn, more chestnut in the bright sunlight outside, the off-white head didn’t change colour or hang around long. Fruit loaf smell, a sweet fruit loaf at that: the taste followed on giving me a lovely malt laden mouthful after mouthful: if I hadn’t been on a mission to try a few more brews this would have been my afternoon tipple of choice at the festival. Good body depth and with enough flavour to keep me happy: I prefer maltier, slightly sweet beers compared to the dry, bitter, citrusy hop beers anyway.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2012
at 05:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2011. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hoppy hints.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Oct 2011
at 06:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Edgar Wallace, Strand, London, 26 Nov 2009) Dark brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of freshly ground coffee, dark fruit and nuts. Malty, roasted taste with fresh coffee, nuts, dried fruit and a slightly bittersweet finish. Overall a very nice and well balanced beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2009
at 07:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars’ Scottish beer festival, Bristol 02/09/09. Reddish brown with a decent, off-white head. Sweet, fruity aroma with a touch of spice and earthy hop. Flavour of caramel, hedgerow fruit and a decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2009
at 15:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Blue Blazer, 2 Spittal Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DX, Scotland.Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, hard roasted, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090409]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jun 2009
at 02:46