6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 25-01-17 - A 330ml bottle brought from the Drygate brewery shop & carried home for my collection. It pours a hazy golden amber colour with a good creamy off-white head. Aromas of toffee, banana & wheat. Tastes of toffee, orange, banana, wheat, cloves & wood leading to a big hoppy bitter finish. Medium body & moderate foamy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2025
at 09:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Tigh Na Cheo. It pours cloudy brown with a thick light beige head. The aroma is rich, bitter - sweet, dried fruits, berry, redcurrant, rich smoked action, Islay whisky, Scottish tablet and cranachan. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, berry skin, rich smoke, fruit cake, dry wood, earth, medicinal, mild astringency, some spice, toffee and a hint of alcohol warmth with a pretty dry finish. Medium body and average. I quite like elements of this, but I’m not sure on the balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2016
at 14:02
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12oz bottle with the guys at Hanging Bat. 80% gushed hard over everything. What was left was a murky, brick red with some ringing, brown head. Nose is big with peat and smoke and rubber, some brown sugar. Flavor is slightly better, some sweetness, some brown sugar, huge peat though, smoke, earthy. Hot finish. WOOO.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2016
at 17:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the hanging bat, huge gusher. Pours deep amber, nose is peaty, medicinal, caramel, taste is chewy caramel, sweet, light plasters.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2016
at 02:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at hanging bat... Gusher... Murky Amber... Thin white lacing... Big smoke iodine. .. Herbal iodine.. Massive elastoplast.. Soft sweet may
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2016
at 12:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared at the level 42, 24/05/2016. Many thanks to Big Dave for this one. Murky dark orange coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is tangy grapefruit, citrus lemon rind, sour, pale grains. Flavour is light grains, stale apple, zippy citrus, lemon rind, wheat, Palate IS. Airy carbonation, light grain, stale, moderate carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2016
at 15:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle split at Level 42, thanks to Wingmane, 24/05/16. Murked up orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is citric sherbets, apricot jamboree, straw, sweet citric imbibe. Taste comprises bitter orange, tangerine, straw, light bread, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok drinkable # but lower end for style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 14:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle big thanks to Wingman. It pours murky dirty amber with a thick white head. The aroma is sweet, spicy, apricot, nectarine, orange sponge cake and wood. The taste is smooth, bitter, piney wood, leather, orange peel, orange sherbet, toffee and minerals with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Drinks pretty easy. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2016
at 14:38
6/10
Tried
on 24 May 2016
at 14:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from the Beerhive. Pours clear ruby brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of islay whisky, strong peat. Wow, very strong nose. Taste is woody up front, more peat and iodine, then a sweetness creeps in and the base scotch ale shows through. Faintly nutty. A little thinned out by time in the barrel, but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2016
at 11:20