500ml bottle shared at home, from Appellation Wines Dalry. Pours light amber with good head & lacing. Big, big hop nose... mmm... Resins and alcohol and exotic fruit. Delivers on what it promises as well. Simply one of the best UK IPAs I’ve had in recent memory.

keg at the bat ... copper ... thin lacing ... soft fruit ... herbal tone .... light red berry fruityness ... little dry .. litle too fizz for me ... juicysweet fruits ... juicy berries ... soft toffee ... interesting but not hitting any sweet spots

Bottle from Tomlinsons Beer Shop, Inverness 140113
Amber orange, clear, frothy whote head with some lacing
Aroma of caramel malts, resinous hops, grapefruit pith, dab of tangerine, resinous fruity hops
Taste of sweet caramel malts, resinous malts, grapefruit acidic hop pith, mango, some tangerine, dab of soft grassy hops, malts are sweet which offset some of the hop bitterness, no alcohol
Palate - Medium body, fairly oily. Sweet malt and bitter hops palate, a little sticky. Finish as main flavour, bitter citrusy resinous finish, fairly dry with sweet caramel. Very drinkable at the abv....towards end of bottle malts were getting slightly over heavy sweet despite the hop bitterness...which just nips it from 4.0....perhaps one absolutely fresh will sort this
Overall - It’s great that beers of this quality are being brewed in the Highlands. Yippee! ......it’s either Red Rocker on cask or this for the #1 Cromarty beer......I have to try this cask and re-rate

Bottle 500ml.Unclear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grapefruit, light hop oil. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121207] 7-3-8-3-15 Draught @ The Beagle, 456-458 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton, Greater Manchester England M21 0BQ1.Light unclear medium to dark amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus - orange, pine, light grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity hops, dark citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130126] 7-3-8-3-15

Draught @ BrewDog Camden, 113 Bayham Street, London, Greater London, England NW1 0AG.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light straw - grass, moderate hoppy, fruity, light grass - straw. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120805]

(Cask at Craft Beer Co Islington, London, 22 Nov 2012) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of coffee, chocolate and moccha. Malty, roasted taste with coffee, dark chocolate, moccha and a generous roasty coffee bitterness in a dry finish. Medium body, quite dry. Very nice and tasty stout.

(Cask at Craft Beer Islington, London, 22 Nov 2012) Amber colour with brief, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with apricots, orange and earthy hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of apricots, orange, soft and chewy malt and slightly earthy hops in the finish. Medium body, with balanced sweetness. Well made and well balanced. Nice one.

Bottle as warm-up at The Barley Wine Tasting, London. Pours mostly clear, red-gold with a frothy, off-white head. Light tangy rye nose, some pine and berries. Light to medium sweet flavor with moderate earth and pine, dirt, some ripe orange. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild resinous finish with light tangy pine, rye grains, toasty sugars. Very nice.

Cask at Craft Beer Co, Islington on 5th December 2012. Gold with white head and initial lacing. Yeasty aroma. Sharp malts and grapefruit with plenty of bitterness in-mouth. Citric and bitter finish, and zingy mouthfeel.