cagarvie (40076) reviewed Brewed Awakening from Cromarty Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
cask at cloister ... deep dark brown ... sweet coffee roast ... big coffee nose ... dark sweet chocolate roast ... huge coffee hit ... little milky coffee ... soft bitter linger 3.7 tk2 at the bow ... up to 3.8 Keg at bow bar blind tasting and the only keg worth te4h effort of the blind set ... dark brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft dry bitter roast nose .. .dark malts .. soft chocolate ... ligth bitter roast ... light charcoal .. light pine 3.9
stravale (3279) reviewed Brewed Awakening from Cromarty Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ No.27 Inverness
Very dark brown to black...lots of ruby light through...creamy off white head
Aroma - light roast filter coffee..soft roasted malt..dark caramel malts...no hops
Taste - soft roast coffee...mellow roasted malts..dark caramel malts...hint of Cadbury’s fudge....light bitter hops in background...overall flavour mellow and rather light
Palate - very soft carb...thin to medium body...smooth and quite silky. Finish of smooth coffee and soft roast..clean finish
Overall - Seems to be more like a porter to me.....bit on the safe side - more body and flavour would improve this...coffee is well done here..soft easy drinking porter
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Happy Chappy from Cromarty Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
cask at blue blazer ... light golden amber ... thin white head ... soft lemon citrus nose ... sweet zezty lemon peel ... juicy floral fruits ... light easy ... soft soapy lemon ... ok
stravale (3279) reviewed Happy Chappy from Cromarty Brewing Co. 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ Bandstand Bar, Nairn 050612
This is improved considerably from when I first had it...in fact is has really changed but for the better - it’s a really good golden ale, more balanced, lots of nice fruity malts - I preferred it to the Avalanche
Cask @ Bandstand Bar, Nairn 6/3/7/4/14 241211
Amber, clear, frothy white head dissipated to thin layer, some lacing.
Aroma - Light grassy hops, light malts, some minerals - very light aroma
Taste - some grassy bit spicy hops, light caramel malts - not much flavour intially but builds up like a ’wave’ to the finish
Palate - soft carb, thin body. Finish - the flavour reaches it’s intensity here - spicy hops, citrus hops - grapefruit and grassy - quite dry - lingering hops with some minerals and a bit of cereal. Good for 4.1%.
Overall - This is a reasonably good debut beer - ..I wonder what is in store with higher abv beers, darker beers, stouts etc.......I think there is better coming in the future........one to watch