7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Tomlinson’s beer shop, Inverness and also fresh straight from the brewery! It pours pretty much black, with a thin off-white head. The nose is rich coffee, roasted malt, cocoa powder and a touch of dark fruit. The taste is rich coffee, roasted malt, bitter chocolate, light acidity from the coffee, light creaminess, dark fruit and charcoal, with a very dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Really good rich coffee flavour. A very accomplished and flavoursome brew at this percentage. Well done Chappy!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2012
at 13:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tomlinsons, Inverness and also fresh straight from the brewery! It pours deep mahogany brown, with a small white head. The nose is caramel, dark fruit, spice, rye and wood. The taste is wood, leather, rye bread, spice, zesty citrus, dark fruit sweetness and varnish, with a bitter finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Interesting, well balanced and flavoursome. Great stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2012
at 13:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Blackfriars, Inverness and also later in bottle. It pours golden yellow, with a medium white head. The nose is freshly cut grass, citrus pith and white bread. The taste is citrus pith, grapefruit, light soapiness, straw, grass and sweet malt notes to balance everything out. Finishes with light bitterness. Light-medium body and soft carbonation. Good balance and flavour. A sold session ale and good start for this new brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2012
at 13:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Druaght@Brewdog Camden, London. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, floral and caramelly notes along with some mild toffee. Flavour is fruity, floral with some mild wooden and caramelly notes.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2012
at 22:22
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at PSBH 9th August 2012. Nice deep rich colour and a pleasant head. Good aroma of hops and the taste and palate are full and satisying. Good one
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2012
at 08:50
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at tap golden amber ...thin white head... big zezty hop nose ... big citrus orange ... big zinging hop ... but too much passion .... great ... but not me ...
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2012
at 07:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Golden Rule, Edinburgh
Golden amber, clear, thick white creamy head, good lacing
Aroma - sweet fruity malts, apricot, peaches, sweet mellow citrus
Taste - sweet fruity malts, soft apricot and citrus, hint of banana, tropical fruits, soft sweet caramel malts, some bitter grassy hop in the background. Good flavour for the abv - not over hoppy bitter but the fruits are still there
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body, bit oily, smooth. Finish as main flavour, nice grassy hop on the tail
Overall - This is a really good session beer - lots of flavour for the abv without lots of hop bitterness.
Golden amber, clear, thick white creamy head, good lacing
Aroma - sweet fruity malts, apricot, peaches, sweet mellow citrus
Taste - sweet fruity malts, soft apricot and citrus, hint of banana, tropical fruits, soft sweet caramel malts, some bitter grassy hop in the background. Good flavour for the abv - not over hoppy bitter but the fruits are still there
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body, bit oily, smooth. Finish as main flavour, nice grassy hop on the tail
Overall - This is a really good session beer - lots of flavour for the abv without lots of hop bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2012
at 13:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ The Caley, Edinburgh 300612
Reddish brown, clear, creamy white head, good lacing
Aroma of grassy hops, caramel malts. Taste of grassy hops, some soft rye, dark bit creamy caramel malts, lots of hop flavour - mainly grassy grapefruit.
Palate - soft carb. medium body, tangy citrus grass. smooth. Finish as main flavour, bitter, nice linger not too intense.
Overall - I find rye gives an slightly odd cereal flavour in a beer, but it works really well for me in this beer. It’s certainly better on cask - I don’t think it works as well on keg.
Reddish brown, clear, creamy white head, good lacing
Aroma of grassy hops, caramel malts. Taste of grassy hops, some soft rye, dark bit creamy caramel malts, lots of hop flavour - mainly grassy grapefruit.
Palate - soft carb. medium body, tangy citrus grass. smooth. Finish as main flavour, bitter, nice linger not too intense.
Overall - I find rye gives an slightly odd cereal flavour in a beer, but it works really well for me in this beer. It’s certainly better on cask - I don’t think it works as well on keg.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2012
at 07:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Duke’s Corner, Dundee. Pours golden with some head. The nos is bursting with pine and grapefruit. The taste has grapefruit and particularly grapefruit pith. the palate is medium bodied with a tangy middle texture and a clean, zingy finish. Overall, a modern pale ale by numbers, basically!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2012
at 05:36
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
keg at the southern ... light hazy yellow amber ... thin white head ... soft orange and passion fruit nose ...too cold ... too fizzy ... bitter front ... big long passion fruit ... soft zezt ... quite tasty but ruined by keg 3.4 cask at the red squirell ... light hazy yelllow amber ... thin white head ... very juicy orange ... soft fruity passion fruit zezt nose ... quite bitter again ... a little oily ... huge lemon peel front ... mellow soft passion fruit ... light sherbert zezt ... little orange in linger 3.7 again on cask... this is really quite nice ... no notes but i really really enjoyed it. upping to 3.9 cask at bow ... amber ... thin white head .. soft zezty floral orange ... juicy fruits .. soft orange ... just soft clean mellow and damn juicy 4.0
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2012
at 10:54