Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Pours a murky brown body with a small off-white head and some particles. Aroma of dates, raisins, alcohol and caramel. Flavor is papery, dirt, alcohol and dark fruits. Light bubbles.

Bottle: Hazy, amber coloured, big stable rocky off-white head, sticking to the glass; deep and solid sweet fruity (dried fruits) and caramelly nose with hoppy and alcoholic spots; solid sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied; increasing hoppiness in the drier fruity-malty finish with a lingering hoppy aftertaste. Great, well balanced stuff.......

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before OCT 2010, purchased at the Manitoba Liquor Control Commissions on January 20 2010, savoured on February 2 2010; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head, light lacing; nose: grain, malt, nutty; mouth: malt, grain, nutty, nutty finale with presence of hops; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant OCT 2010, achetée à la Manitoba Liquor Control Commission le 20 janvier 2010, savourée le 2 février 2010; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : malt, grain, noix; bouche : malt, grain, noix, finale en noix avec présence de houblon, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, texture quelque peu soyeuse, légèrement amère; en résumé : bien

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before JAN 2011, purchased at the Manitoba Liquor Control Commissions on January 20 2010, savoured on February 1 2010; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, white head that turns into a tiny ring, nice lacing; nose: grain, malt, nutty; mouth: grain, malt, acridness, hops, nutty, astringent hops, light orange, finale in grain, medium body, average carbonation, harsh texture, light astringency, nice bitterness; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant JAN 2011, achetée à la Manitoba Liquor Control Commission le 20 janvier 2010, savourée le 1 février 2010; œil : dorée, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse blanche qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, bonne dentelle; nez : grain, malt, noix; bouche : grain, malt, âcreté, houblon, noix, houblon astringent, léger orange, finale en grain, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, texture rugueuse, légère astringence, bonne amertume; en résumé : ordinaire

Dark amber brown liquid decent lacing. The nose is sweet and a tad simple. It’s good, but it’s a fairly plain caramelized malt scent. The flavor is really nice. I’m not a big fan of Scottish ales, but this is an enjoyable beer. It’s not too sweet but still strong and rich. The flavor reminds of a doppelbock, which I mean as a compliment. The feel is smooth and fairly creamy with only prickling on the back of the tongue.

Bottle:Golden, a bit unclear, no carbonation visible; moderate fruity and lemony-hoppy nose, juicy malt underneath; pretty light bodied, moderate dry bitter-sweet flavour; lingering dry lemony-bitter finish. Not bad........

Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear BF 09. Amber colour, lasting thin off white head. Yeast aroma, it’s an ok beer. Little bit empty in the mouth, but ok satsuma and yeast characters.

Bottle from Tesco, 2009-12-22, Uddingston AR: roasted malt AP: darrk/amber body, high diminishing head F: great bitterness, roasted malt, dark baking syrup

Cask @ State Bar. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts and spices, cinnamon, cloves. Flavour of caramel malts, cloves and fruits. Some sweetness. A bit watery.

(Cask at Akkurat) Poured pale amber and lightly hazy with medium sized and white head. Aroma contained toffee and hops. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, toffee, grass and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter and lightly sweet.