Subsidiaries
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
This ale pours a beautiful dark orange colour with a nice frothy white head. First sniff I found scents of vinegar and wine at the start. Sweet wine like a port. After that the whiskey kicks in. First sip was almost peaty with a trace of smoke. Sweet with caramel amd syrup. The finish is very much full of the malt whiskey it boasts on the label. Pretty sweet too. Still a hint of malt vinegar at the end. Palate nice and a slight bitter on the tongue. Good but only for a couple.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2006
at 19:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Creamy, smokey whiskey aroma. Dark copper colour. Flavour is also smokey in a sort of creamy way, perhaps vanilla. Interesting, and I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2006
at 12:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazy orange-amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of caramel, but also light notes of oranges. The flavor sweet with strong notes of caramel, but also hints of acidity, wood, and whiskey. It has slightly more character than the standard Innis & Gunn, but not much considering, that it has been on barrel 366 days compared to usually 47. Thanks to Ian of BSF for this beer.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2005
at 07:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazy amber beer with a collapsing brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of whiskey and caramel, and lesser notes of alcohol and smoke. The flavor is also very sweet, which makes it sticky in the mouth. It has notes of whiskey and caramel, as well as hints of smoke. A lovely thick caramelized beer-whiskey.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2005
at 05:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Red amber ale with a thin lacing white head. Some skunk escapes, then some whiskey barrel wood comes out with light hops. In mouth, again malty scotch with light restrained hops, but rather thin in finish. A good beer for the oak age crowd.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2005
at 18:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bright copper colour. Vanilla, wood and caramel aromas shoot forth. The flavour is sweet. Grainy notes are infused with prominent wood and vanilla. A refined, drinkable beer, if a little lacking in complexity.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2005
at 04:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep gold,small beige head.Woody,sweet nose. Sweet palate, overtones of honey,toffee,vanilla. Interesting
Tried
on 26 Oct 2005
at 19:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a light copper color ale with a medium head with average retention. Aroma of malt is pretty discreet with some noticeable English hops. Taste has some recognisable floral malt with a slightly bitter finish. I’m not too sure about the oak aged aspect since I thought it was hard to distinguish and almost seems like a marketing gimmick…
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2005
at 09:54
1.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
330ml bottle from Asda. Have put off having this for the past couple of years because I knew that I would hate it. And I do. I mean what the hell does it think it is? What is it trying to be? I’m old fashioned enough (ok I’m only 34 but I’m working on it) to believe that beer should be beer flavoured. Subtle flavours, hints of one thing or another, I can deal with. This? OK lets start from the beginning. Orange copper coloured beer with lasting whit e head. Looks perfectly fine. Then you take a whiff of it and suddenly you are transported to the inside of a tree. Why, what is the point? Yes some vanilla, some interesting fruit some boiled toffee flavour. Otherwise absolutely horrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2005
at 17:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brilliant amber-orange color. A senous nose of oak, caramel, a touch of smoke and a pale malty nose. It kind of reminded me of a chardonnay. Light-med body with oak, smoke and whisky notes. Very oaky finish with a touch of scotch. if you like oak, you will like this beer.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2005
at 08:29