7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Ruby red, clear, low head. Dried fruit aroma. Sherry like and raisin taste. Small bubbles lingering.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2016
at 17:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Traquair 50 This is an Old Ale brewed to celebrate 50 years of brewing at Traquair and limited to 20,000 bottles. Served in a snifter it’s a brown so deep it seems black with a creamy head of beige foam. The aroma on this is awesome: dates, plums, just an incredibly rich stone fruit, toffee/fudge, molasses. This exemplifies all the best ways of making a malt forward beer. Medium body, some booziness and a semi-dry finish. The taste is dark pitted fruits (raisins, dates, plums), malts (caramel, sherry, fudge) and some bright berry notes as well. Man this is a good beer and the dark chocolate in the finish with the pleasurable warmth spreading from the pit of my stomach really makes me think this is a beer made for winter sipping. Get it while you can.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2016
at 06:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml Bottle - Dark brown with red tinges. Blackcurrant, raisins and leather in the aroma. Malty, fruity and rich taste with Dundee cake, cherries and blackcurrant standing out. Very easy to drink considering the abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2016
at 13:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle from ’Firma Bier’, bottled in July 2014. Clear, extremely dark red with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Sweetish, malty, spicy, moderately fruity and a bit vinous aroma of toffee, raisins, prunes, some oak and spices. Sweetish-malty, moderately fruity and quite spicy taste of toffee, raisins, prunes, vanilla, orange peel, coriander and some oak, followed by a medium long, moderately bitter, spicy and slightly vinous finish. Medium body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Very tasty, quite complex and not too spicy. Delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2016
at 14:36
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Tanakaya. Rich raisin, plums, pudding, chocolate, light citrus. Awesome nose. Notes of port too. Dark brown with lace, red tints. Sweet and fruity, tons of dried fruits, plum, raisin, grape, orange, awesome stuff. Smooth and silky, not heavy. Light carbonation. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2016
at 08:07
8.5/10
Tried
on 23 Oct 2016
at 12:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Dark reddish brown with a big off white head that fizzed away quite quickly. Aroma is sweet, fruit, alcohol. Flavour matches with a soft, woody finish. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2016
at 14:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7
500 ml bottle from Liquor Barn. Dark opaque brown, raisin aroma. Dark fruit malt taste, interesting bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2016
at 22:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 29/08/16. Bought a couple of years ago, still BB 2021. Rich aroma - raisens, brown sugar, rum. Dark brown. Thin ring of a beige head. Medium sweet and bodied. Oily finish on the tongue with a burn from the alcohol at the back of the throat. Spices, raisens, something I can’t pick out along the lines of almonds. Just been doing DIY so was going to have something lightet but had this at room temperature as nothing in the fridge. Very satisfying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2016
at 09:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
33 cl bottle @ Töölö, BBE 04/2025. Aroma has rye bread and rye pudding. Also some spice. Feels sweet. Flavour has caramel, toffee, mild spiciness and some licorice. Also sweet maltyness typical to barley wines. Dryish finish with some nuts and mild warming alcohol. Very typical Traquair beer and close to Jacobite Ale. Balanced and nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2016
at 14:32