6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium beige offwhite creamy head with larger bubbles. Dark red-brown body. Sweetish musty aroma rather like whipped cream. Sweet, smoky, lightly roasty taste with notes of licorice. Sweetish, dry aftertaste. Good, quite interesting.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2006
at 08:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
(Bottled) Colour is dark brown with notes of copper, off-white head. Roasted and fruity nose with coffee, spices (clove?) and dark chocolate with orange zest. Full and round taste with some sweetness (brown sugar), dark roasted coffee, dried fruit and dark, bitter chocolate and/or toffee. Some bitterness and a lot drier towards the end. Long finish with a brown palate (don’t know why, but it just feels ... brown). Lots of taste, the alcohol is well hidden, which makes this is a very well balanced and constructed beer. Absolutely brilliant!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2006
at 15:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours mahogany brown into a tumbler. Very effervesent with quickly receding mocha-colored head. Date and plum aromas - dare I say play dough? Burnt caramel and molasses with a slightly bitter, dry lasting finish. Very similar to a trappist ale, but not quite as full-bodied.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2006
at 19:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown with hints of ruby red. Nice foamy head, that disappears sooner than expected. The nose is sweet and full of dark rye bread, dried fruit (prunes) and chocolate fudge. Taste is roasted and sweet at first with dark bread, fruit and spices (coriander, cardamom?), definitely a hint of licorice. The sweetness is, after a while, balanced by a maltiness with nuts (hazel?) and more spices. Not a very hoppy beer, but very nice and warming (especially on a cold January evening).
Tried
on 29 Jan 2006
at 15:42
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Deep red-ish brown colour with a frothy head. Sweet, malty aroma with faint notes of liquorice. Sweet, malty flavour with the alcohol showing up in the finish. I’m dissapointed.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2006
at 11:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep ruby red, almost black colour. The head looks nice for a few moments, then it sinks. Salty liquorice aroma. Sweet, full-bodied, herbal flavour with notes of hazel-nuts and black currants. Some alcohol flavour shows up in the finish.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2006
at 12:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
The Jacobite Ale is one of my favorite beers, so I was expecting great things from the House ale as well. Sadly it didn’t live up. This is a simple beer that lacks the complexity of the Jacobite. The aroma has malt and light smoke. A dark brown beer and a fairly thick cream colored head, but no sediment at all. Flavor is simple: roasted malt and smoke. Of course the dominant quality of the beer is the malt, and in that it is good enough, but for a very expensive beer; and this surely is at $6 for an 11.2 oz bottle, it is a disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2006
at 13:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Red cherry brown ale with a thin moka head, sweet malt and cardamom aroma with licorice notes and grand marnier. Spiced up scotch ale with sweet malt, intense herbal qualities and alcohol warmth. Thin yet complex. Shot but orgasmic while it lasts. Tasted 28/01/05 at Institut Scotch Ale tasting.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2006
at 18:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Red amber ale with cashew hues and a thin white head. Vinous port aroma with woody notes. Light sweet malt with alcohol warmth and subtil whiskey peat notes. Rich and warm in mouth. Tasted 28/01/05 at Institut Scotch Ale tasting. Dumdum would swim in traquair.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2006
at 17:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured a dark brown colour with a small tan head. Aroma of spicies, licourice and malt. Flavor is a little sweet and spicy. Hints of licourice and orange peels too. Some bitterness in the aftertaste with hints of the spices. Very nice!
Tried
on 11 Jan 2006
at 15:26