500 ml bottle, bought at Peckham’s, Glasgow. ABV is 3.8%. Amber colour, large off-white head, leaves a nice lacing. Malty aroma with notes of caramel, some fruit too. The flavour has a decent balance between malts and hops, notes of toffee and moderate fruit, hoppy finish. Quite good.

Pours an a brown colour with some off white head. Malty aroma, with a definite wiff of alcohol. The taste is definitely Scottish, but I found that it didn’t have that syruppy taste that some Scottish beers have, which was particularly nice considering the style. It tastes somewhere between a strong bitter and a barley wine. Quite easy drinking considering the strength. Has a malty, choclaty flavour with a hint of alcohol, but not an overpowering one. Very nice.

Bottle from Peckhams, Glasgow. Beautiful russet/amber colour, lasting thin beige head. Syrupy malty aroma, but pure malt. It’s definitely strong in alcohol. Lots of cereal on aroma. A little stale in the malts. Not a lot of flavour in mouth. Crude alcohol. Some choc and coffee, no great complexity. Fine, but disappointing.

Pours jet black into an English pint. Tan head recedes to skim surface. Milk chocolate and smoke aromas. Oily and slightly thin with upfront espresso and a lasting sour, roasted chocolate finish. Lots of flavor for 4%.

No head, near-black beer with red highlights. Sourish, alcohol, fusels, ink, chestnuts or other nuts, apricot brandy aromas, great. Vinous flavour, liquorice, old cherries, plums. Chocolate (-malt). Fully slick and heavy body. Superb beer, impressive.

Black hole colouring, no head. Heather and a some esters, sherry, licorice. Dusty malt. Mellow slick mouthfeel.

Cask@GBBF2007. Yellow colour, big creamy white head. Aroma is herbs, hoppy fruits and some vegetables. Flavour is very wooden, hoppy (flowery and fruity) along with grass and slight burnt notes. Leaves a nice wooden and flowery flavour in the aftertaste.

Bottle RBESG 07 ... Dark Black ... No doubt whiskey in nose ... SLight sourness ... rich and deep fruity malt ... wouldnt think 10% ... little spirit in linger.Independant rate a week later bottle at home.deep solid black;lots of roast malts, lovely smooth rich malts,syrupy toffee malts with a nice slight sour edge3.8Tk3 Bottle at home nov08... Deep black ... rich meaty roast malts nose ... light vanilla roast ... no real whiskey present ... lovely deep deep flavour ... sevr smooth ... medium to low carbonation ... medium to heavy body 4.0cask .... dark black thin tan head ...soft roast ...meaty toffee malt nose .... sweet toffee ... little chocolate ... definit whiskey this time ... soft roast ... light bitter ... rich and heavy .... almost a little honey 3.8cask at SRAF ... dark black ... thin tan head ... soft roast whiskey nose ... too thin ... to much whiskey up front ... light roast malts ... 3.4 Bottle at home ... Gyle 2... deep black ... thin lacing ... soft toffee chocolate roast ... light whiskey nose ... dark roast malt ... dark chocolate ...definite whiskey ... body a little thin ... 3.9

Bottle at home gyle 2 drunk on train feb 2015...deep black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft chocolate.. Heavy roast malts nose... Treacle... Bitter chocolate... Light bitter blackcurrant... Tiny oxidation... Light whisky tones 4.1

Cask at herriot watt beer festival 2025 ...dark black thin tan lacing ...soft sweet caramel roast ..soft whiskey nose ..dark chocolate roast malts ..soft vanilla chocolate ..soft whisky 3.8

Cask at the blue blazer ...dark black ...thick tan head ..(looks great )..soft sweet woody chocolate roast malts ..soft woody chocolate roast malts nose ..mellow 4.1

Bottle from Peckhams, Glasgow. Ruby red with lasting beige head. Aroma of dry malt and red berries are good, with some hop. A little bit of chalk. Doesn’t really work in the bottle. Good aroma, rest is disappointing. Some milk choc.