Subsidiaries
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours a clear orange with a small head. Aroma is dusty, yeasty lemon with a little coriander. Taste has a little orange malt to start with a dusty, spicy coriander finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2012
at 12:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Amber coloured ale that is increasingly endearing as it has an excellent body to it.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2012
at 12:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle - a clear golden (almost lager-like appearance) with a white head, Faint nose of hops and grass, a bit of carbonation and a bitter after taste. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2012
at 12:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle - a black body with tan head, classic stout look, a very smoky cigar-like taste, with a little kick of vanilla and cocoa. Lingering bitter after taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2012
at 13:08
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml Brown bottle: best before 28 Nov 2012, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 31 July 2012. Dark reddy/brown body with an off-white head of deep bubbles. Malts in the nose; roasted and toasted, not a lot else my senses could detect. The taste was also malty but with a bitterness never far away. Very dry aftertaste be it from the hops or the thistle content? Nothing wrong with it, but it doesn’t set my world alight and I’ll not be seeking out another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2012
at 14:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle from Glen Moray distillery shop. Pours a very dark amber with a nice head. The nose has fruit cake and hints of ginger. The taste has fruit loaf which turns into ginger bread in the finish. The palate is medium bodied with a creamy texture and a clean and quite bitter finish. Overall, a well made ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2012
at 02:58
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Pours black with amber head. Sweet aroma of liquorice and vanilla. Less oily than most stouts, with the liquorice kick shining through with a smoky aftertaste. Very good, if a little sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2012
at 15:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask carry out from the Bitter End Off Licence, Bromley. Amber pour with a white head. Caramel and citrus aroma. Caramel and malt flavour. Sweet, malt finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2012
at 07:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from M&S Bratislava. dark copper color with huge, long lasting, white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, plums, apples, ginger. Fruity taste with ginger, bitter hops, hints of chocolate, liquorice. Long bitter finish. I paired it with cake and this combination was quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2012
at 11:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Sunningdale Hotel, Elgin
Caramel brown...clear....dense white head with good lacing
Aroma of soft roasted malts, dark caramel, soft dark fruits
Taste of dark caramel malts, bit of soft roasted malts, dark fruits, some hedgerow fruits, touch of christmas cake spices
Palate - soft carb, medium body, smooth. Finish as main flavour, the soft fruity malts and hint of spice comes through more.
Overall - I don’t see this very often, but it’s one of my favourite Cairngorm beers - should be available all year round
Caramel brown...clear....dense white head with good lacing
Aroma of soft roasted malts, dark caramel, soft dark fruits
Taste of dark caramel malts, bit of soft roasted malts, dark fruits, some hedgerow fruits, touch of christmas cake spices
Palate - soft carb, medium body, smooth. Finish as main flavour, the soft fruity malts and hint of spice comes through more.
Overall - I don’t see this very often, but it’s one of my favourite Cairngorm beers - should be available all year round
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2012
at 10:39