Subsidiaries
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
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
4th February 2010
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear dark amber beer. Lightly sour - semi raw malt. A little insipid hop. Struggling with this one.
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear dark amber beer. Lightly sour - semi raw malt. A little insipid hop. Struggling with this one.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2012
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at bow as battle of the brewers X ... deep red brown ... little darker than x ... thin tan head ... much bigger nose ... big zezty tofeee wooody hop nose ... light blackcurrant nose ... dry zezty ... soft fruits ... light dark berry ... thought this is stewarts but i was wrong
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2012
at 21:49
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
I really wasn’t keen on this one. A nice-looking pint with a decent head, but I found the first taste too sickly-sweet and then it’s an almost burnt aftertaste which was far too bitter. Rather than offering balance it just meant there were two flavours I wasn’t very keen on.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2012
at 04:50
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 10
Overall 4.5
Super smooth texture is great in the palate, but it hardly has any aroma or taste.
Tried
on 31 May 2012
at 16:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - straw. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finsh. 250512
Tried
on 25 May 2012
at 10:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Dunnottar Wine and Spirits. It pours very dark brown, with a massive light tan head. The nose is roasted malt, smoke, milk chocolate and charcoal. The taste is caramel milk chocolate, roasted malt, charcoal, toffee, ash and a touch of smoke, with a dry-roasted finish. Sweetness balances out some background acidity. Easy drinking and flavoursome. A Scottish classic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2012
at 12:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear dark brown beer. Small bubbly tan head. Semi dry palate. Very slightly sour and tangy malt. Generic hops fruit. Inoffensive tasty little beer.
GBBF. Cask. Clear dark brown beer. Small bubbly tan head. Semi dry palate. Very slightly sour and tangy malt. Generic hops fruit. Inoffensive tasty little beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 May 2012
at 04:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
April 2009: 500ml brown bottle with a life of 12 days left before it had to be drunk. Poured into a Thistle shaped ’Gordon Finest Golden’ glass (twice). Looked good on both pours at first, dark, very dark ruby red body with a tanned head that sadly faded fairly quickly to not even a full collar or wisp, shame really, because I like a good head on my beers no matter what style they are supposed to be. Chocolate aroma at first, then liquorice and toasted maltloaf. A little fizzy for a stout, and a bit thin in the mouthfeel too, but not unpleasant at all. All the aroma hints come out in the taste with a burnt dryness overcoming the initial sweet chocolate feel I detected. Overall not bad, but it is obviously a lot better in its cask form because this wouldn’t have won ’Best Cask Beer of Scotland’ in 2005.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 03:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Akkurat, Stockholm. Amber colour with a small beige head. Aroma is nutty, caramelly, quite grassy and floral as well. Flavour is similar, but also has mild tropical fruity notes and toffee to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2012
at 02:15