Gravity @ Bow Bar 200712
First batch
Dark brown black, no head, flat
Aroma - Deep curry spices, herbal, some chilli, no malt, no hops, the curry smell is quite nice, no beer aroma at all though.
Taste - Err...no beer again, no malts, no hops, imaginary dark malts. Big time hot chilli spices, loads of curry spices. This stuff is crazy - how do I rate it? OK, I go for flavour and forget it’s a beer. It’s so bloody hot though.
Palate - no carb, medium body, full of curry spices. Finish HOT HOT HOT HOT...lingers for 10 mins...burn burn burn OK it’s a 4/5 for the chilli burn and u get quite a buzz.
Overall - They must bottle it and sell it as a novelty drink. Only small sips of this or throw it into a stew for added spice. I could only drink 1/4 of a pint of this but I was in a rush.
OK - rating as an actual beer, well there’s nothing in the aroma taste or palate that resembles a beer - I’d understand if it was scored almost nothing at all e.g 3/2/3/1/6 1.5 - but I’ll just assess as a drink, forget styles and beer. They should bottle this and sell it as a novelty beer. Perhaps whack the abv up to 11% and put in 330ml bottles. You’ll never notice the alcohol.

cask at bow ... deep copper brown ... soft toffee nose ... sweet fruits ... almost figs in syrup ... juicy fruits ... light toffee ... nice sweet body ... but lacking a little depth of flavour cask at bow ... copper ... thin white head ... soft toffee malts ... juicy malts ... again figs and sweet fruit ... light toffee ... mellow and soft ... stick at 3.4

cask at SRAF ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... deep roast chocolate malt nose... soft roast ... drk chocolate .. little thin in body ... lacking a little carbonation ... mellow roast ... light woodie ... a nice simple mild... drinks very well

CASK (40pint pin, not mini cask like Rich said) at home ... deep darkest black ... thin tan lacing ... deep rich spices ... cinamon ... cardamon ... basically a curry powder ... roast malt nose ... dark malts ... light chilli burn front ... dark roast ... little bitter charcoal roast ... 3.9 Cask at home again ... deep black ... small bubble head ... soft roast ... huge spice ... just loads of curry powder ... soft roast ... lightest blackcurrant fruit ... heavy malts ... quite a lot of spice ... light burn ... little tooo much charcoal roast ... all told i quite like this ... but it needs a little more condition (its a old cask) ... could do with being a little sweeter ... and have a little more body ... cask at the bow ... deep black ... thin tan head ... heavy roast ... toffee malt ...light spice nose ... big burn up front ... loads od spice ... cinimon and chilli ... dark chocolate roast ...but wow ... way more spice burn ... seems a bit more chilli than curry this time .... toffe mals but just wow. it kick 3.9 Deep black .... thin tan head ... deep spiced malts .... bitter spiced malts ...3.9 BATCH 2 From bottle at home ... on first opening all i got was acetone on the nose and in the flavour along with a little curry so wasnt going to update my rating but if i had it would have scored about 1.9 ... Obviously like this i didnt finish the bottle at the tasting ... so when i came to tidy up, i though id have just 1 more mouthfull... wow the acetone had vanished ... so not sure what gave it that and why it vanished as it breated ... So here a rating from a flat open bottle (I recon give it 30 mins to breath) that had been open for over a 24hours ... Deep black ... barest tan lacing ... soft dark fruity nose ...soft curry spice ... little lifeless as its been open to long ... soft oily body ... soft dark malts ... lots of blackcurrant ... heavy curry spice but only a light burn ... This is really nice ... at first i thought i preferred the original batch but i think this is much nicer ONCE the acetone has gone. All told i think id score this 8 3 9 2 16 but with a little more life in it it would possibly deserve a 4.1-4.2

Cask gravity @ Nairn Beer Festival 2012
Reddish copper, hazy, big bubbly head
Aroma - lots of berry fruits, sweet Ribena, caramel malts
Taste - light sweet caramel malts. lots of fruity berries, blackcurrant, light toffee, easy drinking
Palate - very soft carb, thin body, berry fruit palate. Finish as main flavour, bit dry, bit of light bitter tail.
Overall - Easy drinking, quite simple fruity beer, quaffable

Cask @ Old Mill Brodie
Dark amber....clear...big frothy head from sprinkler
Aroma - caramel malt...fruity - hint of red berries....dab of yeast
Taste - fruity malts....light caramel malt...some bitter hops....quite fruity but not much else
Palate - thin body...slightly oily texture. Finish as main flavour but quite bitter on the linger
Overall - just an average bitter - it was the end of the cask but was in reasonably good condition.....bit plain but OK.....will re-rate!

Cask @ The Blackfriars, Inverness
Light blonde...clear...white head
Aroma - Fresh citrus grapefruit...lemon...sweet p ale malts
Taste - refreshing citrus grapefruit...hint of orange...sweet citrus fruits...nice pale golden sweet malt backbone..very quaffable...easy drinking
Palate - soft carb....light to medium body...oily texture. FInish as main flavour and sweet citrusy.
Overall - Good citrusy hoppy beer

Cask @ Blackfrairs
Dark ruby copper...clear....thin white head
Aroma - dark caramel malts...light roast malts..hint of dark fruits
Taste of dark caramel malts..light roast...dark fruits...bit of chocolate..hint of toffee..malty...low amount of hops
Palate - soft carb....medium body....good mouthfeel...smooth...finish as main flavour....nice smooth dark malts
Overall - Well made malty Scottish ale

cask at cloisters ...copper ... thin off white head ... sweet toffee malt ... light hop spice nose .... juicy malts ... sweet toffee malts ... light spiice ... juicy malts ...

cask at cloisters ...copper thin whirte head ... soft toffee malt nose ... dull thin sweet orange fruit hop ... little dull malt ... very standard bitter .. but bit dull and not theyre bestcask at bow ... copper ... thin tan head ... soft toffee malt ...soft creamy malt... zezty dry woody fruit ... 3.3... Cask at the bow bar Nov 2015... Golden red... Small tan head.. Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Soft sweet woody toffee malts.. Soft sweet fruits light. Spice malts... Soft fruits 3.5