Cask at cloisters... Dark amber... Thin off white head... Soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose... Soft sweet toffee caramel toffee malts.. Light sweet easy

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled picked up in Fort William. It pours deep brown with foamy white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, caramel, brown bread, some dried fruits, fruit cake, wood and earth.The taste is dry, quite light, earthy, wood, leather, grain, toasted peanut, dull caramel, bit of cardboard and a touch of spice. Finish is bitter - sweet. Light body and fine, prickly carbonation. Pretty average stuff to be honest. Has a spicy/grainy edge which I am not a fan of...

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home, picked up at Ben Nevis Distillery. It pours clear yellow - blonde with an average white head. The aroma is fresh, floral, honeysuckle, toasty grain, biscuit, cereal and a touch of candied lemon. The taste is crisp, dry, lemon peel, lime, rich tea biscuit malt, toasty grain, cereal and light lemongrass with a drying lemony finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. This isn't my favourite style of beer by any measure, but this is a decent enough blonde ale.