pivnizub (12821) reviewed Saligo Golden Ale from Islay Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Hazy golden-orangey coloured, small foamy layer, quite sharp sweet-sourish nose, covering some sweet-malt; moderate sweet-bitter flavour with a distinctive acidity; sourish-fruity finish, underpinned by some bittering hops. Presumable infected, but nevertheless refreshing and quite well drinkable - in summer........
pivnizub (12821) reviewed Nerabus Ale from Islay Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Hazy, reddish-amber coloured, firm creamy tanned head; vinous, fruity (dried dark berries) nose with a certain acidity; soft MF, dryish bitter-sourish flavour, light to medium-bodied; fruity vinous finish with traces of cacao and a detectable acidity in the aftertaste. Sourish, but nevertheless quite well drinkable........
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Finlaggan Ale from Islay Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Edinburgh beer festical 2007 ... Hazy amber ... Light and fruity malt ... high hop hit .. thats fruity and a touch grassy .
omhper (44752) reviewed Worts n' Ales from Islay Ales 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottled. Hazy deep golden, airy head. Intriguing smokey malt aroma. Sweet and very peaty with dense mouthfeel. Most certainly with lots of islay whisky character. Peat and smoke dominates. I sense no hops, so the smoke lingers also in the finish and only have to battle the malt sweetness for attention. An interesting experiment.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Worts n' Ales from Islay Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from someone at the Burgundian Babblebelt meeting at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Whisky copper colour, slight haze. No head. Aroma of malt whisky. Iodine, peaty malt. Some creamy toffee and then medicinal iodine finish. Orange whisky aroma. It is like an Islay whisky. Pretty intense. Good whisky alcohol burn.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Worts n' Ales from Islay Ales 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
No head, clear orange, still beer. Fully tarry, leather grease, and indeed, watered-down Islay Uisce Beatha. Sweet with then smoked malt whisky, just not as alcoholic. No bitterness. It gives a watery MF - which it hasn’t - because one starts comparing it to whisky, rather than to beer... Very interesting. Still, I think I prefer it distilled.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Saligo Golden Ale from Islay Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy yellow beer with a disappearing head. The aroma is sweet spicy combined with notes of elderberry flowers and hops. The flavor is sweet malty combined with a spiciness and with a hoppy bitter end.
omhper (44752) reviewed Nerabus Ale from Islay Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled. Mahogany colour, no head. Aroma of apple cellar. Sweetish with rounded mouthfeel and medium body. Flavours are vague and non-descript, with the slightest notes of heather and cider. Very low bitterness. Really odd beer.
omhper (44752) reviewed Ardnave Ale from Islay Ales 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. Hazy pale orange. Arma of heather, apples and smoke. Light bodied with notes of licorice. Extremely minerally and heavily sulphury. Resiny finish. More strange than good.
pilsnerrogge (4763) reviewed Black Rock Ale from Islay Ales 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy amber colour. Low head. Fruity grapefruit aroma with a peaty undertone. Wonderful hop bitterness. Peaty finish. A bit thin.