7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at t Grill, Aberdeen. It pours darkest brown with a thick and frothy khaki head. The aroma is soft, sweetish, dried fruits, toasted fruit cake, dark roasted malt, raisin, fig, plum, cacao nibs, coffee grounds and a touch of festive spice. The taste is firmly dry roasted malt, bitter - sweet character, umami, liquorice root, angelica, festive spice, fragrant, cacao nibs, charcoal, burnt toast and toasted fruit cake with a drying, bitter finish. Average body and moderate cask carbonation. Works rather well. I'm always disappointed by the lack of local dark cask beer, so this is a welcome surprise.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2024
at 09:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear blush with a nice white head. The aroma is fresh, clean, bright, real strawberry and raspberry, summer fruits, soft doughy white bread and biscuit. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter - sweet character, juicy, bright, fragrant strawberry, raspberry, raspberry leaf tea, dull tannin, grass, white bread and cracker with a dry, slightly bitter tea like finish. Average body and fluffy carbonation. I like the real fruit character. Vey like raspberry leaf tea on the taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2024
at 18:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours hazy orangey - blonde with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is rich malt character, bready, cereal, nuttiness, ripe stone fruit, apricot, persimmon, peach, lemon verbena and spearmint. The taste is firmly dry, some bitterness, toasty grain, cereal, nuttiness, bread, apricot, peach, bread and dry wood with a drying, finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Interesting depth to it. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2024
at 16:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours Muddy brown with a frothy white head. The aroma is woody, twiggy, nutty, toasty grain, cereal, orange fruits, apricot jam, orange and fruit crumble. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, earthy, woody, twiggy, nutty, light tannin, peppery spice, stone fruits and a twist of orangey citrus with a drying, slightly bitter finish. Average body and fine carbonation. Fairly twiggy, but decent level of bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2023
at 12:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml. bottle. @Auchleven acommodation, Auchleven (Scotland). 02/08/2023 [#6.650 Global - #189 Scotland - #1 Burnside Brewery (My Scottish brewery #61)] Pours mily pale purple with almost no head. Aroma: red berries, lactose, jam and blackberries. Taste: blackberry, light tart red berries, mild lactose and fructose. Medium acidity. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2023
at 08:58
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours turbo cloudy milky purple with a thick, foamy/bubbly off - white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, juicy, ripe purple fruits & berries, purple chewits, bramble jam, bready malt, victoria sponge cake, touch of greenness and stone fruits. The taste is drying, slightly bitter, green, weedy, garlicky vibe, touch raw, piney even, then it's tangy, slight tart, bramble, blueberry, plum compote, jam sandwich, fruit smoothie, slightly soapy and hint of acidity with a drying, green veg finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Some nice elements to this, but the fruit and the base beer clash quite a lot. Not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2023
at 14:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours hazy golden - blonde with a a bubbly white head. The aroma is fresh, big hit of hoppage, green, sappy, fresh pine, pithy, zesty, lemony, grapefruit, pomelo and some bread. The taste is dry, pleasing bitterness which lingers, green, weedy, pine needles, pithy, zesty, lemon, pomelo, grapefruit, peppery spice, floury bread, and some leafiness with a drying finish. Medium body and soft, but supporting carbonation. It's actually a very nice IPL. Wasn't expecting the big hit of hops (despite the name).
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2023
at 11:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at MSBH. It pours jet black with a medium fluffy light tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, sappy, resinous, vanilla fudge, cake frosting, liquorice, rocky road fried fruits, cherry, chocolate and toasted marshmallow. The taste is slick, oily, rich roasted malt, bitter - sweet, meaty, charred, umami, burnt toffee, peppery spice, bonfire plastic, warming whisky, liquorice, rocky road and booze with a drying, charred finish. Fulsome body and fine, foamy carbonation. Intense. I would say aroma is amazing, taste is more unbalanced.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2023
at 19:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at MSBH. It pours hazy red with a decent frothy white head. The aroma is fresh, juicy, jammy, tangy, victoria sponge cake, swiss roll, arctic roll, zingy and jammy porridge. The taste is too cold... raspberry smoothie, slushie, tangy, crisp, jammy, victoria sponge cake, raspberry, strawberry, puckering, bready, cakey, pancake, grassy and earthy with a drying finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2023
at 19:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear amber - brown with a decent fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, caramel, toffee, dried fruits, fruit loaf, mellow chilli spice, touch of smokey tea and brown bread. The taste is dry, pleasing bitterness, sweet - spicy, caramel, bitter toffee, toasty brown sugars, dried fruits, fruit cake, well judged chilli pepper spice, warming, and brown bread with a spicy finale. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Like the balance to this. Decent spiced beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2023
at 15:29