Draught @ Fairbar, Nørre Alle 66, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.

[ As Malmgård Proto #12 ].
Unclear medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, oat, caramel, sweet malt, dark malt, candy. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, malt, dark malt, caramel, sweet malt, spicy notes, smoked note. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170203]
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Draught. Creamy White good mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter strange herbal flavor. Moderate bitter average finish. Oily palate. Not that smoked.

A clear deep amber body eith a small well-lasting off-white head. Malty nose with notes of caramel, cream fudge, rye bread and sweet chokolate. Taste is sweet with a bready malty flavor and a mildly bitter finish with some typical rye harshness. Light creamy carbonation and full but drinkable palate. Quite nice winter beer with good maltiness and deep flavor.

Fra fat på Oluthuone Leskinen, Oulu 12 Okt 16. Ultramørkerødbrun. Stabilt middels høyt skum. Beskjeden plommearoma. Smaken litt mandler. Lett sherrypreg. Litt søt. Balansert. Tørr avslutning. Grei.

Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - brown pour with beige head. Sweet and toasted malty with some caramel, toffee, dark fruit, slight smoked charred notes into the close.

Keg at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Dark brown, coarse head. Sugary nose with banana and mild smoke. Very sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Sugar, caramel and banana, slight smoke. Low bitterness.

On tap at O’Connors. Brown amber with off white head. Aroma has bananas, sweet malts and sugar. Taste is sugary, banana yeast esters, brown sugar and red malts.

Keg (Stones, Helsinki)
Very deep red, tight creamy keggy head, took a while to settle. Aroma going overboard trying to tick all the boxes of the Scotch Ale stereotype - sweet, malty, to an almost bocky level, husky, and with a gentle smokiness. Does seem a bit too sweet and sticky from that initial introduction. Sweet smooth palate, a bit heavy and dead. Sweet malty taste too, exactly what was promised in the aroma, with an appropriate level of excitement. Pleasant enough dry tingly hop bite. Kinda unsophisticated brew, but decent enough I guess. Palate heaviness was the downside, it was, to reuse a phrase, a bit too "thick and cummy". Sweetness too high too, I prefer more attenuation.

On tap at Harry’s, Jyväskylä. Pours brownish colour. Aroma of brown malts, raisins, dark fruits, bread. Lively carbonated, medium body.

Tap@Nordic, Tampere, Finland. Nice, though simple nuances of malty bourbon, some vanilla and a bit of booze. Quite sad that this has to compete in same series with real scotch’s like Dirty Bastard.