 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 14, 2006 Bottle sampled with Beerded_one. Pours dark with a decent size light tan head. Aroma of alcohol, slight roast, slightly smokey, molasses, and dark fruit. The flavor is smooth, smokey, dark fruit, slightly sweet up front, molasses, and a nice alcohol finish. Good body, great brew.
iowaherkeye (1877), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 12, 2006 750mL bottle, no date, acquired from ABUSEDGOAT. Pours a hazy dark ruby with a slowly fading two finger creamy light beige head. Aroma of light smoke, toasty malts, a little nuts, chocolate, oak/vanilla, and some alcohol. The alcohol is much more apparent in the taste. Very sweet with molasses and brown sugar, though towards the end it gets moderately bitter with some earthiness, and goes into a dry, lingering bitter finish. Other aromas show up in the flavors as well. Full bodied, light-moderate carbonation. Quite nice.
JoeM500 (1876), Chicago (little italy), Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 18, 2002 Great aroma of deep dark malt and big alcohol, sort of like brandy. Big flavors,too...pretty complex with some dark wood-like flavors. Thank you hopsrus!!!
BeerLimey (1873), California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 12, 2004 Dark reddish brown appearance, good head formation. Strong, dark fruit aroma, prunes, raisins, brown sugar, pretty much all malt. Sweet, slight;y chewy palate, very fruity raisin bread, caramel malt, toffeeish, dry woodiness and mild spice. Sugary flavor noticeable as is the elevated alcohol level, albeit unobtrusive.
RAYBOY01 (1869), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 20, 2006 What a fine scotch ale this is! Smoky and alcohol laden...with notes of peat, chocolate and molasses. Some dried fruitiness rolling around in the background, like dates and plums. Very vinous texture and possesing a malt chewiness that I find very enjoyable. The perfect beer to enjoy with a fine cigar!
CharlesDarwin (1860), Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 19, 2005 The celebratory almost-done-with college beverage. The liquid is delicious looking cloud of tree bark, fringed with sunset orange and red. A thin line of ivory head rims the glass, a few bubbles percolate to the surface. Aroma is strikingly deep and rich, with sherry and raisins, rounded with frothed whipping creme touched with a half a vanilla bean and a cup of baking sugar. A gentle rounded bourbon warms the background of the aroma. Flavor is rich complex malt, mixed with a creme brulee topped with some shaved dark chocolate. A hint of grain and oats, and a quick waft of earthy fruit. Palate is clean and a touch dry, but leaves a cloying brown sugar coating and a smack of light euro hops. An extremely well balanced beer, with deft flavors and gentle tones. Alcohol is a tinge hot. The upper level of hops is an appreciated aspect of this particular brew.
mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 11, 2007 Pours a dark brown with little to no head. Kind of syrupy looking. Smells of chocolate and caramel like most scotch ales. Taste is pretty sweet with some vanilla and caramel, with hints of chocolate, and a light spiciness to it. Kind of tastes like a tootsie roll. alcohol is prevalant. Very sweet malts and roasted nuts towards the finish. Very nicely done, probably thebest scotch ale Ive ever had.
Crosling (1856), Loveland, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 3, 2004 Mahogany.
Mellow aroma but still enjoyable. Hints of smoke, wood, peat, alcohol, molasses, burnt caramel and heavily toasted malts.
The malts provide the beer with a subtle smokiness in the backround and notes of wood, prunes, raisins, toffee, grape, chocolate and caramel. Obviously this beer is more malt accentuated but the hop bitterness is this on the finish.
I like it but it’s nothing compared to the others.
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