 VeloVampire (490), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 15, 2009 500 ml bottle - pours a lovely auburn hue with with a long-lived white head that leaves chunky lace. Subdued, slightly sour apple/light fruit aroma doesn’t give much hope, but there are some nice flavours here. Good malt base, ovaltine, hazelnut, some thick milk chocolate, and a good dose of UK hops lends to a sessionable amber ale. Good effort.
Hermod (294), Vantaa, Finland
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 14, 2009 50cl bottle local store. Amber color, with white head, thin. sweet, little fruit in aroma. Flavour is toffee and caramel, slightly bitter finish.
Elwood (677), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 10, 2009 Serving: 12 oz. bottle.
Appearance: Clear amber with a massive, creamy, off-white head. Excellent head retention. Excellent lacing.
Aroma: Light nose with notes of peat and earth and a slight off metallic smell.
Flavor: Smooth, herbal hop bitterness, a little dough, a touch of caramel, and a good bit of malt sweetness.
Palate: Smooth carbonation with a medium mouthfeel and a short, slightly bitter finish.
Overall: Malty with a good body to it. Not a bad ESB.
mkel07 (526), Brisbane, Australia
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 9, 2009 355ml bottle. Copper in colour qith a nice white ehad, looks a bit murky in the glass. Aroma of sea salt mixed with muscat grapes. Strong bitter flavour with a well rounded malty finish. Not a hole in one but not too bad.
Spab (294), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 9, 2009 500 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a slightly cloudy copper with small vaguely off-white head. Light sweet malty aroma. Flavour is much more pronounced, primarily caramel malt but with a bit of fruitiness. Somewhat creamy mouthfeel and lightly bitter finish. Pleasant.
sound67 (213), Offenbach, Germany
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 7, 2009 355ml bottle, brown. Golden, clear amber colour, small off-white head. Modest aroma of stewed fruit, raisins and cake. Low carbonation; thick, creamy mouth feel. Earthy, malty initial taste, followed by some fruit and caramel. Dry hoppy finish and lingering coffee-ish aftertaste. Complex premium/esb, a little more grainy than their "Robert Burns" ale, and less chocolaty. Closer to the "Scottish Ale". Likeable, straight-arrow dark ale. Should be sessionable.
Nisse666 (438), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 5, 2009 Bottle, 10 C ,Scotland
Fruit, smoked malt, butterscotch, rasins cake. This is one of the better ones from Belhaven
Fratto (737), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 14, 2009 Bottle from the Whole Foods in Arlington, Texas. Loved the Wee Heavy, so tried this out. Fruity and strangely thick.
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