Broughton Excisemans 80/- (Cask)

Brewed by Broughton
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Biggar, The Borders, Scotland

[At Københavnske Øldage 2005] A clear red beer with a disappearing off-white head. The aroma contains slight hints of cowberries as well as alcohol. The flavor is primarily of alcohol, that dries out the mouth combined with some metal notes during the beginning, and then turning into a end where cowberries take over.

Cask (return system) @ Abbotsford, 3-5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2PR.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, fruity, apple, roasted and caramel notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, and a fruit acidic note. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090408]

<i>Cask Conditioned at Market Porter, London</i>
Amber color. Simple aroma and boring caramel flavor. Ordinary bitterness.

Cask Handpump at the Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield 16/12/2006 Some fruit aroma. Mid brown coloured slightly rich on the palate and fruity. Some bitterness and dryness in a malt finish.

Cask at GBBF 2009. It’s a little bit silly when you know you have had it in pasteurised bottle but not on cask, but hey, wanted to try it. Red/amber thin beige head. Sweetish aroma. No real hop, more a strongish ruby mild than an ESB. OK

Dark brown, nice head and a malty aroma. The flavour is full with lots of roasted malt, that gives hints of caramel and licorice and I also find notes of fruit. The finish is lightly bitter.

A Mes rate. Cask at the Market Porter. Darkish copper colour with a thin beige head and plenty of lace. Creamy malt aroma with some light tobacco. So so at best. Slight sourness in the flavour, not in the best condition otherwise as the nose and nothing too interesting. Slight bitterness and plenty mineral notes in the finish.

I have been getting into my scotch ales recently, as i probably should since im from scotland, however its quite hard to find a good one. Aroma is malty to a seriously wholemeal loaf level, with dough and a little smokey barnyard aswell. Taste is similar with roasted malts having thier say too. As it warms theres maybe coffee off this too as im drinkin as im rating tonite. An intresting little ale, but could be a whole lot better if made to about 6% and with more care.