Broughton Old Jock (Bottle)

Brewed by Broughton
Style: Old Ale
Biggar, The Borders, Scotland

I totally dug this beer. Scottish Ales are usually not on my list due to their ash-tray flavor qualities. However, this jocky was pretty tasty. Poured a nice reddish-amber. Smelt slightly smoked and had great robust flavor. This beer should be served room -temp. Changed my perspective totally. After a bottle of this Scottish brew i found myself in a Hagas eating contest with a forehead full of blood from too many Glaskow kisses!! OYYYA!

appearance is nice darker than expected with large head, nice. Aroma is malty, slightly bready, stable maybe. Taste is not as complex as expected for a beer of this strength, alcohol well hidden. Would like to try it again.

I was not sure what to expect from this one but found myself to be quite pleased. Sampled from a 16.9 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark chestnut color with a medium sized creamy tan head. The aroma is sweet, tangy and has a strong note of molasses. The flavor is strong molasses with tangy ripe fruits underneath. There is a deep malty molasses finish. I will be coming back to this beer again.

Bottle from Tesco, Fort William. Pasteurised. Dark brown/red. Aroma of malt, toffee, fruit. Full bodied and malty, sweetish. Not unpleasant - I’d like to try on cask.

Big head upon pouring which reduced quickly.There was a slight vinegar aroma when first poured which didn’t impress me.Brownish appearance and a reasonable body but all round not that impressive/

Freed from it’s glass enclousure, Old Jock pours a clear caramel-y brown color, with lush, creamy head. Nice enough lookin’... Aroma, nuts, dark fruits, creamy malt, but all lightly played, nothing too stand-out. Crisp, clean taste, malt dominant, same dark flavors from the nose, return on the tongue...plus a hint of maple and molasses, a trickle of treacly caramel and toffee, berries and grapes. An easy drinker, too, quite smooth, passes past the lips with remarkable fastidiousness. Medium bodied, faint, fruity finish. A good bottle of brew, but nothing to knock your Granny over to get.

Amber colour with a off-white head. Malty raisin aroma and taste. Medium body and a light spicy finish.

dark copper pour nice mushroom tan head. nose of dark fruit and sweet malt. full bodied palate with sweet malty flavors, tobacco, oak, figs and rock candy sweetness. a little more robust then i expected. good.