Broughton Old Jock (Bottle)

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

Bottled(500ml). -Dark amber coloured, medium sized pale beige head, caramelish chocolate nose. Toasted malt, fruity and toffee taste with notes of brown sugar and chocolate. Mild alcohol hint in the finish. Very smooth.

25 oz bottle. A pretty old bottle; best by October 2002. I found this bottle lodged under a shelf in College Liquors covered with dust. What a find! I usually ignore the best by dates, and this beer proves why this is a good idea usually. Pours a clear ruby color with a thick tan head. The aroma is strong malts, some fruit, roasted flavors also. The taste is great; sweet and strong toasted malts, a huge berry and fruit aspect, and then the finish is a very long earth and smoky quality. Really an amazing beer. Probably made in 2000, and has aged amazingly to Nov 2008. Great.

16.9oz bottle. Pours copper in color with full foamy brown head. Aroma sweet and roasted malt. Taste of roasted malt, nutty, dry and hint of licorice with very dry finish.

Bottle. Nice brown/red color. Really clear. Aroma is sweet with lots of malt and caramell but also some bready notes. Taste is a bit thin with nice malts and a nice touch of caramel. A bit hoppy for the style. Good!

Sale for $2 at Sam’s. Bottle says expiration date was a month ago, but it tasted fine to me. Deep copper pour with off-white head. This is a rich, malty brew; surprising hop presence for a Scottish ale. I thought it was much sweeter than the "slightly sweet" description, but also bitter and surprisingly fruity (figs, apricot jam, maybe some orange). Malt is still the dominant flavor though; on the biscuity/toffee side. A bit more alcoholic tasting than expected. Tasty brew.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm) Reddish brown colour with huge, frothy, beige head. Malty nose with toasted grain, hints of apricot marmalade and caramel, but mainly malty. Malty, slightly toasty taste with notes of orange peel, caramel, toffee and spicy hops in a fairly bittersweet finish. Balanced malt sweetness dries out towards the end. Lovely balance, nice beer.

Bottle that was in my Cropredy swapbox from Craig at Cropredy Festival 2008, cheers Craig Poured looking quite wonderful, chesnut in colour with great clarity and a nice white head. I tasted this straight after some Pannepot and Pannepot Grand Reserva which I suppose was a little unfair as the first taste immediately flagged this up as being nowhere near as refined or complex as the previous two, but putting that aside this is clearly a very different beer. I’m immediately swamped with a bit mouthfull of sweet rustic molasses and a sort of crunchiness, theres toffee, its soft in the mouth and really quite full flavoured but lacking a little in complexity. Its fruitiness and toffee surge through again and I like this but felt that it could have been even better.

Strong beer. Dark roasted malt, caramel sweet. Fruity and nutty. Not very carbonated. Recommended to drink at room temperature.