Dunedin Highland Games Ale

Brewed by Dunedin Brewery
Style: Porter
Dunedin, Florida USA

Date: 06/07/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark brown, whispy fine beige head, sweet smokey carmel malt aroma, rich malt flavor with lots of peat and smoked character, light tartness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Overall a great porter. It is not too awfully heavy and has smoky malty flavor to it. It does not hit my palate like a ton of bricks and it was creamy enough to enjoy quickly. Solid.

Draft. This was a spectacular porter. A very dark finish with rich smokey and matly flavors (but still creamy). Easily one of the best porters I’ve ever had. I wanted to take some home from the brewery, but they had no bottles available.

Draft... Very dark ale that is a clear crimson color when held up to bright light. Small, white head with decent retention. The only thing I can pull out of the restrained aroma is a very pleasant smokiness. Very well-balanced for a Scottish-type ale. Moderately bitter; moderately sweet with some very nice dark-roasted, smoky notes. Medium-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel and middling carbonation. Mildly sweet, smoky, gently acidic finish.

Cloudy, murky - reddish brown without barely a tan head. I can even see some unanticipated floaties. Slighlty roasted malts, with a hint of vanilla and lots of oak. The flavor is malty, and tastes strangely medicinal. I can’t drink this, unfortuneatly. I seriously wonder if something is wrong with this beer, as with the last one I had from this brewery.

Bottle from santa - dark brown pour, with substantial tan lace - very peaty, smokey, almost tobacco-like aroma, with a big leathery smell that I’m not sure I’m liking, and every few sniffs I’m greeted with wet ash, like a glass of water with dozens of cigarette butts floating in it - pretty tart up front for a porter, with only a light roasted malt quality - the smoke flavor is very off-putting at first, tasting less like smoked malt and more like burnt rubber, but once your palate adjusts it’s not quite so vile - however, the beer never quite loses that "stack of old tires set ablaze" kind of quality - I would pass on this one.

Very dark brown color with a thin head. A slight smokey/peaty aroma. Incredibly smokey and bitter taste. Honestly, it tastes a little like a cigar. Scratch that, a lot like a cigar. You’ll either enjoy it as an oddity or despise it as Devil Juice.

The aroma is very earthy with peat, smoke, and molasses. The appearance is dark brown and the head is small. The flavor is like the aroma with a touch of soy sauce. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s quality but it’s just not my thing.