matta (1139), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Sep 7, 2009 I really dig Highland Park whisky and I always have a bottle of Highland Park 12yr in my cupboard, So I am very excited about this brew! Pours a deep rich murky black body and a wispy tan head. The aroma notes of roasted malts, coffee, coco and largely suggests the peat smoke and whisky barrel. I enjoy the way that the Whisky barrel interacts with the characters of the old ale in the flavor. Seems like less oxidation on the beer, but I’m sure it’s just the whisky overpowering the roasty oxidized malts. The palate is sticky and oily, a bit gritty. Finishes dry yet molasses sweet. A fine brew indeed! Ober (1232), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Sep 6, 2009 (Bottle 33cl nr.09829) A black colored beer, with a thick foamy dark beige, almost brown head. The aroma of roasted malts, and chocolate. Notes of dark fruits. The taste of chcolate, with roasted malts, dark fruits and notes of wood. Nice bitter. The aftertaste is dry bitter with a little sweet. petematte46 (227), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Sep 3, 2009 Pours pitch black in color with thin brown head. Aroma sweet, dark chocolate and roasted malt. Taste chocolate, Scotch, coffee and bitter sweet with bitter and dry finish. Enjoyit (1746), Vadum, Denmark
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Aug 26, 2009 Black of color with a weak brown head. An aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malt and alcohol. A flavor of coffee, chocolate, cappucino and oily. Sregnar35 (732), Rotterdam, New York, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 | Aug 23, 2009 Cask at Mahars. Poured a very dark brown with a brown head. Aroma is very roasted and burnt. Flavor is great, sweet and tangy, roasted and hopped, really good cask beer. Rastacouere (5564), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Aug 11, 2009 A deep brown pour covered by a classy, dense beige head which settles and lasts. A malt focused aroma where gentle dark fruits float around forefront smokey hints reminiscent of peat and vanilla. The malts are rich and supple, venturing into considerable sweetness (caramel, molasses), but somehow balanced by a fair touch of roast. Full-bodied, slightly airy and just coating mouth presence is interesting. Remaining sweet and malty in the finish, though developing more than obvious alcohol flavours along the way. Focused and thick, digestive offering which easily meets expectations. Crit (2409), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 | Aug 4, 2009 First off how can you give a beer with no head a 4/5? Nearly everyone did that. If anyone who did would care to rationalize please beer mail me
Black,no head.Alcoholic malt molasses nose.Huge smokey rauchbier taste,whiskey overtones. Medium alcohol heat. Big body
Lacks complexity and carbonation Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Jul 31, 2009 Pours a dark brown body with a thin ring of tan head. Awesome flavors of smoke and bacon. Little dry on the finish.
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