 BeerZack (116), Austin, Texas, USA
Apr 1, 2008
Caramelly orange in color with small, fine ring of bubbles that does lace.
Sweet, fruity, yeasty. Banana, bubblegum, caramel, lemon zest.
Slightly sweet, but less so than the nose, a salty caramel impression, but light malt flavors overall. Fruit (apple, banana, fig), hint of spice and sugar.
Soft, smooth, medium bodied, not highly carbonated. Doesn’t taste or smell like spruce or pine to me.
Bullit (524), Zeist, Netherlands
Aug 24, 2008 Orange-copper colour, white head. Aroma has pine hops. Flavour is hoppy and sweet malty. Light bodied.
TOSG55 (24), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange-amber, with little head. Strong aroma of sweet pine. The flavor is honey, with the pine also being very prominent. 7.5% ABV is barely noticeable. Interesting, and quite drinkable; definitely my favorite of this series of traditional Scottish ales.
lb4lb (1363), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 15, 2008 Pours is an attractive cloudy reddish amber with a light beige head. Smell is piney and floral and lightly spicy. Some sweet fruity berry like smells too. Taste is pine needles and berries and alcohol. Bit too much alcohol showing, unfortunately. Tastes like a berry fruit beer with some pine and a good amount of sweetness. Interesting but not great. .
Skinnyviking (2624), Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 14, 2008 Bottle. Small but lasting off-white head. Clear dark brown body. Sweet berries aroma. Relatively sweet berries flavor with little hops bitterness and piney. Low carbonation, long sweet aftertaste.
TheGrandMaster (1446), Auckland, New Zealand
Aug 13, 2008 Bottle (in NZ), pours an orange amber with a filmy head. A light perfumed aroma, piney (not surprisingly), some bubblegum, and a good whiff of that alcohol. Malty, woody and slightly medicinal palate. Fruity and smooth, this drunk very easily, dangerously so at 7.5%
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