 RCL (1496), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 7, 2009 Lightly smokey dark caramel aroma. Flavor does have a solid dollop of hops, but the rich maltiness rules the show. Quite nice, but not totally outstanding.
cprochak (445), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 8, 2009 22 oz bomber. Pours dark amber-orange, little haziness, off-white head. Rich caramel tones, and boy do you smell the earthiness of the peat. Nice rich full-body, deep sweetness, touch of bitter and then a dry earthy dirt-like finish (which is exactly what I wanted. Great Scotch ale and I’d love to get my hands on another bottle of this.
brewski519 (438), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 7, 2009 Sampled at WBF in Durham - this was a nice change from all of the stouts and porters I tried throughout the day. Poured an opaque brown color with a tan head. I could smell malts, chocolate along with some hops. Very rich malty well balanced taste with an earthy finish. This beer had a combination of things going on from bitterness, sweetness and earthiness - very interesting and tasty ale.
Butters (1654), Virginia, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 3, 2009 Pours a very dark brown with ruby highlights and fair tan head with decent sticky lacing. Toffee, peaty moss, chocolate. Decent example of the style, but this is not the best highland i’ve come across.
richlikebeer (832), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 24, 2009 cola colored pour with a gorgeous tan head, aroma and flavor were sweet caramel , a little bit of smoke in there, and a very crisp finish, not syrupy at all. just a hint of grass in the back end of the flavor. Highly enjoyable.
Dickinsonbeer (3517), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 9, 2009 Last HWOH tasting. Pours a dark ruby brown with a moderate lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, toffee, fruity esters, some raisin and peach notes along with darker toasted malts, nuts, hitns of chocolate and some smoke/peat/phenol. Sweet toffee and molasses flavor with hints of smoke, wood, nuts, almond and roasted charred malts. Smooth and pretty good overall.
lithy (1850), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 26, 2009 Dark dark brown, ruby hints with a finger of bubbly tan head. Big peaty chocolate aroma, light caramel and alcohol. Taste is smoke, caramel, chocolate, very smooth.
juiceisloose (678), Windermere, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 18, 2009 Pours a dark brown almost cola colored body with a small tan head that recedes quickly. The aroma is really nice with chocolate, smoked peat malt, toasted caramel and nougat all coming through. The flavor follows suit with the chocolate and toasted caramel up front with the smoked peat and nougat adding depth. Some piney hops lend bitterness in the background and really help blend everything together. Medium almost full bodied and a smooth and silky mouthfeel which lends to great drinkability. This is a tasty scotch ale and one I look forward to drinking again. Really nice job on this one.
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