RJ Le Cheval Blanc Loch Ness

Brewed by Brasseurs RJ
Style: Scottish Ale
Montreal, Canada

Cool bottle label. Brown color beer, but looks like any other brown beer. Clear aroma of malt. This beer taste Maple syrup and Caramel. I really like it.

Quite spectacular. A medium reddish brown color and a thin white head. The nose is very malty with apple cinnamon, toffee, pineapple and brandy. The front chocolate trufflish like the body is slightly sour with pineapple and brandy notes leading to a sharp bitter finish.

Verre de dégustation de 4oz, provenant d’une bouteille de 650 ml, dégusté au Festival des Fromages (Warwick, QC). Arôme: Odeur de caramel et d’épices. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée foncée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel et de sirop d’érable. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #524)

660mL bottle. Shared with my Dad. Pours a beautiful amber with a small beige head. Aroma is pretty big on the peat, with some caramalt thrown in, not much trace of hops, nor yeast despite being alleged bottle fermentation. Flavour is is a bit of a mixed bag, but over-all good. Some boozy notes with weird fruity esters, but surrounded by tasty peaty/caramel malts. Finishes well with a sweet super maltyness and the most minor of hints of hops. I think the percentile may be a bit low on this one, it’s really not that bad. Good fuller mouth-feel. If you love peat and caramalt, this is your thing. I like it, despite some of the weirder aspects, in general it’s a pretty tasty brew.

I know they say it is a scotch ale but the use of the same yeast they use in the belgians is quite evident. Tasted more like a too heavy bodied belgian to me.

Quite smooth and drinkable, but not much of a Scottish ale. Its on the malty side, but lacks that smoky strong malt you’d expect. Lightly fruity. Cloudy brown color, foamy head.

Thin head which dissipates quickly. Sweet malty and caramel aroma with some smoke and raisins in there for good measure. Color is a very nice copper red. Sweet and smooth with more caramel and some earthy notes. Not a whole lot though. Light alcohol presence. I kind of like this brew. Finishes is smooth and slick. A decent scottish ale. Actually, a very good scottish ale in a category with very few good brew as far as I am concerned.