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Traquair House Ale

Percentile
95
overall
Brewed by Traquair
Style: English Strong Ale

Innerleithen, Borders, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8093.69/5.03.69/5.07.2%97.4English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Mainly available filtered in bottles, though part of the production goes unfiltered into cask.
The production of Traquair House Ale consists of an infusion mash, after which the wort is drawn off and boiled with the hops. The wort is cooled and pitched with bottom fermenting yeast under controlled temperature. It is then fermented in oak over a period of seven days. The beer is transferred into cold storage tanks or barrels and matured over a period of weeks. After maturation the beer is filtered prior to packing.
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 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Bottle: Dark brown with a reddish tint. Aroma is malty and sweet, little bits of nuts. Flavor is more malty with light nuts and toffee. Small bits of dark fruit. Pleasant, but forgettable. Damn, I passed on the Jacobite because I thought this was the better of the two at the time.


daddyslick (36), Arizona, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Apr 24, 2008  
This beer pours to a very dark amber color, has a light smell of roasted barley, tastes like a nut brown ale, something like samuel smith’s nut brown. A medium body that finishes a little bitter, not bad, just enough to keep you coming back for more. A great beer turly


southamptonsam (81), New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 23, 2008  
Don’t usually like any UK beers, but my favorite beer store pushed it on me. Very pleasant malty brew. Very well-balanced. This could grow on me.


 austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 23, 2008  
Dark ruby brown with small beige head. Nose is gently spicy, roasted malts. Same goes for flavor; roasted malts, liquorice and spices, a bit too buttery. Herbal hops in the dry finish. Medium bodied, slightly watery even. Nothing what I expected, and certainly not satisfying.


 Blom (390), Odense, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 20, 2008  
Brown with a low head. Woodish aroma with notes of wet soil and oak. Sweet burned and complex flavours of overripe fruits, dark bread, dates and oak. A very fine strong ale!


 yespr (12173), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 17, 2008  
25 cL bottle. Pours black with a huge, dense and light tan head slowly turning into a nice lacework. Malty toffee and light fruity aroma. Flavour is light roasted malt and toffee sweet dark caramel with a light bitterness. Light and smooth malt lingering into the finish. Nice and wellbalanced.


greedycheater (80), Oklahoma, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Apr 16, 2008  
Nutty and sweet aroma. Clear, dark amber pour. Grape, molasses, heavy malt and roasted barley balanced by hops result in a mild sweetness. Full-bodied with a long, sticky finish. Good.


 travita (1910), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Good maltiness. Malty caramel aroma. Copper in color with an average head. Very malty taste with a hint of caramel and nuts.



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