Traquair Jacobite Ale

Brewed by Traquair
Style: Traditional Ale
Innerleithen, Borders, Scotland

330ml bottle. pours just like coca-cola, an opaque brown with a thin fizzy tan head that quickly recedes into a collection of bubbles. nose is apricot and berries. taste is floral with some of the aforementioned apricot and a touch of malt sweetness. some chocolate emerges mid-glass. finishes pretty dry with the floral characteristic remaining behind. it is definitely interesting but not my style.

Dark ruby with a bubbly lasting tan head. Deep malt aroma, with dried fruit, some port and unknown herbs. A dry, fruity malt flavour, notes of licorice, and some alcohol showing. Big mouthfeel and warming alcohol.

Poured an opaque ebony brown with a thin, fizzy carpet of foam that disappeared leaving a flat brown slick. The nose was nutty and malty with a strong, rich, burnt cocoa aroma. The flavor starts with thick molasses like malts, biscuit and chocolate. Then a strong coriander spiciness comes forward and remains until the finish. The feel was full and robust. I’m not a huge fan of Scotch and Spiced Ales. However this does have some intriging qualities. It’s full-on, in your face style is appaeling. I would recomed giving it a shot.

12oz bottle from Knightly Spirits. Pours a dark red almost black, awesome looking in the glass with a small beige head. Nose is caramel, chocolate and anise. No smoke which is a bit suprising. Wow, what a unique tasting beer. This is definitely a maltheads beer. Cinnamon and anise up front that give way to carmel and chocolate malts. Almost no bitterness aside from a light hop bite that is gone almost immediately. Moderate palate but considering the abv this is a really easy drinking beer. Absolutely unique and incredibly good. Another stellar offering from this fine brewery.

Dark brown pour with moderate head and lacing. Good strong spicey aroma. The flavor in this was really strong spices, moderate doppelbock like earthy malts and strong yeastiness. The beer had a decent carbonation level. This was ok, but just wasn’t totally doing it for me.

Dark cherry brown with thin head. Aroma is mostly corriander and fruit. Taste is a wonder of complexity. Corriander, pepper, malty sweetness and toasted malt. Very dry, slightly bitter finish. Love it.

Quite dark brownish red pour with large big-bubbly head. Malt, licorice, coriander, roasty notes are all quite present. This is a sipping ale, especially considering the price. Quite complex. One of my favorite labels, too.

Dark brown and not fizzy, tastes mostly like coffee. There is an underlying richness to it, it’s velvety somewhat. It was fairly good but I was disappointed. Very high price.