Traquair Stuart Ale

Medium white creamy head. Faintly hazy coppery body. Fruity wooden aroma with vinegary notes. Dry-sweet perfumy caramelly fruit taste with wooden roasty notes. Mild, smooth mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry-acidic fruity caramel aftertaste with wooden notes. Not bad. (0.25l cask, Guildford Arms, Edinburgh.)

Amber with a small white head. Weak fruity aroma with currant notes. Dry and thin fruity and malty flavour

Cask at Scottish Real Ale festival 2009 ... Copper ... sweet fruity malt nose ... juicy and fruity ... watter hop ... little bitter not for me.

Cask @ White Horse, Parsons Green SW6. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Slightly sweetish malty nutty caramel flavor with some earthy hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty nutty caramel finish.

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 9 Aug 2008) Dark amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of dark fruit. Malty taste with dark fruit, nuts, toffee and a decent earthy bitterness in the finish. Good balance. Very nice beer.

A Mes rate: Cask at the White Horse.
Ruby amber colour with an oily film. Malty and metallic aroma with some very slight sour fruit. More metallic notes in the flavour. A big let down considering the quality usually associated with this brewery. Given a little while to open up after pouring it gives up some caramel and tobacco and the metallic note has all but gone. So so at best.

[Cask from The Guildford Arms] Coppery colour with a moderate, tight head, good clarity, nice condition. Leafy, English hop character, very earthwith some floral nuances, lots of malt, biscuity, caramel. Medium body with a hoppy bite in the finish.

Guildford Arms. Aroma is minimal due to sparkler, however toffee and grassy hops, spice later. Taste is a tad watery, toffee, honey spice, bittering hops. A tasty wee ale indeed.