Traquair The Lairds Liquor

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

33 cl bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: Reddish-chestnut brown, clear, large light tan head. Aroma: Tight nose, earthy and musty, with molasses/brown sugar behind that; I can coax out much sweeter aromas of treacle and maple syrup, but maybe I’m imagining things...; a little black licorice. Palate: Medium body and very soft carbonation, smooth. Flav.: Lightly funky, musty and earthy; a bit of burnt sugar and unfriendly malts (like altbiers), a bit of green/grassy (I think) hops, nutty; off-dry with a moderately bitter and surprisingly full finish.

Not a style I care for. Well crafted though.

Bottle at home ... Deep brown ...Sweet caramel malt nose ... sweet malts some fruit a little spice ... and a bit thin

Poured something between a dried-blood red and the deepest of browns (nothing appealing)....medium oatmeal coloured head. Speaking of oatmeal, the nose is full of it - with morning dew and milk chocolate. Curious, a lovely subdued sweetness that hits in the middle of the mouth but hides itself on the lips. Stays with me all the way down - might even be too much, and then vanishes at the end! Mmmm...what a meal! Thick and full of heart. Where did that sweet fun go at the end of the journey though?

The best before date stamp was March 06 but I went ahead anyway. Pours a dark brown with a thin off white head that fades fast. Strong port and dark fruit aroma. Body was quite flat and thin with a dark malt and coffee flavour combined with a very light bitterness. Will have to try and find a bottle that’s not expired sometime.

bottle, thank you pivnizub! Quite dark colour, medium-size head, very pleasant aroma of coffee and chocolate. Full-bodied, flavours of malt, roasted malt, caramel, coffee, bitter chocolate and cocoa powder. Complex and very interesting brew full of lovelly flavours.

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Jean-Marc G. De couleur brune foncée et transparente. Nez fruité (raisins, léger de cerises, notes de prunes et de figues), malté de caramel toffee sucré, légèrement rôti, terreux et aux notes fumées (tabac), léger de chocolat noir et de réglisse noire avec des notes de houblon terreux et herbeux et de faibles traces boisées et d’alcool liquoreux (whisky). Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement bas et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût fruité (raisins aux petites notes vineuses, notes de figues, de prunes et de cerises) avec un léger goût de réglisse noire et de petites notes de fumée de tabac lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté moyennement sucré de caramel toffee légèrement rôti et terreux ainsi qu’un léger goût de chocolat noir (mélangé a des petites notes de mélasse) puis en finale on retrouve une légère-moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux aux notes terreuses ainsi que des traces d’alcool liquoreux (whisky) aux notes boisées asséchantes. Post-goût moyen aux notes sèches, léger-moyen amer de houblon herbeux (notes terreuses) avec des notes de rôti et fruitées (moût de raisins) et des traces d’alcool et boisées.

330ml brown bottle. Dark reddish brown colour. Holds it’s tan head for only a short while, leaves no lacing. Aroma has a lot of chocolate malt, dark fruit notes. Flavour has some sweetness coming from chocolate and caramel malt, light roasty edges, a bit of medium strength coffee also shows up. Finish is a little chocolatey with light roastiness, dryish with some nutty notes, finishing with some light hop bitterness. The beer has a lighter mouthfeel with fine tight carbonation.

Bottle. A mahogany brown beer with medium white head, that is very long lasting. The aroma is malty with some caramel notes. Taste is malt dominated and sweet mayby some notes of smoke ? A very nice beer, that I could drink a lot of. A good choice for number 200.