Traquair The Lairds Liquor

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Poured out a large pillowy light brown crown on top of brown with dark red highlights. Excellent retention and pretty good ropy lacing. The somewhat mild aroma is of chocolate, butterscotch, roasted malts and dark but sweet fruit. I didn't like the taste right off the bat as the smokiness hit hard, but that faded in strength and I began to enjoy the flavours more. Smoke, chocolate and molasses make up the majority of the flavour with a soft hoppy finish. Medium bodied. Quite creamy with a small ammount of carbonation, good malt middle and ends sort of earthy with a sllight burnt aftertaste. Interesting beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Crystal clear ruby red and possibly some brown highlights, a large crown was created during the pour but it reduced to a thick blanket of bubbles after only a few seconds. Wow this a strong aroma I can smell it from everywhere in the room, tons of dark fruit figs/prunes, a whole shit load of dark roasted malts and some coffee thrown in for good measure. Taste was identical to the aroma and just like the aroma it was intense, it was almost to strong in my opinion. Mouth feel seemed a bit too stingy from too much carbonation but it wasn’t really bad. Brew taste good but I’m not enjoying it, it’s very complex but to intense for me, I don’t know maybe I’m just not in the mode for this beer tonight I’ll give it a rereview some time.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Pouring me a one-fingered tan head, the colour was a dark, my word was it dark, clear copper and amber. The aroma was far more hopped than was the taste, as the taste was quite malted and sweet, with notes of coffee and some chocolate. Mouthfeel and aftertaste were quite agreeable. Surely this was the most unique scottish ale I've ever had, and I seemed to be other than an ale.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

clear ruby-brown colour with a little foam; aroma of prune and butterscotch with some alcohol notes in the background; medium malt body, late bitterness and a long malty and earthy finish with a nice fruity touch - complex

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Clear reddish brown with thick beige head. Malty aroma of chocolate, figs and smoke. Nice caramely malty flavour, hints chocolate, red berries and smoke. Drier finish with notes of dark toasted bread, hazelnuts, smoke and hops. Nice one!

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 6

Bottled. Very dark amber colour, small brown head. Caramellish malty aroma with some fruity hints. Sweet caramel and sugary flavour with long hoppy finish. Well done. Alcohol also present, but fits in well. Chocolatish and fruitish hoppy aftertaste.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle. dark brown colour with a large beige head. Sweet matls, brown sugar, caramel and spices in the aroma.Flavour is smokey chocolate and sweet malts with some spices. Medium bodied. Very good.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a deep copper color ale with a medium foamy dirty white head with pretty good retention. Aroma of sweet malt with some subtle molasses. Body is thicker them most example of the style with nice creamy texture. Taste is richer then expected with a nice dose of molasses and good malt presence. Not an overly huge beer but a quite complex example for the style.