Brewery: Brasserie La Parisienne Country: France ABV: 6% Style: Scottish Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Other Notes: Malts – Pilsen, Ruby, Crystal, Aroma, Chocolate and Coffee Barley. Hops – Brewers Gold (bittering) and East Kent Golding (flavoring).
Brewer Description: (from website) Full bodied, round and mellow beer with coffee and dark chocolate flavors. The bitterness balances out the richness.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 2.71 My ratebeer.com rating: 2.6
Intro: A 330ml bottle with no bottled on or best before date and poured into a wine glass. Appearance: It poured a dark brown colour with a one finger beige head that dissipated fairly quickly but left some spotty lacing. Aroma: Caramel, chocolate and coke. Taste: Sweet-ish malts, roasty coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with quite a lot of carbonation. Overall: Seemed a bit over-carbonated, almost like drinking soda. Taste was ok but quite straight forward.
Brewery: Innis & Gunn Country: Scotland ABV: 6.8% Style: Scottish Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy Other Notes: Rum Finish is the same beer as Rum Cask as the recipe is the same but only the process changed slightly. Malts – Innis & Gunn Ale, Crystal, Roasted Barley and Chocolate. Hops – Super Styrian. Matured for 57 days in oak heartwood infused with specially selected rums.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) This ruby red beer is matured over the finest rum-infused American Oak heartwood resulting in a beer with a delicious warming character that is bursting with fruit and lively spiciness. These vibrant flavours perfectly balance the beer’s toffee-malt backbone making it an ideal accompaniment to game meats like venison or duck. It is sublime with mature cheeses served with good chutneys and relishes.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.35 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.2
Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before end of March 2016 date and poured into a Duvel tulip glass. Appearance: It poured a clear dark reddish copper with a slightly less than one finger tanned head that dissipated fairly quickly leaving some nice lacing. Aroma: Strong vanilla, raisins and oak with hints of toffee, caramel and rum. Taste: Sweet-ish rum and plum with a nice long vanilla, oak, coconut finish. There was also some hints of caramel and butterscotch in between. Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with light carbonation. Overall: This was nice and interesting albeit a bit vanilla heavy. I would not categorise this as an everyday drink but it’s something I wouldn’t mind trying every now and then.
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