The House ale from Traquair brewery is a local beer, born only about 25 miles from my home, so it’s strange that it’s taken me so long to get round to quaffing a bottle. I’ve had a few Jacobite ales, their top rated brew, but not this, their lower ABV beer.
When you first pour the beer you can catch the deep malty smell straight away. It’s almost a bit spicy and definitely a wee bit sweet. The colour is dark brown, and a little clear, and the head doesn’t last for long.
But onto the important bit, quaffage. The taste is of a little bit of hoppy bitterness at first, and a distinct spirity taste on the tongue for afters. This is a beer that definitely has a long lasting tingle!
Other drinkers claim a variety of tastes, including coriander, but I’m mainly getting the liquorice, and that as an aftertaste.
This is one hell off a beer though, very similar to rhe Jacobite aleReally nice though, and pretty comparable to the Jacobite ale. 8.5/10