Tempest Old Parochial
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BARREL AGED IMPERIAL SCOTCH ALE
Our latest brew is an Imperial strength Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale. We have taken a traditional beer style and given it a modern day makeover — with a Tempest twist.
Brewed back in September 2012 using smoked malted barley courtesy of Teviot Smokehouse, and fermented using two different yeast strains specially produced for this beer in our brewery, you might be able to tell we’ve given this brew some extra TLC. It’s been cold matured in the brewery for six months in tank, bourbon and sherry casks, and then lovingly blended together into a powerful contemporary ale with plenty of history.
The resulting beer is huge on the nose with a hit of smoked stone fruit, wood, sweet malt, sherry and spice. Bottled and labelled by hand this ale is a rare breed indeed, and with limited availability it won’t be around for long. So get yours while you can.
BARREL AGED IMPERIAL SCOTCH ALE
Our latest brew is an Imperial strength Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale. We have taken a traditional beer style and given it a modern day makeover — with a Tempest twist.
Brewed back in September 2012 using smoked malted barley courtesy of Teviot Smokehouse, and fermented using two different yeast strains specially produced for this beer in our brewery, you might be able to tell we’ve given this brew some extra TLC. It’s been cold matured in the brewery for six months in tank, bourbon and sherry casks, and then lovingly blended together into a powerful contemporary ale with plenty of history.
The resulting beer is huge on the nose with a hit of smoked stone fruit, wood, sweet malt, sherry and spice. Bottled and labelled by hand this ale is a rare breed indeed, and with limited availability it won’t be around for long. So get yours while you can.
3.8
193 reviews
Tweedbank, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Community reviews
Bottle, 2018 edition. Color: Ruby to copper, thin beige head. Aroma: Malty, red and dark fruit, Whiskey. Taste: Dried dark fruit, subtle smoked, smoked meat hints, boozy, Whiskey notes. Herbal hints. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Slightly sticky, sirupy. Warming mouthfeel. Pretty complex. Nice.
2/3/2019. Bottle from the Wine Boutique, Felixstowe. Poured dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of toffee, malt, liquorice, biscuit and black treacle. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Full-bodied, sticky texture, soft carbonation. Sweet syrupy finish with warming alcohol developing.
Bottle. Malty aroma, caranel notes, raisins, plums, figs. Tastes the same as aroma, light roasty notes, light to medium sweet and bitter. Full body, malty bitter sweet finish with warming alcohol notes. Good.
330ml bottle. Pours murky dark brown. Chocolate, fruit cake, whisky oak, vanilla, plum, caramel, dried cherry, raisin, touch of salt and smoke. Oily body with low carbonation. Very nice.
1/XII/18 - from can @ Billie’s Beer Festival Day 2 (Antwerp), BB: n/a - (2018-1949) Thanks to the RateBeer crew for sharing today’s beers!
Clear dark purple beer, no head. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, some dried fruits, banana, bit yeasty. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bitter start, malty, hoppy, banana, sweet, yeast. Aftertaste: hoppy, lots and lots of alcohol, bitter, sugary, more alcohol, caramel, bitter, yeasty, banana.
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Bottle from Pezinská pivná pumpa
Yummy. Nice reward for winter shoveling. Hints of brandy, light smoked notes and roasted malts accompanied by noble yeast. Great.
Bottle. Dark brown color. Toffee, oak and whisky in the aroma and flavor. Sweet, warming alcohol. Soft herbal notes. Hints of smoke and peat. Good.
Dunkler, leicht alkoholischer Beginn. Weich bitterer, s�ffig mittellanger Abgang. 10/9/9/9//9
Sampled at Billie's 2018. Dark brown and murky with no head. Aroma and flavour have lots of sweet malts and caramel. A bit thin and watery.
Thanks! Sampled canned @ Billie’s Beer Festival 2018. Day 2. Dark amber. Nose is wet dog, oxidation, herbal, orange peel,.. Taste is oxidation sweet molasses, sugar, oak, grapefruit peel, orange peel,.. Oxidized, okay.
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2018, Day 2. A very dark reddish brown beer. Aroma of strong caramelish malt, raisins, plums. Taste of sweet dark caramelish malt, nuts, bourbon, good.
On tap. Pours brown with light head. Aromas of soft sugars, bready malts and light minerals. Flavors of raisin bread, toasty malts, minerals and brown sugar. Nice sweet aft scotch with a bit of a kick.
(sucré-malté, myrt, raisin blanc, thick-creamy, > tourbée-dry -> non-ferment équilibre, rétro quetsche, -> px ?)
Earlier Rating: 3/28/2018 Total Score: 4.7
(fruit frais (red, noir) & sec (raisin, cerise), bois, liquoreuse, raisin sec, prune, cara, cognac, calva, patte-de-loup)
Rozijnen, rood en donker fruit, whisky en een goede moutigheid in de neus.
Koperkleurig bier met een dunne oker/beige schuimkraag.
Mondgevoel: Medium / full body, vrij vettig, weer veel fruitige tonen en vrij zoet met een aangename opwarming in de finale.
Best de moeite! Thnx Craigellachie!
Muddy brown, beige head. Aroma of dark ripe fruit, a bit of cheese and wine. Alcohol in the taste, full body, a bit of carb, some yeasty sourness, esb malty notes, very warming.
Good nose with raisin, red and dark fruit, whiskey and a good maltiness, copper with a thin ocher head, medium/full body, quite oily, again many fruity notes, quite sweet with a pleasant warming in the final...very good.
niet wild van, weet niet waar het hem precies in miste qua balans, maar het kon mij niet overtuigen
si presenta tonaca di frate, con venature mogano. bella schiuma di media persistenza color beige sporco, a grana fine. l'aroma è dominato da note di malto, caramello, si avverte la botte, frutta secca, uvetta. la bevuta è intensa, caratterizzata da una decisa dolcezza, bilanciata dalla nota secca della botte, con note di whisky e legno. sempre caramello e frutta secca tornano piacevoli. carbonazione bassa. il corpo è importante, birra un po' viscosa, da sorseggiare, riscalda, l'alcol la rende rotonda e piacevole, il passaggio in botte è davvero ottimo.
330ml aged by my friend for 6 months. Murky brown and cloudy due to the oak from the Craigellachie cask. Spicy nose, like a hot curry, but with a fair dollop of mango chutney. Transforms in taste to a cross between a biscuit and a fresh loaf of bread. Palate is slightly watery, though mostly creamy. Presumably slightly hoppy when fresh, but I lack a reference, so I will say that it does have a minor hop influence. Further ageing would likely subdue this further.
Thoroughly excellent, with minor gripes.
Aged for 6 month in cellar.
Pours murky brown with wood particles visible under a bright light.
Nose is like an Indian curry with wine and whisky elements. Spicy in a flavourful way.
Palate is creamy.
Taste we've got very little hops due to the ageing. It's becoming very port-like. Loads of fruit and tannins.
Different.
Zapachy piękne - kupując nie wiedziałem, że jest beczka. Poza tym typowo ciężko-słodowe, jak to Wee Heavy zwykło mieć. Trochę ciastek, leciutkie dymki. Tylko, że strasznie niesie wódą, jakby ktoś dolał 40-tkę do piwa. W smaku również pysznie - i tak samo - nie można się opędzić od spirytusowego posmaku. Piwo fajne, ale szkoda, że aż tak nieułożony alkohol. Może to tylko ta beczka, którą piłem, nie wiem.
Aromat głównie suszonych owoców i likieru, jakiegoś miodowo-korzenego, w tle jakieś mniej przyjemne nuty utlenienia (mokry karton?). Poza tym bardzo przyjemny, słodki aromat. W smaku także słodko, głownie suszone owoce, karmel, trochę kokosa (chyba od beczki). Jest dość alkoholowe, ale Scotch Ale akurat dobrze się z tym składa - taka agresywniejsza wersja Barley Wine. Fajnie się pije, rozgrzewa przełyk i szumi w głowie. Solidne.
330ml bottle, courtesy of Chris - cheers mate! Poured into chalice glass, deep garnet red in colour with a thick creamy off white head. Strong malty aroma with hints of fruity wine gums coming through. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Mixed malts deliver a rich Dundee cake base with strong notes of sultanas, raisins and honey evident in the mouth. Slight hop resin gives an earthy flavour to the light bitter aftertaste which fades rather fast under the malt onslaught. Finish is malty and powerful with strong boozy flavours of sweet sherry and mead burning on the palate with radiant prickly heat. Strong flavours of syrupy raisins, dates and wood smoke come through in the palate. Not for the faint hearted this but its a classic Old Ale in style - I loved it!
Pours hazy brown with low light tan head. Aroma of nuts, dried fruit, light peats, caramel. Taste is sweet, vanilla, oak, mellow peats and a roasty finish. Medium bodied and smooth with soft carbonation.
Pours a dark brown with a low off white head. Aromas of caramel, raisins, figs, dates, oak and barrel notes. Taste is caramel and oak notes, muscovado sugar, raisins, slight smoke and peat, dried fruit. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Pours murky brown with low off white head. Aromas of butterscotch, fudge, caramel, dried fruits, oak. Taste has notes of butterscotch, oak, fudge, dried fruits, hints of smoke , caramel
Bottle from GlasgowTad. Thanks! Dark brown colour, beige foam. Noes of stone fruit, wood, sweet malts, whisky. Medium carbonation. Quite alcoholic. Not a bad Scotch ale!
the aroma is caramel and winy with hints of smoked malt, toffee, raisin, dried fruits and brown sugar... the taste is caramel and smokey with notes of chocolate, toffee, dark fruits and some tropical fruits... sweet, bitter and dry aftertaste...
Bottle 0.33l at home, Vantaa. BBE 28 DEC 2018. Colour is dark brown with very small slightly brownish head. Aromas and flavours: Sweetness, ripe fruits, dry fruits, caramel, some alcohol, sherry? and malts. Quite heavy.