OLA DUBH 30 YEAR OLD (SCOTLAND)

The Ola Dubh name fully meets its meaning here: this batch has an oily, smoky nose and offers bitter blood oranges and sultana raisins for the mouth. Hints of chocolate, fudge and hops manifest in the finish. This provides a big hit of alcoholic warmth.

8.0% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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OLA DUBH 18 YEAR OLD (SCOTLAND)

This vintage is characterized by its nose of smoke, peat, whiskey, peppery hops and a hint of chocolate with sweet dark grain. It then offers stronger chocolate notes in the mouth with warming whiskey, sweet grain and gentle hop resins. Sweet malt dominates the finish with chocolate, whiskey, oak and light hop notes.

8.0% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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OLA DUBH 16 YEAR OLD (SCOTLAND)

This vintage has a nose of liquorice, whiskey and smokiness. It is dry in the mouth with vanilla, butterscotch and smoky notes before finishing with flavours of whiskey, butterscotch and red berry fruit.

8.0% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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OLA DUBH 12 YEAR OLD (SCOTLAND)

This old ale offers oak, butterscotch, caramel and smoky notes on the aroma with sweet malt liquorice and butterscotch on the palate. Smooth chocolate and roasted grain mark the finish with powerful hints of whiskey and bitter hops. The name “Ola Dubh” (pronounced as “olah doov”) means “black oil” in Gaelic.

8.0% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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INNIS AND GUNN TRIPLE MATURED OAK AGED BEER (SCOTLAND)

 

A dark, reddish brown colour, this strong ale has a nose of roasted malt, butter, toffee, vanilla and fruit.

7.2% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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INNIS AND GUNN LIMITED EDITION HIGHLAND CASK (SCOTLAND)

This highland cask is brewed with pale and amber malts to create a smooth, creamy and biscuit-like beer to best complement the light honey and floral notes of the oak.

7.1% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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HARVIESTOUN BITTER & TWISTED (SCOTLAND)

This India pale ale is distinguished by its peach colour, its bitter palate and its aroma of citrus and herbs.

4.2% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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BELHAVEN SCOTTISH STOUT (SCOTLAND)

 

This stout possesses a deep dark colour and a coffee nose. Rich toffee flavours lead the palate and are accompanied by chocolate and coffee.

7.0% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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BELHAVEN ST. ANDREWS ALE (SCOTLAND)

Orange-red in colour, this ale has a caramel, toffee and spicy hop aroma, while its palate is of sweet toffee, malt and fruit.

4.8% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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BELHAVEN BEST (SCOTLAND)

This ale is pale brown in colour with a nose of roasted malt and light caramel. The palate is smooth with malty flavours and a clean finish.

4.8% Alc./Vol. (440 ml can)

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CIUC PREMIUM (ROMANIA)

 

This pale lager has a straw yellow colour, a malty nose and a light to medium body.

4.8% Alc./Vol. (500 ml can)

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NǾGNE Ǿ IMPERIAL STOUT (NORWAY)

Thick, deep black and appearance with a dark brown malty head, this stout’s aromas are of light smoke, dark chocolate and dark fruits.

9.0% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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STONECUTTER SCOTCH ALE (NEW ZEALAND)

This beer pours dark amber with an attractive beige head and a sweet toffee aroma. Its smooth flavour is of malt and nutty caramel.

7.0% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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HITACHINO NEST REAL GINGER BREW (JAPAN)

This dark amber-coloured ale has a light ginger nose and a big ginger palate.

7.0% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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PANIL BARRIQUEE SOUR (ITALY)

 

Brownish-amber in colour with an aroma of raspberries, strawberries sour grape and sour oak, this import is light yet tart and finishes with a bitter kick of cognac.

8.0% Alc./Vol. (750 ml bottle)

Official website here.  (NB:  In Italian and uses frames.)

CASTELLO LAGER (ITALY)

 

This is a golden coloured lager with a light malt nose and a hop palate.

4.8% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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LAVA SMOKED IMPERIAL STOUT (ICELAND)

 

This beer is dark brown in colour with a smoky peat moss and chocolate-covered nut aroma; its palate is of dried fruit and hops.

9.4% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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CHRISTOFFEL BOK (HOLLAND)

Dark reddish-brown in colour with a toasty, roasty, dark caramel aroma and a semi-sweet caramel and toffee palate.

7.8% Alc./Vol. (330 ml bottle)

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WEIHENSTEPHANER DUNKEL (GERMANY)

 

This wheat beer is amber-brown in colour and its nose and palate are of banana, sweet brown sugar and warm, spiced apple cider.

5.3% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

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WEIHENSTEPHANER (GERMANY)

This wheat beer is golden yellow in appearance and its aroma is of spices, bananas and orange. The palate is much of the same and full of carbonation with a strong yeast and bitter sugar aftertaste.  The Weihenstephan Abbey has run its brewery continuously since 1040 AD, although its roots extend as far back as 768 AD.

5.4% Alc./Vol. (500 ml bottle)

Official website here.