UPDATED: JAN 7, 2022 330ml Bottle from Beers of Europe. Hazy red-brown coloured with a massive rocky tan head of foam. It has a tart red fruity flavour with a nutty body followed by berries on the sweet and roasted finish. Good.

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2021 Keg at MacGregors, Inverness, 09/10/21. Clear reddish amber with a decent beige cap. Nose is biscuit, hint of red berries, dark malts, spice, brown bread. Taste comprises caramel, brown bread, biscuit malts, sugar dusting, dried and red berry fruits. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad for the style.

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2021 Bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours clear red brown with and thin ring of beige head. Aromas of tea, red fruit, chocolate. Taste is a bit watery, more tea and chocolate. Thin finish.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2021 Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Hazy ruby/brown body with a few flecks beneath a beige head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of coffee and earth. Flavour of dark chocolate, berries and tea. Thin to medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Light fizz. Sharp and earthy.

UPDATED: JAN 30, 2021 330ml bottle: BB 10th Aug 2021. Now called 'THE J'ALE', not 'The Jail Ale'. Red hue to the brown body, decent off-white head on top. Mild malty nose, the taste also malt forward; good hop base too. No mention of Rye on the label, but it has that distinct Rye flavour within it's make up.

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2020 Clear brown with a small head. Nice nutty flavour and a medium body. A bit out of the ordinary and worth looking out for. A new brewery for me.

UPDATED: JUN 18, 2019 Third pint (5.5%) on tap on 28 Mar 2019: fruity, red malty aroma, amber red brown, thin off-white head, caramel toffee, fruity flavour, oily, soft carbonation.

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2019 Bottle at home .. copper brown .. thin tan lacing .. soft nutty woody malty nose .. dry bitter wooody malts .. lict bitter caramel

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2018 Bottle from Appellation Wines Comely Bank. Appearance - deep red to copper ale. Generous off white head. Nose - glace cherry and strawberry. Biscuit. Taste - toffee, dried orange and raisin. Hobnob biscuits. Palate - close to medium bodied with a crunchy texture. Rich but dry finish. Overall - a decent example of the style.

UPDATED: DEC 12, 2018 Bottle picked up at Hatton Cross Deli. It pours hazy deep red - amber with a medium off-white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, jammy berry, Victoria sponge cake, blood orange, toffee, biscuit and some gummy bears. The taste is dry, punchy bitterness, sticky, resinous, toffee, varnish, gummy bears, piney, touch of alcohol and some citrus peel with a drying finish.. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Decent enough stuff.