I picked this up at the same time as the Viru and Skull Splitter. Having previously had a fantastic beer by Harviestoun (Ola Dubh Special Reserve 12) I picked this up. This should be interesting, I though, a pale ale to counterpoint the stout that is Ola Dubh.
Mr Sno'balls pours into the glass a dark brown. Not what I was expecting. With a name like Mr Sno'balls I was expecting a light coloured beer. I can't really detect any sort of scent with my first whiff. It may be that the beer is a little on the cold side. Eventually I got the faint smell of malt. My first sip reveals the same thing as my first sniff: almost nothing. A bigger sip and I catch the faint taste of malts. For a beer this dark, one would expect it to be "thick" rather like a stout, instead it's rather light; I don't want to use the word thin, because it gives the wrong sort of connotations. This beer lacks substance. There is a hint of hops on the back of the tongue at the beginning, and the taste of hops does build the more beer is drunk, but it never really achieves a balance. There simply isn't enough other flavours to balance with. After the success of the Ola Dubh, Mr Sno'balls is very disappointing.
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May your glass always be full of good beer!
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