After an evening of bottling hefeweizen, time for something without notes of pineapple, banana, cloves and white pepper. The second in the series on the beers of the Isle of Skye Brewing Company, this 4.5% brew is described by the brewer simply as "the dark one, brewed with rolled roast oatmeal and honey." It pours the greyish mahogany of cola under a quickly dissipating mocha head. In the mouth a nice chalky creamy mid-weight mouthfeel with burnt toast black malt roastiness sitting above plum and raisin malt. Tobacco in the finish. Hints of unsweetened cocoa and peat on the nose. Very nice.

Fifteen BAers all give it thumbs up.