Smooth moderate-bodied Scottish ale utilizes soft heather tips to provide dark floral nicety above smoked chocolate malting. Subtle brown-sugared dried fruiting picks up creamy vanilla-cocoa waver and tertiary chicory coffee nuance at midst. Thin prune, fig, and grape skin illusions flank ashen peat-tobacco earthiness.

Reddish copper glow, sweet barley waft, and candied butterscotch mouthfeel introduce caramelized medium-bodied merriment. Cracked wheat-peat backdrop corrupts sullied apple-dried banana midst and herbal-clove conflux to buttery hazelnut chocolate finish.

Alcohol-fueled white-headed mahogany-hued ale suffuses black chocolate bitterness with caramel-grained sweetness. Heavy hop eruption outlines Scotch malt thickness, increasing syrupy texture and ashy mouthfeel for fine alternative to Sam Adams Scottish Ale.

Brewers since 1719, Belhaven offers subtly charming ales, but this one’s somewhat bland for frothy mocha-scented Scottish Ale. Moderate bitter hops and pithy roasted malts eventually seep through, as ripe berry, smoked nut, and earthen peat undertones appear. But polite grain finish diminishes quickly.

Poured into the glass, this 6.5% alcohol-fueled Wee Heavy maintains a fuzzy head and creamy body. Peculiar mocha-grained murk combines with blood-thick malt residue and buttery salience before burnt sugar finish flutters away.

Spice-hopped wheat chaff essence of tangy medium body levels off to pervasive nutty bitterness juxtaposing candied caramel sweetness. Toasted malts inform spruce finish as smoky grain-peat influence swells.

Pleasant tobacco leaf opening absorbed by sour coffee beans, syrupy molasses malts, and dried fig-raisin confluence of prune-hued dark ale. Debonair spiced hop sentiment quells baker’s chocolate bitterness, rye-pumpernickel braze, and honeyed pecan-hazelnut glaze. Too tamely turbid for heavyweight Scottish class, yet wholly satisfied.

Wild jester collage on bottle’s label perhaps inspired by beat poet Hunter S. Thompson’s ancient Celtic axiom. Though dark brown-hued, this is a light, unassuming ‘also ran.’ A bit nutty with pleasurable butterscotch snuggling spring water freshness, though lacking discernible character. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Silky smooth copper-toned eggshell-headed “80 shilling” nitro-injected bottled draught offers visually exciting sheets of cascading froth and boasts soothing peat-smoked whiskey-rye setting. Tender nuttiness, herbal tea jot, and beautiful water texture enhance buttery barleymalt aridity.

Clear ruby amber Scottish-styled ale integrates smoked tobacco and black tea illusions with comely roasted caramel malt setting. Mild toasted hops simmer beneath smooth moderate body.

Sugar sweetness noticeable at first, but brandy-like perk provides heightened afterglow. Pragmatic liquor-fueled Scotch malts and sticky caramel residue flicker through moderate bitter hop finish. Nearly great.

Don’t let misleading Scotch ale styling fool you. Molasses-thick ruby-maroon ‘wee heavy’ is more reminiscent of a dry port with its tobacco-stained red-purple grape density, sinister burgundy-bourbon sedation, vegetal peat-topsoil earthiness, and wet wood nuance. Maple-tarred black coffee bittering subsumes latent fig, date, and fruitcake hints.