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Rating: 4

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Canned ruby-garnet wee heavy Scottish ale adroitly adjoins ashen butterscotch-mocha-chocolate sweetness to wheat biscuit spine. Dried tobacco, earthy peat, and leather linger beneath smoked maple midst. Roasted barley and rolled oats fortify veritable toasted lager-like finish. Alcohol insurgency impels charming barleywine recess.

Rating: 3

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Mild bone-dry Scot knockoff plies subtle sour fruit palate embodying apricot, quince, and orange rind to earthy grained vegetative undertow. Frazzled hop-fizz thaws crystal-pale malt influence.

Rating: 5

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Uncommonly complex deep ebony full body seems closer to sweet stout with its boundless cedar-smoked chocolate-vanilla creaminess and black cherry ripening. Thick syrupy richness imbues burgundy-liqueur midst as burnt wood beckons meaty salami insistence by superlative bittersweet finish. Perfect digestif.

Rating: 3.5

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Up-front coarse fig dryness of full-bodied Scottish Ale lingers above bittersweet black caramel-butterscotch expansion and wily licorice lick, gaining chocolate malt thickness to musty fruited midst. Soured mocha finish offset by late coming burnt cedar sweetness.

Rating: 4

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Thick Scottish style ale flaunts proud prune-brown hue, cherished sour chocolate-mocha creaminess, and dry bourbon soothe. Resonant roasted coffee bid rises above caramel center, filling out complex malt finish rather admirably.

Rating: 3.5

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Creamy reddish chestnut-hued medium-bodied Scottish wee heavy brings whiskey-smoked caramel malts to sharp hazelnut-walnut-cola nut roasting and seductive black cherry-prune scamper. Toasted grains flatten out dried fruiting as sarsaparilla-like sugared maple-birch sweetness rises.

Rating: 4

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Strong malted barley flow given butterscotch influence backed by fruity notes. Fizzy hops soften maple creaminess and distant prune tones for appealing well-rounded finish. Will appease wide range of drinkers.

Rating: 2.5

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Ill-defined Scot-styled ale finds early charred wood affluence and Scotch malt waver seized by dull port acridity. By thin finish, raisin-fig dip gives way to mute orange-tangerine blotch.

Rating: 3

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Rich brown-bodied creamy-headed Scottish ale brings thick molasses malting to yeasty sourdough presence, dried tobacco nuance, and light Scotch finish. A tad watery, but honey nut sweetness and floral hop pleasantries fill out backend.

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