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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: PELICAN PUB & BREWERY, PACIFIC CITY, OR.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: RAMAPO VALLEY BREWERY, SUFFERN, N.Y.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SHEEPSCOT VALLEY BREW. CO., WHITEFIELD, ME.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SHENANDOAH BREW. CO., ALEXANDRIA, VA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SLY FOX BREWERY, ROYERSFORD, PA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: 3 FLOYDS BREWERY, NEW ULM, MN.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: TROUT RIVER BREW. CO., LYNDONVILLE, VT.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SCOTTISH & NEWCASTLE BREWERIES, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
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.
