Judicious hop bittering gives grain-embedded wee heavy Scottish ale its advertised English India Pale Ale character. Creamy eggshell head sits atop hazy amber body, providing fluffy froth for dewy peat rusticity and sugary pale-malted honey nut linger. Earthen bottom saturated by black tea, resin and clay nuances.

Vague Scottish-styled medium body brings nebulous earthen grained dewiness to mild Scotch-dried caramel toasting and earthen smoked malts. Ancillary fig-sugared maple nuttiness fades into the metallic-tinged ether.

Another winningly soft-toned wood-bareled elixir from Innis & Gunn’s reserves. Sweet bourbon-aged Scottie brings mellow Scotch and peat whiskey tones to oaken vanilla buttering as well as advertised ‘apple-candied marzipan’ bluster. Whiskey-soaked chery nicety provides ancillary relief.

Ambitious midrange libation gathers brown chocolate, vanilla and caramel sweetness alongside spice-hopped fig sugaring to dewy bottom. Buttery toasted graining and mild earthiness affix latent date-breaded nicety. Stylistically accurate, bettering most perplexingly nebulous offerings.

On tap, accurately dubbed ‘the fruitcake you don’t want to re-gift,’ estimable oak-aged wee heavy places dried red cherries, spiced fig and golden raisins atop citric-tinged Reisling, port and burgundy notes for a fascinatingly peculiar concoction. Oak-soaked in Woodford Reserve small batch bourbon and pleated with oaken vanilla subtleties, its unassuming 9% alcohol volume provides elegant warmth. Bottled version retained livelier fruitcake theme as fig-spiced red wining, ripe raisin rasp and prune-stewed black cherry splat receive capacious ginger snap cookie sugaring.

Traditional English pub ale made from “the stripped down second runnings” of Jersey brewery’s excellent Wee Heavy maintains apropos moderate body. Faint orange compote waft emanates from coppery liquid, followed by mild earthen fungi tongue and milder peat-smoked pale-crystal malting. Root vegetable notes line soft Columbus hop bittering.

Demure soft-toned clear-bottled moderate-bodied Scottie allows subtle oak aging to provide elegant, satiny warmth to exquisite spirit. Silken bourbon tones, soothing Scotch simmer, and dainty almondine wisp comfort sweet vanilla-butterscotch malting. Mild pear, peach, and cherry illusions stay below cream soda flow. Unassuming 6.6% alcohol whir barely makes a peep. Just beautiful.

Scottish brewer specializes in lighter-bodied 4% alcohol beverages. Subtle opaque auburn moderation lacks depth but not flavor. Sweet ‘n sour walnut-seared hazelnut glaze cuts through pleasant cocoa-chocolate buttering and distant brown-sugared raisin-fig dash secured by cake-like pastry malting. Ashen leafy-hopped sear counters any leftover sweetness.

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.

Serviceable blue collar Scottish-styled copper body finds aromatic sweet cereal-grained malts, mossy barley-oats, and peachy red apple hints opposing mild grapefruit-lemon rind sourness bridging embittered black currant reminder to concealed 6.8% alcohol musk. Citric-splashed finish and peripheral butterscotch suggestion counter slight tea bittering.

Rich Scottish-style ale flaunts proud prune-browned hue, soured chocolate-cocoa creaminess and dry bourbon soothe. Resonant roasted coffee bid rises above brown-sugared caramel center, filling out complex mocha malt finish rather admirably. Brewery defunct: 2010.

Mild amber hue downplays and disguises medicinal 7% alcohol insistence as sweet butterscotch frontage and ancillary raisin-prune depth amplify soured chocolate nose. Sedate mocha malt finish picks up minor cork dryness.