Lord Grizzly Scotch Ale

Draught at source: pours amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel, earth, boozy and vanilla notes. Sweet, malty. On style.

On draft at monk’s. Pours a clear cola with an ecru head. Aromas of toffee. Flavors are moderately bitter roast with sweet caramel in the finish.

On tap at the brewery. Pours dark brown. Biscuit, caramel, prune, dried raspberry, sweet toffee finish. Medium body. Good.

Deep dark brown coloured body, only around 50 per cent opaque, with a fairly thin, single centimetre tall tan head that fades relatively quickly and without any movement at all down below. Aroma of toasted malt, nuts, light earth and a dash of caramelised sugar, but also a touch of light spices and a dash of the alcohol towards the end. Medium-bodied; Strong toasted malt flavours dominate with some nuts, earth, mild spices and a dash of toffee and sugars with some light alcohol and the ever present malt noticeable throughout. Aftertaste shows some toasted malt, light spice, apple, pear and softer stone fruits along with their sweetness noticeable, but the majority of the flavour is on the earthier and slightly rustic maltiness along with some caramelised sugars and toffee flavours that really show through at the end. Overall, a decent enough scotch ale that shows slightly on the imperial side of things, but not really in that group, in my opinion, despite the alcohol content - the flavours just weren't there. I sampled this sixteen ounce pint on draught at Thirsty's in Rapid City, South Dakota on 01-July-2020 for US$4,00 sampled while eating my last dinner here in South Dakota before returning home to Washington in the morning!

On tap. Off white head and deep red color. A-peat/roasty mediun malt, some earthy. T-follows.

Draft at the source. Clear deep amber color white head. Aroma of burnt caramel. Taste is toasted caramel biscuit. Tasty.