Bristol Brewing Company Laughing Lab Scottish Ale

Laughing Lab Scottish Ale

 

Bristol Brewing Company in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Scottish Ale Regular
Score
6.38
ABV: 5.4% IBU: 19 Ticks: 21
Laughing Lab is our most popular brew among beer drinkers and beer judges alike, with ELEVEN medals to its name since 1994 at the Great American Beer Festival® alone. The Lab has a complex maltiness that comes from a careful blend of specialty malts. Its nutty, roasted flavor is mildly sweet, but not too rich. Smooth and luscious!
 

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Deep Amber with a minimal head. Aroma of sweet malt, port and spice. has a smooth mouthfeel, fruity with a dry full flavour. Leaves a full and pleasant aftertaste that hits every part of the mouth

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2011 at 13:29


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Dark amber. Nice malty-earthy aroma. Caramel on the plate - earthy and sweetish with mild brown sugar notes.

Tried on 04 Oct 2011 at 11:31


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle. Murky red-brown color. Thin, oily non-head. Malty, medium-bodied, quite true to style. Sort of a watery, low carbonated, amber-brown ale. Sweet, nutty, light brown sugar. I respect a good, sessionable Scottish Ale. Well done.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2010 at 22:49


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle via a trade with jbye4334. Pours with a fading off-white head over a hazy brown body. Aroma of earth, tobacco, vegital and caramel. Taste is tea, tobacco, pepper and caramel. Light bubbles, dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2010 at 08:04


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

After a good experience with their IPA, I picked this one up, and I’m kind of sorry I did - huge diacetyl bomb, both in the nose and flavor - the sad thing is, it tastes intentional - there are some plum notes, roasted nuts, a mild bitterness - there is some decent stuff happening, but the diacetyl is a huge distraction - too bad.

Tried on 25 Jan 2010 at 19:43


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample from a bottle at Jonesy’s Eatbar in Denver. This beer pours amber with a medium thin off-white head that dissipates steadily. Thin rings of lacing on the glass. Caramel malt aroma. Light body with a sweet toasted malt character and flavors of caramel and mild hops. The finish is malty and fruity and leaves a lingering sweetness behind. Slightly above average overall.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2009 at 06:53


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

bottle - Pours amber brown and has a rich malt aroma. The flavor is heavy on the malt with mild dark fruit notes. It’s medium bodied and rather enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2009 at 18:02


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

’08 bottle courtesy of BA trader. Pours copper, brownish with beige head. Aroma is fruity, malty with hints of cherry/prune and light chocolate. Flavor, dark fruits really give this one a good dimension, hinting at a gingerbread palate with some caramel and fruits. Possibly some smoke in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2009 at 16:14


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Amber with beige head,small bead.Light fruity malt nose.Molasses malt taste faeds to nothing, then light bitterness in the finish.

Tried on 29 Oct 2005 at 15:39


5
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 10

Strong aroma of burnt malts that overpowers everything else if there is anything else. The flavor reveals sweet malts, but like the aroma, the dominant flavor is burnt malts which I didn’t find particularly enjoyable. Some bitterrness in the aftertaste.

Tried on 09 Oct 2005 at 15:10