Auld Ale Scotch Stingo
Newbarns Brewery in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Northern Monk Brew Co.Traditional Beer - Old Ale Special
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Score
7.44
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As part of our Burns celebrations, we’ve brewed a few collabs with Scottish brewers who have breweries elsewhere.
We had Brian from Northern Monk come home to Scotland to make this hybrid between the classic malt forward beers of Scotland and Yorkshire.
Starting with a smooth malt-rich base, we fermented this Auld Ale in whisky barrels before an extended conditioning. A warming, complex, and historically resonant ale!
We had Brian from Northern Monk come home to Scotland to make this hybrid between the classic malt forward beers of Scotland and Yorkshire.
Starting with a smooth malt-rich base, we fermented this Auld Ale in whisky barrels before an extended conditioning. A warming, complex, and historically resonant ale!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
23/5/2025. Can bought at Bacchanalia - Mill Road
Store in Cambridge. Train beer home take 2. And one I enjoyed much more. Good pour. Sweet, malty, toffee, bready, whisky cake, fruit cake, dried fruits. Quite sweet, mellow bitterness. Decent body. Good finisher.
Store in Cambridge. Train beer home take 2. And one I enjoyed much more. Good pour. Sweet, malty, toffee, bready, whisky cake, fruit cake, dried fruits. Quite sweet, mellow bitterness. Decent body. Good finisher.
Tried
from Can
from
Bacchanalia - Mill Road
on 23 May 2026
at 17:17
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of toffee, dried fruits, brown bread, brown sugar. Taste is rich, malty and sweet, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, raisins, dates, fruit cake, any whisky notes are very very subtle. Medium bodied, chewy. Lovely example of the style.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 22 Mar 2026
at 21:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 01 Mar 2026
at 18:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear dark amber with a rocky beige head. Aromas of brown sugar, toffee apple and brown bread. Taste is fudge, orange peel, brown bread. Sweet, chewy finish.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2026
at 12:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can direct from Newbarns. It pours clear deep reddish - brown with a medium fluffy off-white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, rich, malt - driven, loads of dried fruits, raisin, date, touch of dried orange, toasted fruit cake, brown bread, malt loaf, wood, distant pipe tobacco, old leather sofa, custard and bread & butter pudding. The taste is initially dry, touch of earthy bitterness, woody, sappy, resinous, oily, slick, leather, light tannin, plenty of dried fruits and berries, raisin, sultana, crunchy cherry, date, prune, toasted fruit cake, tangy tangy, cacao nibs and a dusting of coffee. Finish is drying, woody and toothy. Medium+ body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. This is right up my street. Rich and robust with a lovely depth of flavour. Hot damn.
Tried
from Can
at
Newbarns Brewery And Taproom
on 11 Feb 2026
at 17:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Against The Grain. Clear amber/brown body with a thick beige head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of raisin and dumpling. Flavour of toffee and a subtle hint of whisky. Thin to medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A warming, flavoursome beer.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2026
at 14:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - deep amber to brown with orange edges, Foamy beige head.
Nose - brown sugar, burnt toffee, toffee apple and brown bread.
Taste - sweet toffee, orange peel, brown bread and fudge.
Palate - medium bodied, sweet and chewy.
Overall - good example of this unusual style.
Appearance - deep amber to brown with orange edges, Foamy beige head.
Nose - brown sugar, burnt toffee, toffee apple and brown bread.
Taste - sweet toffee, orange peel, brown bread and fudge.
Palate - medium bodied, sweet and chewy.
Overall - good example of this unusual style.
Tried
from Can
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 21 Jan 2026
at 19:01