Desert Select Scotch Ale

Moab Brewery in Moab, Utah, United States 🇺🇸

Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Series Out of Production

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7.10

ABV: 8.6%

IBU: -

Ticks: 9

Scotch Ale or "Wee Heavy," was included in this series to pay tribute to the hearty Scots who have enjoyed rich, full ales for centuries. This ale was traditionally made with malt dried in peat-fired ovens. This leaves a slightly smoky flavor adding to the malt character. "Wee Heavy" is made with fine Two Row barley and a portion of smoked malt, English hops, pure Moab water and Scottish yeast. It is aged in French oak and bottle conditioned. "Wee Heavy" is a brown-ruby rich color and has a sweet malt character. The Scotch Ale will pair with nachos, baked potato skins, smoked salmon salad or wrap, prime rib dinner and chicken and cheese enchiladas. Store upright and serve at 55 degrees F to room temperature. Use wide mouth glassware. Hand-crafted 100% pure ale. This full-bodied ale is bottled in limited amounts right here at the Moab Brewery. We brew and hand-bottle only 2000 bottles per year.

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5.9

nathanvc (7053) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from the brewery.
A: hazy brown, small, foamy, tan head.
A: liquorice, band-aid, old walnut, pear.
T: sweetish pear, liquorice, bitter herbs, old bread.
F: herbal hops, bitter medicinal clove & liquorice.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Lacks malty smooth- & sweetness; overall too medicinal & harshly bitter. Bad batch perhaps?

Tried on 12 Dec 2022 at 13:33

7.1

iphonephan (11573) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

From a 22 oz bottle. Pours a clear copper with an ecru head. Aroma of toffee. Flavors of toffee, caramel and butterscotch. Sweet and smooth finish.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2017 at 18:30

7.1

bb (18607) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Mahogany beer with a big dark cream head. Dark fruit and caramel aroma. Caramel and dried fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Caramel and dried fruit lingers with light berry.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2016 at 17:31

7.6

patrick767 (7172) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

bomber - Pours amber with a two finger head. It smells of smoked and caramel malt. The flavor is sweet with a pleasant smokiness, more smoke than most Scotch ales I’ve had, caramel, and maybe some dark fruit. It’s full bodied and very good.

Tried on 19 Jul 2015 at 18:25

7.3

Travlr (30174) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 11 years ago

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

Bottle. Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma of nutty caramel and light toast. taste has a bit of stone fruit on a caramel background. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2014 at 13:25

7.4

Ibrew2or3 (10834) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Expensive as all hell 1 liter swing top, picked up at Moab, pours with a clear copper body that supports a weak off white head of foam. The aroma offers up caramel malts, thin fig notes and a bit of a peat like plastic sensation. The taste comes across better than the nose as the peat in the nose was cutting against the other notes. In the flavor I get sweet malts, some caramel like malts, prunes, figs and then the peat note bringing up the rear off in the background. The more I drink this the more I like it.

Tried on 27 Oct 2013 at 11:26

7.4

gtaegeek (6445) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

0.5 L bottle. Dark, translucent orangish-brown color, with a huge, frothy, beige head. The aroma is molasses, semi-sweet chocolate, coriander, bitter orange, and some light smoke and peat. Very sweet flavor, with a little grainy bitterness in the aftertaste. Just a touch of boozy warming. Heavy body, sticky, and chalky. This is a big malt-bomb, but nice, complex aroma and a big, thick palate.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2013 at 21:52

6.8

Sledutah (12396) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 12 years ago

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

1 liter swingtop bottle at The Beehive
Appearance: clear dark amber with a small beige head, some lacing
Aroma: Sweet malts, caramel, honey, bitter and toasted malts
Taste: Toasted malts, toffee, nutty sticky sweet
Nice and clean

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2013 at 15:34

8.5

poisoneddwarf (5540) reviewed Desert Select Scotch Ale from Moab Brewery 14 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Rated this last night on paper. Another big bottle (1 qt. 0.815 oz, to be exact) shared with brenn79, this one a swingtop. Aroma is a little peaty, malty, biscuity. Pours cloudy orange with a large off-white lacy head with great retention. Taste is sweet and a little tart; lightly smoky with some fruity esters. Leaves a nice lingering caramelly aftertaste. Body could be fuller, carbonation is soft. It’s pretty good but I wish it was more smoky. This beer got a lot better as it warmed up. The caramel became more prounounced and yummy.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2012 at 15:23