Port City Brewing Company Tartan Ale

Tartan Ale

 

Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Scottish Ale Regular
Score
6.59
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 18
Scottish beers in the 1800s were taxed on their strength, with the strong and better quality beers costing more. Customers developed the habit of asking for them by the tax ratings, or Shilling names. The 80 Shilling style was one of the stronger types which could be purchased, containing 4-5% alcohol, traditionally malty, without much hop character.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Pretty darned roast and malty for a low impact beer. A light bit of biscuit as well

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:21


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 oz bottle, pours clear dark amber with brief small white head. Light to medium body. Hops and caramel aroma, malty sweet taste upfront then hops bitterness at the finish. Not something to have a second round of.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2020 at 02:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours cloudy orange wih a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and grainy. Bitter, grainy and toasted malty. Dry, bitter and slight herbal. Dry and toasted finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2017 at 15:53


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On draft at Mad Fox. Pours a clear pale mahogany with an ecru finish. Nutty nose. Flavors of caramel and toffee. Medium bodied. Clean finish.

Tried from Draft on 01 Jul 2016 at 15:11


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma: toast, earthy, caramel, Appearance: hazy amber with an off-white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Decent

Tried on 09 Apr 2016 at 10:15


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

The ever elusive Scottish ale is mine on this Sunday afternoon. Amber pour with beige head. Nose is butterscotch and fruits. Tastes of caramel, malty, earth, light spice, plums and Capri sun juice box Smooth lower carbonated. Semi swet finish.

Tried on 26 Apr 2015 at 15:30


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

Not great for a style I don’t prefer anyway. Pours murky orange without much head or lacing. Kind of acrid, bitter. Some whiskey barrel but not much. Light sweetness. Doesn’t come together super well. Tap at DC Beer festival.

Tried from Draft on 15 Apr 2014 at 09:47


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Pours clear orange amber with a small beige head that diminishes quickly and leaves some lacing. Aroma is caramel, malt, grass, and a touch of metal. Flavor is the same, plus toffee, perhaps anise, medium sweet and lightly bitter, with a nutty ranging to metallic finish. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2013 at 23:12


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

12oz bottle pours a hazy, deep garnet amber with some thin, white head. Nose of stale malt, a little cedar, some raisin, slightly oxidized, some plum. Flavor is malty, raisin, orange, cardboard, cracker. Medium, dry finish. Not like any scotch ale I’ve had. A bit too weak.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2013 at 16:30


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

The body is clear deep copper with an ample off-white head. The aroma is earthy and woody with caramel notes. Rich malty flavor.

Tried on 11 Oct 2012 at 17:57