Wee Heavy
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Rotating|
Score
7.93
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A classic Scotch Ale. Scotch ales are typically sweet and malty, with a very subdued dose of hops– just enough to provide balance. AleSmith Wee Heavy is a wonderful interpretation of this traditional Scotch style.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Not my favorite style, but this isn’t a bad beer. Pours a dark copper with massive, quickly-dissipating head. Aroma of coffee, caramel, dark fruit. Flavor is sweet, but not sickly-so. Chocolate, coffee, licorice, toffee, and raisin/prune. Creamy mouthfeel. Some booziness, but not too pronounced.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2015
at 17:34
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,75L bottle at the overpriced beer tasting, thanks for sharing guys! Pours dark brown with light brown head. The head stay for some moments. Aroma is malt, dark chocolate, fruits. Flavor is very sweet, malty, caramel, raisins, some alcohol. Overall: great brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2015
at 13:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Dark red brown color with dark beige head. Malty aroma, dark fruits, caramel. Sweet taste malty caramel,, butter, light fruity. Medium to full body, oily with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2014
at 06:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Botella de 75 cl en el momento en el lúpulo el 12-12-2014. Embotellada en 15-01-2014. color oscuro con espuma beige y poca retención. Aromas y sabores escoceses total con un cuerpo medio a alto y buena sensación alcohólica y además cierta densidad, cada vez más apreciable según va calentando,, lo mejor esta al final. Bastante buena y con un final amargo intenso, seco y duradero.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2014
at 16:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a dark brown color with orange highlights and a small foamy beige head that left good lacing. The aroma was woody, nutty, a bit toasty and had vague dark fruits and cola. The flavor was woody, nutty, toasty, a bit smoky and had notes of cola, fig, cherry and a boozy presence. Long finish with lingering booziness. Moderately full bodied. The booziness detracts from this one. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2014
at 20:33
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours almost black, nose is peat, caramel, berries, dark fruit, taste is dry toffee, rich caramel, fruity, peat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2014
at 04:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A dark brown beer with a dense, medium and beige head. The nose is rich and it has strong dried fruits, raisins and dates, berries, strawberries, madeira wine, some alcohol and cold peppermint, hint of roastiness. Very complex aroma that is fresh despites of the richness. Taste has rich maltyness, dried fruits, raisins, strawberries, some dryer roastiness and bread. Medium bitterness dries the taste nicely. No alcohol. Almost full bodied, some carbonation, not too heavy. A very complex and rich flavours, powerfull, fresh anyway.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 08:19
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale (by AleSmith Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
30/VIII/14 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) if I remember correctly, been in my beer fridge for a while @ Cybu's veggie burger cook-off, paired with my wife's caramel pecan pie - BB: n/a (2014-959)
Little cloudy red brown to purple beer, small beige creamy head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of caramel, ripe banana, sweet, little oxidized, dried fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, some banana, bi tof dark chocolate, soft sour notes. Aftertaste: mocha, roasted stuff, caramel, cocoa powder, soft bitterness, overripe banana, bitter chocolate.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
30/VIII/14 - 75cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) if I remember correctly, been in my beer fridge for a while @ Cybu's veggie burger cook-off, paired with my wife's caramel pecan pie - BB: n/a (2014-959)
Little cloudy red brown to purple beer, small beige creamy head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of caramel, ripe banana, sweet, little oxidized, dried fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, some banana, bi tof dark chocolate, soft sour notes. Aftertaste: mocha, roasted stuff, caramel, cocoa powder, soft bitterness, overripe banana, bitter chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 12:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Originally rated 17082012. Colour is dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Dark fruits, grain, coffee, sweetness and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2014
at 09:15
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle into snifter; no bottle dating, but has a store price tag dated 11/2/2012. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big raisin, prune, fig, cherry, caramel, toffee, toast, molasses, brown bread, nuttiness, chocolate, cocoa, light smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, and toast/yeast earthiness. Incredible complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and fruity yeast ester notes; with great strength. Taste of big raisin, prune, fig, cherry, caramel, toffee, toast, molasses, brown bread, chocolate, cocoa, smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, and roast/yeast earthiness. Minimal earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, prune, fig, cherry, caramel, toffee, toast, molasses, brown bread, chocolate, cocoa, smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, and roast/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity and robustness of dark/roast/bready malt and fruity/earthy yeast ester flavors; with an awesome malt/yeast balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and very full bodied; with a smooth, creamy, and moderately slick/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is an absolutely incredible Scotch ale! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and moderate fruity yeast ester flavors; and extremely smooth to sip on for the big ABV. An extremely amazing offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2014
at 20:09