Claymore Scotch Ale
(has 1 batch)
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.02
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Named for a medieval Scottish sword, Claymore Scotch ale is a tribute to the legendary "Wee Heavy" beers of Scotland. A malty, deep-ruby-hued ale, it features a generous amount of caramel sweetness, a reserved hop profile and a subtle warming character, at 7.7% alcohol by volume. Claymore will be available in six-packs and on draft through mid-April.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of daknole. Pours an orangey brown with an off-white head. Sweet aroma of nuts, caramel and overripe, dark fruit. Rather solid body, sweet almost syrupy dark fruits, toffee and brown sugar. Hardly any bitterness. Solid and well crafted. 090710
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2010
at 07:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, alcohol, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, malt, alcohol, and bread, leading to a dry malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2010
at 07:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - Pours very dark amber and has a rich, malty aroma with some dark fruit. The flavor is very sweet with roast caramel and dark fruit coming through nicely. It’s full bodied and smooth, finishing with the promised warming characteristic. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2010
at 19:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Blind Tiger. A delicious Scotch Ale. Pours a dark amber with a medium, white head. Aroma is malty, with notes of caramel and scotch. Flavor is quite sweet, with plenty of rich caramel, some butter, hints of fruit, finishing with faint bitterness. Without a doubt has that Scotch Ale character, and here it is beautiful. Medium in body with average carbonation, lightly syrupy. Nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jun 2010
at 06:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
A very nice beer, the way I like my "wee heavy." Thick, sweet, and malty. A little salt, and lots of earth character. Good, thick palate. A little fruit and red meat in the flavor. Muddy brown appearance and a moderate palate.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2010
at 21:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
not quite as good as i was hoping for, this is a great brewer and was really excited to try this one. just not as full bodied as i was expecting. some nice roasted malts, but was a little too carbonated, tasted almost macro-ish to be honest. too bad.
Tried
on 05 May 2010
at 16:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is an almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is nice. It smells dirty but in a good way. Lots of earthy malts with a bit of smokyness. Flavor is more of the same maybe a less on the smokyness but the earthy malts are still there. Leaves a little anise on the tounge after the swallow. This was very nice.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2010
at 17:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pours a deep dark redish brown. Murky and peaty. Hardly any head and just a ring of light tan lacing. Lovely aroma of dark malts and pitted fruit and a bit of sweet cinnamon spice. and ginger bread. A little grape jelly too. Flavor is all that and a little more roast than I expected. Almost porterish but w/o the astringent bite. Sweet and malty. A slight earthy. Some tanned leather as well and a hint of coffee. Not heavy, but soft and smooth. Lightly carbonated. it’s been a while since I has a Scotch Ale but this i think is one of my favorites.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2010
at 21:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown color with a huge brown head that produced minimal lacing. The aroma was woody, smoky and roasty. The flavor was malty and woody with notes of smoke, nut, dry malts, port wine and raisins. The finish was long, malty, fruity and woody. Fairly full bodied. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2010
at 18:01