90 Shilling
Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
6.63
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90 Shilling is our smooth and complex flagship beer. A medium-bodied amber ale with a distinct burnished copper color and a deeply pleasant aroma. The name 90 Shilling comes from the Scottish method of taxing beer. Only the highest quality beers were taxed 90 Shillings. We think you’ll find this original ale brilliantly refreshing, and worth every Shilling.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
tap at the brewpub - Pours clear amber and smells mainly of caramel malt. Despite the name, scottish ale seems like a bit of a stretch. It seems to be closer to another amber ale. The caramel malt is joined by some light hops. It’s certainly quaffable, but also unremarkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2008
at 12:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle from Cheyenne, WY; Nose of taosted nuts, caramel, and some peat; rusty-copper with a medium beige head; flavor of peaty malt, a bit of hop bitterness, and some woody oakiness. My fourth Scottish Ale , but not a real great one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2007
at 18:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle. Maybe I’m just a sucker for this style. Bright, but dense brown body, good-sized brown head. Presents a fine Scots malt smell. Taste is up front caramel and dried plums, with a suggestion of smoked jerky. Some whiskey malt in the backbone. English hops slide along the tongue. Lightly sticky. It may be light in alcohol, but a hearty brew nonetheless – good for rainy days and fall evening.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2007
at 10:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amberish copper color. Taste the malt right away, with a nice touch of hops. Sweet, caramel taste is there too. I was quite surprised by this one as I normally am so so with Scottish Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2007
at 16:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (trade with ford9719). Very different aroma - lemon, green pepper or light jalapeno and leather. Hazy dark amber color with moderate head. Lightly sweet fruity flavor initial followed by a moderate malty flavor and ending with a hops and ash flavor. Different and really hard to compare to anything else I’ve drunk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2007
at 18:52
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Beautiful amber color. Simple aroma of maiz flour. Simple taste, with some caramel. A failure. Boring.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2006
at 04:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Heavily carbonated. A light brown beer, nothing about it stands out as good or bad. Some hops in the aroma and flavor; a little bitter. Simple but good.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2006
at 10:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Certainly plenty of malt to go around in both aroma and flavor — as a Scottish style ale should have. Mostly sweet with fruit notes. Then there are the hops, present in both aroma and flavor and especially in the noticably bitter bite in the aftertaste. A good, flavorful brew with a nice balance between malt and hop, but I am not sure this is true to the style, though I would not hesitate to drink another.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2005
at 19:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a dark red with a white head. Aroma is malty and sweet. Flavor is a mix of malts and sweet dark fruits. Lots of woody and earthy notes make an appearance as well as some hops on the swallow. Been waiting to try this for awhile and i can say i was missing out on a tasty brew. Goes well with my cigar.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2005
at 19:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Very dark copper colour, small beige head. Bitter fruity aroma with some caramellish and spicy hints. Sweet fruity and hoppy flavour. Also some hints of caramel. Long bitterish aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2005
at 01:40