Full Boar Scotch Ale
Devil's Canyon Brewing Co. in San Carlos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.70
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Full Boar Scotch Ale won First Place Gold in the English and Scottish Strong Ale Category at the 2003 California State Fair Commercial Craft Brewing Competition. This ale is deeply malted and caramel apparent with overtones of chocolate and a slight hint of a mild, smoky flavor.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can at Antenna America in Yokohama courtesy of Unm4rk3d, thanks Julio! Dark clear brown color, thick tan head. Aroma of sweet coffee grounds. Taste is very roasty sweetened caffe au lait.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2014
at 10:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep brown body. Creamy tan head. Aroma of peat, toffee, raisins, dark fruits. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. The finish is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Taste of char, smoke with a light acidity in the finish. A bit medicinal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2013
at 14:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours black with a slowly fading head.Nose shows chocolate, bready malt, peat, soft smoke, coffee, roasted malt, oatmeal and nutty nots.Similar flavours but quite sweet. Peat, brady malt, chocolate, malted grains, nutty notes. A bit too sweet.Carbonation could be higher.
Tried
on 03 May 2013
at 21:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can. Clear dark brown with a modest beige head that nevev quite disappears. Aroma of toffee, toast, prunes, mild spices, a whiff of smoke. Taste is sweet with dried and stewed fruits, toffee, pepper, burnt toast. No real depth in the malty flavours, which at 7%+ makes me wonder. A bit astringent as well as peppery at the end.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2013
at 06:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from SED. Clear dark brown with a thin head. Aroma is dark fruit malt, roast caramel. Flavour is toasted almost smoked, malt, caramel and grape. Finish is dry smoked.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2012
at 13:29
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Pours dark brown with light tan head. Nose/taste of charred earth and burnt barley. Some hints of chocolate covered cherry and smoke. I couldn’t get past the char. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2012
at 21:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown color. Very light malty, light smokey, cherries and earth, but lacking the body. Rounded. Nice, but not tons of complexity.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2012
at 05:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours clear dark brown with a small tan head that laces well. Aroma is roasted malt, distinctive peaty scotch ale, taste is lightly sweet roasted malt, notes of chocolate and strong peat. Fairly full bodied in the mouth - an enjoyable beer
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2012
at 15:01
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle (no bottling date visible). Pours with a near black body with a large and lasting off-white head. Aromas are roasty, very sweet, overripe fruits, VERY estery, raisins, dark fruits, a bit smokey (even phenolic), tobacco, vegital and a hint of acetaldehyde. Messy yeast wise if not a touch infected. Flavors are dry, smokey (strong), leather, chlorophenolic, medicinal, caramel, pear esters. Lively carbonation, oddly dry, medium bodied. Mild infection starting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2011
at 17:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from The Davis Beer Shoppe in Davis, CA. Pours really dark brown with a creamy/bubbly 3 finger tan head. Aroma seems like a strong mix of toffee and chocolate. Med body. Mild carb. Flavor is somewhat Horlicks - chocolate and malt. Not on the sweet side, but not exactly dry. It has some bitterness - low key. Finally finding a bit of hop in the nose. Might be some smoke, but hard to be sure.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2011
at 18:05