Gravedigger Billy
Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Rotating|
Score
7.88
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Scotch Ale Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Our bourbon barrel-aged Wee Heavy, decked out in a fine tartan kilt, delivers expressions of sweet malt and American oak like a furious claymore strike. Pour a wee dram and let the brogue fly. Don’t be daft, enjoy now or store cold.
Our bourbon barrel-aged Wee Heavy, decked out in a fine tartan kilt, delivers expressions of sweet malt and American oak like a furious claymore strike. Pour a wee dram and let the brogue fly. Don’t be daft, enjoy now or store cold.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
12oz @ Phill's.
Aroma: caramel, American oak, dark fruits.
Taste: along the same lines, moderate body.
Overall: good one.
Aroma: caramel, American oak, dark fruits.
Taste: along the same lines, moderate body.
Overall: good one.
Tried
from Can
from
John's Marketplace - SW Multnomah
on 06 Mar 2026
at 02:30
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2025 can from Total Wine. Pours a deep chestnut with a small beige head that dissipates. Lovely aromas of toffee, tobacco, red fruit and bourbon. Palate is very similar, lots of bourbon, vanilla along with the toffee and red fruit. Warming finish, but not overly boozy. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Total Wine & More - Novi, MI
on 28 Jan 2026
at 03:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 26 Jan 2026
at 00:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at Beer Temple. Pours a clear deep amber with a light tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has bourbon and some dark grains and a bit of toffee supporting. Flavor has bourbon and toffee with some sweet dark grains supporting.
Tried
from Draft
from
The Beer Temple
on 24 Jan 2026
at 22:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Tavour. Opaque dark brown pour. Brief tan head. Sweet roasted malt aroma hints at bourbon and oak. Added notes of caramel and Tia Maria. Flavor is bittersweet malt, caramel, oak, whiskey, coffee, brown sugar and absinthe. A bit of woodiness as well. Smooth, sticky and super.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 14 Jan 2026
at 21:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
12 oz. can. Pours black, with a big, foamy, tan head. The nose is cognac, cherry wood, cloves, cola, caramel, and black bread. Sweet and malty, with a mellow, earthy bitterness. Heavy, grainy, and boozy. Aggressive and interesting.
Tried
from Can
from
Coaltrain Wine and Liquor
on 07 Jan 2026
at 03:51
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Can, 2025 vintage. Pours clear hazel, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is bourbon, dark sugars, toffee, oak. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Quite solid.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2025
at 05:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can - clear dark amber - faint lace - nose is mostly bourbon, vanilla, dark fruit - creamy texture - quite sweet and sugary - plums, caramelized sugars, toffee, treacle - there is a slight earthy maltiness, but not getting the peaty, smoky notes of a scotch ale at all - finish is crazy hot and boozy - a blunt instrument that is not terribly complex.
Tried
from Can
from
Mr. B's Wine & Spirits at Stanley Marketplace
on 23 Dec 2025
at 01:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can late night. brown pour dark hint of reddish hues. Nose is toffee and dried fruit and bourbon. Tatses of bourbony vanilla, date, red wine, figs, wood, soy sauce, cherry. Sweet finish. Boozy warmers.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2025
at 15:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can from Tavour. Dark brown pour, muddy, small bubbly head . Boozy aroma, bourbon, chocolate. Not getting many scotch ale notes due to the bourbon. Thick, heavy
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 05 Dec 2025
at 06:13