Smugglers Bay Scotch Ale Aged in Bourbon Barrels
McLeod's Brewery in Waipu, Northland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.05
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle@Jespers - dark brown with a beige head. Sweet malty with notes of toffee and caramel, accents of dark dried fruit, some singed brown sugar, medium body, bourbon wooden infused notes into the sweet malty close.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 16:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample from 50 cl bottle. Clear amber colour with a thin lightly tanned head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts and herbal spicy notes. Taste is sweet. Medium bodied. Drying fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 16:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
50 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown, small tan head. Aroma is deep fruity. Wooden. Funky, bretty, deep fruity. Lingering fruity and bretty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 16:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle, 82 of 1500. Pours dark brown. Bourbon, vanilla, pepper, biscuit, earthy, big caramel, port, touch of booze, plenty of wood. Good body. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2018
at 06:23