Highland Ambush Scotch Ale

BridgePort Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular Out of Production

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6.69

ABV: 6.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 13

“First brewed in the 1980s as a special beer for the BrewPub at BridgePort, Highland Ambush is making its triumphant return more than 20 years later. Stuart MacLean Ramsay, then pub manager, conceptualized the brew to pay homage to his Scottish heritage. This year’s Highland Ambush takes inspiration from the original ale using NW pale ale malt along with a Scottish crystal and roast malt. The hopping rate of Highland Ambush has been toned down to help highlight the complementing vanilla from the American oak bourbon barrels and caramel-toffee malt nuances. Reddish-Brown in color, Highland Ambush will warm the coldest of toes and noses this holiday season.

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6.6

Sledutah (12396) reviewed Highland Ambush Scotch Ale from BridgePort Brewing Company 16 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle
Appearance: Pours a dark brown/red amber with a nice looking off white head leaving some lacing in the glass
Aroma: Yeast, toffee & caramel
Taste: Yeast, earthy & caramel, smokey/ash in the finish
This is a refreshing beer, very clean and crisp on the palate.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2010 at 18:27

7.1

Dogbrick (24322) reviewed Highland Ambush Scotch Ale from BridgePort Brewing Company 16 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sample at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazed brownish amber color with a thin off-white head that dissipates steadily. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of smoked malt and dark fruit. Medium body with flavors of peaty malt, caramel, dark fruit and mild hops. The finish is smoke and dark fruit with a malty aftertaste. Decent all around.

Tried on 10 Feb 2010 at 20:27

8.1

bhensonb (22726) reviewed Highland Ambush Scotch Ale from BridgePort Brewing Company 16 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark amber brown with a low off-white head. Aroma is toffee and perhaps light vanilla. Near full in body with creamy, frothy carbonation. Flavor is sweet dark malt, with definite vanilla and some woody astringency. Finishes more sweet than bitter. But there is bitter in the finish as the sweet washes away. The bourbon barrel imparts the sort of smoothness found in Paradox ales, and enhances a scotch ale into a higher orbit.

Tried on 06 Feb 2010 at 18:44