Iron Thistle
Rahr & Sons Brewing Company in Fort Worth, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.94
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft from Draught House in ATX. Poured a medium brown fairly transparent. Taste was fairly thin, didn’t seem like a traditional scotch ale to me.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 01:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Dark brown almost black. Nice toasted grain aroma and flavor. A very tasty beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a can. Pours a clear dark cola with a tan head. Aromas of licorice and toffee. Flavors are sweet malts with some hop presence.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2023
at 00:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, from a trade. Deep dark brown color. Toffee, roast and ash in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with toffee, laurel, caramel, roast. Full bodied, slightly alcoholic. Hint of ash in the aftertaste. Sticky mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz. can purchased at Specs in Austin, TX. Pours a clear mahogany color with a small but tight khaki head and good retention. Light lacing. Light caramel aroma. Toasted caramel flavor, almost burnt. Clean and smooth. The 7.0 ABV is well hidden. Lacks the smoky flavor I like in my Scottish ales but still pretty good. Medium body/mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2019
at 23:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours dark amber with a tiny beige head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malts, bit of roast. Taste follows nose with a touch of smoke, peat, dark fruits, alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2018
at 05:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 4/1/2018. Pours slightly hazy dark ruby red/brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, smoke, molasses, raisin, plum, cherry, fig, leather, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, smoke, molasses, raisin, plum, cherry, fig, leather, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, smoke, light dark fruit/pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that in great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an awesome Scotch ale! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mild bitter/drying finish. Impressively rich English malt complexity for the ABV; very well restrained fruity yeast, and solid earthy hop balance against sweetness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2018
at 01:45
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2018
at 18:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Draft House. Deep dark brown color, tan head. Aroma of cocoa, caramel. Taste is chocolate covered caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2014
at 09:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks to crajun for the trade! Pours clear dark brown with a thin off-white head. Nutty roast malt aroma. Little/no hop aroma. The flavor is sweet and nutty with a bit of bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2014
at 09:48