Scotch Ale
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.46
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This is a brew for adventurous beer drinkers. It is brewed with four malts: two row pale Harrington, Munich malt, chocolate malt, and a rare peat smoked malt commonly used by distillers of Scotch malt whiskey. This unique malt gives Samuel Adams® Scotch Ale its distinct, subtle smoky character and deep amber hue. Samuel Adams® Scotch Ale is brewed using traditional English hops, Goldings and Fuggles. This is a big brew dominated by malt flavors and aromas, rich and full bodied, slightly sweet. Its layered malt complexity lingers to a smooth and silky finish.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle poured a brilliant clear amber with frothy tan head and modest sheet lacing. The aroma is roasty malts with a fair amount of peated malts laced with some earthiness and faint smokiness. Pretty nice really. Just like the nose I get bold flavors from roasted and peated malts followed by earthiness. Beyond midway the peat and mild smokiness take over the flavor and then fade to equal strength with the malts at the finish. Flavors could be melded better since they seem disjointed some. Into the after taste roasted, peated and faint smoked malts linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2008
at 20:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a medium light tan head that diminshes quickly. The aroma is a roasted malt with black licorice. Decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a roasted malt with chocolate and licorice. One of the best brews by samuel adams, a very good scotch ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2007
at 19:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours deep brown with an amber hue. Little off-white head. Sweet caramel malty aroma. Nice rye and malt flavour with a caramel sweetness. Light hoppy finish. Very enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2007
at 13:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Pours a chestnut brown with a smaller beige head. Nose is roasted malt, earthiness, and hints of smoke. Taste is crisp with roasted malt, caramel, rye, and a bitter hops trailer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2007
at 09:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown body with a small creamy tan head. Sweet malty aroma, with some light caramel hints. Sweet caramel flavor, some dark malt, and some dry roasted (almost burnt) malt.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2006
at 13:43
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Pours rubious brown, small whiteish head. Aromas of coffee, deep fruits, and malt. Flavor starts off slightly sweet and finishes with a bitter coffee-grind flavor, which overwhelms. Goes downhill from the first sip.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2006
at 00:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Redish brown color. Malty, coffee aromas and flavors. Caramel. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2006
at 22:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber with a thin tan head. Smoky malt aroma. Malty flavor with some smoky accents and a nice finishing bitterness.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2006
at 21:10
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pretty thin and lacking in "ummmpf" for the style - a tiny bit of smoke and some wood - a small plum/chocolate flavor presents itself - flowery hops in the finish - it never really comes together very well, though.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2006
at 20:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Strong chocolate malt aroma with light smokiness. Dark reddish brown with small head. Moderately strong smoky malt flavor - light hops finish. Very nice - smoky malt flavor without the sweetness you often get in this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2006
at 18:45