Batch 372 (Scottish Ale)
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
5.98
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Very dark coloured body with a brown tint when on an angle. Small tan head with some bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of fresh hops, roasted malt, strong peanuts and some light nutmeg. Medium-bodied; Super strong nuttiness throughout with some malt and a funky vegetable taste all the way. Aftertaste shows more of the peanut bitterness with a bunch of spices and a bad taste in the palate. Overall, a strong nut brown that has been dry hopped and some light other flavours. Overall, not a great beer...they really shouldn’t make this batch again - try something new! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased in a sampler twelve pack from Harris Teeter in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 08-April-2006.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Brown ale with a thin off white head. Sweet butterscotch aroma with light treacle and honey. In mouth, crisp and sweet, with buttery mouthfeel. Lighter bodied. On tap at the CNY Brewfest 2006.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Dark pour with a thick rocky head. Malty aroma. Quite thin for a scottish ale. The flavor isnt far from what a scottish ale should be.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
2005 bottle consumed on 11/11/2005. Smells like coffee cake and walnuts. Strong ringwood yeast, buttercreamy goodness (or not). Magenta-auburn tinged body with a head that immediately recedes to a ring. Light cherries and dates and almost a pinch of cocoa powder. No hops apparency in the nose. Flavor - Moderate amount of diacetyl, more dry coffee cake, short finish, very loose texture. Light fruitiness from the nose and not a dominance by the diacetyl in flavor. But the high filtration is as evident as always, with the CO2 breaking up any semblance of a cohesive mouthfeel. Creamy, sweet malt is not very complex. Some light, light blackberry notes. Little to no hops flavor, just a touch of floral bitterness at most. No alcohol apparency. Prickly carbonation. Watery, medium-light body. Retronasal has brown bread and salt. No lacing. The wateriness drudges on. . . .