Scotch Ale
McNeill's Brewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.24
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CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Scotch Ale from McNeill's Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy burnt orange to amber color with a fairly quick dissipating head. Mild lace.
The aroma had some quickly leaving smoke and peat. Caramel malts and some burnt toast. Slight ash.
The flavor has the ash up front and then the burnt toast. Smoke and peat are somewhat there. Burnt toast aftertaste. Burnt malty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body and has an okay sessionability about it. Mild carbonation is felt.
Overall, better than last beer but pretty much an \"up and down\" sort of beer. This one struggles to stay ahead with the forerunners of it’s style.
notalush (7339) reviewed Scotch Ale from McNeill's Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at Blind Tiger - turbid dark purplish beer, with pretty much no head - a bit of earthy, peat-like character in the aroma, high sweetness, some floral notes - the flavor is fairly sweet, too, and lacking a lot of complexity - there is some peat/smoke, strong vegetal/root vegetable flavors, and high sweetness - beyond that, there isn’t much happening here - a disappointment, but a drinkable one.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Scotch Ale from McNeill's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep amber into a snifter. Sickly head quickly subsides with no lacing. Sour smoke aromas. Thin caramel with an alcohol bite. Lasting sour finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Scotch Ale from McNeill's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2005 bomber shared with Muzzlehatch on 11/4/05. Summery orange colors mix with chestnut browns in a hazy, well-carbonated body. Half a finger of off-white head is well-retained and provides for ample lacing. Smells of light buttercream, nuts, lightly toasted grains. First flavor notes are of a dry, nutty and floral bitterness, quickly moving to a lightly sweet toffee with buttercream and a strong hops bite. A bit astringent/dry sourness, but a moderately expansive carbonation and unfiltered mouthfeel provide a solid vessel for flavor expression here. Light licorice and nuttiness on the finish, with light earthy/dry yeast notes that are, again, sour. Body is medium for the style, with no alcohol apparency and significantly less fruitiness than I was expecting.