Meteor - Triple Scotch Ale
Gravity Brewing in Budapest, Capital City of Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.97
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A wee heavy for whisky lovers.
Why 'triple scotch'? We start with a wee heavy base, full of deep caramel flavors developed in the kettle. Specialty UK malts give us a classic scotch ale profile, toasty and subtly fruity like a good Highland. Finally, barrel-smoked malt lends the body a touch of soft oak and Speyside casks.
The result is cool in the glass and warm in the throat, and as close to a pint of whisky as we've found.
Why 'triple scotch'? We start with a wee heavy base, full of deep caramel flavors developed in the kettle. Specialty UK malts give us a classic scotch ale profile, toasty and subtly fruity like a good Highland. Finally, barrel-smoked malt lends the body a touch of soft oak and Speyside casks.
The result is cool in the glass and warm in the throat, and as close to a pint of whisky as we've found.
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7.5/10
Heavy. Like a meteor.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2025
at 19:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Gravity Brewing taproom, Budapest. Poured almost black in colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is light roasty, light oaky, herbal. The flavour is light bitter, with a smooth, somewhat rich, earthy, light oaky, roasty, light warm alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. The commercial description really talks it up but the beer fails to deliver.
Tried
from Draft
at
Gravity Brewing
on 13 Oct 2025
at 18:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 5
Tap at the brewpub. Pours surprisingly dark brown, almost black, with an off-white head. Nose is caramel, booze and nail polish. Taste is sweet malts, mainly caramel and bread and booze and hints of acetone. Closes with a boozy finish, has a light to medium body and soft carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Blackish coloured, small off-white head, malty caramel nose. Sweet malty (light roasted), caramel, dried fruits and alcohol with spicy touch in the finish. Bit too sweet.
Tried
from Draft
at
Gravity Brewing
on 01 Mar 2025
at 12:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Gravity taproom, Budapest, 09/06/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown meets light black with a khaki head that thins to a swirl. Nose is dark malts, toffee, dried fruit rinds, dates, spice. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, dates, light spice, brown bread, earthy, dark malts. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Apr 2024
at 16:51
7/10
Tried
on 09 Jun 2023
at 18:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at the brewpub. Hazy, copper colored. AROMA- jam, strawberry, cranberries, plum, cherry, dark grapes, povidla, pleasant alcohol, a bit floral and earthy. FLAVOR- lightly sweet, touch of sourness, a bit tart, touch of alcohol, smooth, very fruity again, earthy and floral. Fuller bodied. Really good.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2021
at 16:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
tap @ gravity brewpub (budapest) dark brown colour, strong body, low carbonated, some light brown head, thick texture, dark chocolate, cherry, yeasty, pastry, brandy wood,
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2021
at 14:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
tap @ gravity brewpub (budapest) dark brown colour, strong body, low carbonated, some light brown head, thick texture, dark chocolate, cherry, yeasty, pastry, brandy wood,
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2021
at 14:30