Stonecutter Scotch Ale
Renaissance Brewing in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.02
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This is the big, hearty ’red wine’ of our range. Nine malts are blended to produce layers of caramel, coffee, liquorice, chocolate and roasty flavours and these are balanced by a tart, raisiny fruitiness that gradually gives way to a lingering dry finish. Rich, full bodied. warming and moreish. Stonecutter pairs well with venison, roast beef or lamb, or the heartiest casseroles and stews. For dessert try with a creme brulee or, of course, Scottish shortbread.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Kaapse Maria. Hazy amber brown with a creamish tan head. Aroma of tart dark fruits, malt, caramel, vinous notes, light smoke, light coco powder and raisins. Flavour is heavy sweet and a little sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. [18/06/2017]
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2017
at 04:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Frothy beige head stayed well dark oak coloured, still body. Malt & demerara aroma with plum & berries. Medium bodied. Lightly carbonated, thin on back. Sour berries tastes with plum, cherries, brown sugar & raisins.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2017
at 12:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, at Duggfrisk. A dense, pale beige head forms over an unclear brown body. The aroma has lots of sweetish toffee, with dirt and some chocolate and coffee. It’s full-bodied and quite sweet on the palate, smoothly carbonated, and with toffee and dark sugary sweetness dominating. Some chocolate and coffee chiming in, and there’s a good bitterness as well. Lasting sweet, malty finish. A really pleasant scotch. 160820
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2017
at 04:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from beer hawk. It is a red wine of a beer, deeply flavourful and sour. Spicy on the palate. I find it an uncomfortable half way house though of sour and barrel aged. Aroma is very much like port (wine, raisin, molasses). Nice but wouldn’t get again; no doubt exemplary for its style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2017
at 13:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. A copper coloured pour with a thin cream head; boozy aroma with some sweet grains; sweet caramel and barley sugar taste; and a slightly drier finish with some warmth. Seems more like an old-fashioned barley wine to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2017
at 15:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Brown color, off-white head with nice lacework. Aroma has notes of dry fruits, toasted malts and caramelish notes. Flavor with a light sweetness, notes of sweet liquor and toasty with a light bitterness in the final. Nice one.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2017
at 17:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Clear deep amber colour, good frothy beige head, receding slowly, heavy lacing. Aroma roasted malts, caramel, brown sugar, dark fruits. Flavour medium sweet and bitter, roasty, burnt caramel, coffee, retronasal hint of smoke. Malty sweetbitter finish, coffee, chocolate. Medium to full body, oily texture, tasty and round winter beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2016
at 20:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
10.11.2016, 0,33l bottle @ local tasting:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet grassy, weeds, sugar, slightly smoked caramel malts, bark, raisins, sap, minerals. Taste is slightly sweet grassy, weeds, sap, burnt caramel, grass, bark, minerals, slightly smoked caramel malts, raisins, paper, cardboard. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh and watery mouthfeel. Not really my cup of tea.
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet grassy, weeds, sugar, slightly smoked caramel malts, bark, raisins, sap, minerals. Taste is slightly sweet grassy, weeds, sap, burnt caramel, grass, bark, minerals, slightly smoked caramel malts, raisins, paper, cardboard. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh and watery mouthfeel. Not really my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2016
at 11:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nose is brown sugar, brown bread, prunes, caramel, toffee, berry. Taste is prunes, toffee, raisin, treacle, sweet malt. Slick Mouthfeel, decent scotch
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2016
at 16:30