St-Ambroise Scotch Ale
Brasserie McAuslan (St. Ambroise) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.76
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We are proud to celebrate 400 years of Scottish heritage in Quebec with our limited edition McAuslan Scotch Ale. This malty beer evokes the classic “wee heavies” or the full-bodied, 90-shilling, strong winter ales of Scotland.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 34,1 cl. Courtesy of Siroy. Clear dark amber golden with a small, off-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit and burned caramel. Quite full-bodied with roasted malts and burned caramel - but no real peatiness. The finish is dry with some alcohol showing. 040409
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden deep hazzlenut brown with a small off-white head. Dry, roasted and mild fruity aroma. Bitter and fruity to citric flavoured. Roasted malt flavoured finish with a nice fruity touch. Sweet and bitter finish with a lasting malt driven impression.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at Le Grand Duc on November 12 2007, savoured on December 24 2007; eye : ruby, clear, light effervescence, creamy beige head that remains, no lacing; nose: light scotch, liqueur-like, malt, nice hops, pepper, candied fruits, light wood, molasses, alcohol; mouth: light wood, liqueur-like, hops, malt, caramel, candied fruits, light scotch, slight smoke, molasses, light brown sugar, hoppy finale with the presence of scotch and alcohol, lightly grainy, slight astringency, mildly sweet and bitter, medium body, average carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée chez Le Grand Duc le 12 novembre 2007, savourée le 24 décembre 2007; œil : rubis, claire, légère effervescence, mousse beige crémeuse qui reste, pas de dentelle; nez : léger scotch, liquoreux, malt, bon houblon, poivre, fruits confits, léger boisé, mélasse, alcool; bouche : léger boisé, liquoreux, houblon, malt, caramel, fruits confits, léger scotch, très léger fumée, mélasse, léger cassonade, finale houblonnée avec une présence de scotch et d’alcool, légèrement granuleux, très légère astringence, moyennement sucrée et amère, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : bien aimé
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Late 2005 bottle from Rastacouere drunk on 7/3/06.
Filtered and force carbonated, the head is not long retained at this point in the beer’s age. Light beige in color, producing no lacing. The body is clear, but a strong ruby-magenta glow with some dark chestnut hues is quite vivid.
Looking for Ringwood in the nose, it dosent take long to find a strong fruitiness, fully buttressed by sweet, buttercreamy malts that thicken things and seem quite heavy. Not really oxidized, but just dull, stale and old. Little hops, if any, with mushy graham crackers and a touch of coffee-tinged chocolate.
More thick, creamy-sweet malts appear in the flavor, intersparsed with minerals and artificially flavored vanilla mixed with marshmallows. Without getting too ridiculous with my descriptions, let’s just say it’s very sweet, with hints of dry nuts and light coffee on the end. Bits of fruitiness do not add much and just get lost. Low carbonation at this point makes things all the more heavy. Very faint touches of dry alcohol on the end.
I was hoping this one would gain some character/intrigue with age, but it looks like this one was best drunk fresh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Dumdum’s cave, 1999, tasted 28/01/05 at Institut Scotch Ale tasting. Red copper ale with barely any head. Sweet malt and cherry notes, with sherry notes and roasted chocolate. Sweet malt and wine taste, with leather notes, pungeant and complex. Alcohol warmth present dropping quickly. Rich and warm with a quick finnish. 8-3-8-4-15
2001 bottle. Orange brown ale with a good off white head. Vinous aroma with more burned sugar and some barnyard. Thinner than 1999, yet interesting. Scotch malt in mouth, with peaty notes. 8-3-7-3-14
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a clear dark brown color ale with a big head with limited retention. Aroma with hints of smoke and sweet malt. Taste is lighter then expected with some sweet malt and a light bitter finish. Body is defiantly too thin for the style and IMHO carbonation is too high for the style. Quite deceiving and not even close to my recollection of the original beer that was brewed years ago.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brown,thick tan head.rich malt/alcohol nose.Bland malt flavor with medium alcohol heat. This was a very old bottle, would like to re rate Re Rate Aug 29/05:Sparkling amber,small fast fading beige head.Malt and alcohol nose.Complex malt flavor. Great body, chewy
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cloudy dark amber ale, creamy head. Nice malt aroma, strong malt flavour, like a barley wine, full bodied. Good final.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Complex, malty, fruity. Nice pint..........................................