Can from MattW. Nice dark brown pour, scant beige head settled to ring. Ashy, smoky fireplace aroma. Taste is a bit more subdued, earthy hops, a bit sweet for a Scotch. Nice lasting dirty bitterness..

Shared at the July 2016 MDBG tasting, 7/11/16. Clear dark brown, thin fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, smoke. The taste is cherries, smoke, toffee.

On tap at Gil’s Goods in Livingston. Pours a nice, dark, ruby brown, with no real head. The aroma is toffee, caramel, and some earthy notes. Sweet and malty, with a bit of bitterness. Medium body, crisp, grainy, and smooth. This is a mild and drinkable scotch ale. Not strong nor aggressive, and no real peat or oak which is a shame, but nice and malty.

Pours a super dark brown with an inch of off white foam.

Smells of roasted malt with some smoke and chocolate.

Tastes of roasted malt, light smoke, chocolate, milk shake like flavour near the finish.

Creamy smooth mouthfeel, fairly light carbonation. One of the better beers of the style, given my lack of love for them.

16oz can in Bozeman, MT. Solid IPA - a little on the malty side, but great taste. good beer

On tap. Pours a clear mahogany with a medium, fizzy, long lasting, beige head that laces nicely. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, caramel and light peat. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, caramel, dark fruit and coffee with a hint of smoke in the finish. Medium body with a smooth, sticky texture and soft carbonation. Tasty.

On draft at the Gravel bar grill in Ennis, MT. Grass nose. Flavors of alfalfa and pine. Bitter finish

Can. Pours a dark amber with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is smoke and roast. Thin mouthfeel with roasted malt and light smoke finish, decent.

16 oz can from a four pack bought in Thompson Falls, MT. Canned a month and a half ago. Pours filtered copper with a large off-white head with great retention and lace. Aroma is pretty lackluster with vague caramel malt, chalk. Taste is kind of dull as well--medium bitterness, kind of sweet. Like the pale ale, no real hop character other than the bitterness. Not bad, but it’s boring.