 bvc (227), Kenmore, Washington, USA
Oct 20, 2009 750ml capped and foiled from kegbear. Deep dark brown with maybe the best looking tan head of any Scotch ale I have ever had. Starts out big with tight uniform bubbles and settles down to a thin layer and will reform easily with a little swirl of my glass. Malt, peat, fleshy plum, cola. Tight sharp carbonation on the tongue with thick but proper body and oily feel. Prickly up front with bready malt that quickly moved into peat then sweet plum, dates and cola finishing up with more peat, tobacco and leather. If I have to knock it for anything, it would be that the alcohol is a bit sharp. Thanks Craig!
punkrkr27 (606), Berkley, Michigan, USA
Oct 16, 2009 Dark mahogany pour with ruby highlights and a big, frothy, off-white head. The aroma is peat smoke and caramel with notes of molasses, dates, and a whiff of alcohol. The flavor adds in some allspice, burnt almond and ends with a nice lingering peat smoke. Creamy full body with soft carbonation.
502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Oct 14, 2009 Bottle 2009 into mini pint glass. Very dark brown with a nice creamy khaki head. This one is just very solid on the aroma and flavor with lots of roasty malt notes, caramel, a bit of smoke, and some residual sweetness that isn’t overwhelming. A nice toasty winter drinker with a heavy and smooth mouthfeel.
gyllenbock (238), Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 12, 2009 Dark brown color with a small white head. Nice aroma of malt, dried fruits, caramel, chocolate. Malty and sweet flavor, fruits, nuts, bourbon. Well balanced and complex. Alcohol was well hidden, thick with a full body. Great!
Pwn3d (1036), Manhattan, New York, USA
Oct 11, 2009 750ml split with CUJO. Amazed I forgot to rate this 3 months ago when I originally had this. Paraphrased from cujo’s review... Great looking pour, dark cola/coffee in color leaving a full finger of thick dry head. Nose is very complex with dark fruits, cooked sugars/malts. First sip reveals strong booze. After more tasting the mouth relaxes and reveals its complexity, again with the dark fruits, nice bitterness in the hops. As it got warmer more earthiness is drawn out, the woods/ pines come through. The lacing in the glass was surprising, a dark dry film had to be scratched off the glass. Not the deity I was expecting, but a great complex and balanced beer no doubt.
Hoptagon (132), Arlington, Virginia, USA
Oct 2, 2009 Champagne magnum. 2005 Vintage. Pours a deep viscous mahogany with no head. Multi-layered candied sugar nose with a heavy dose of burnt caramel. Flavor shows notes of slightly burnt malt, smoked peat, candied raisins and hints of vanilla. Body has an impresse depth with a minimal level of carbonation and a rich, syrupy texture. The alcohol is well hidden and the finish is smooth with a lingering note of burnt sugar.
guyinchicago (516), marengo, Illinois, USA
Oct 1, 2009 Rating # 500 and to celebrate my little milestone my first Alesmith, bottle thanks to Ryan (giascar) I have been sitting on this one for a while,so lets see what all the rave is about.Pours brown with a ruby hue with avery lively tan head that is so thick you can make peaks with your finger,with a full bodied appearence so far so good,following form for a scotch ale,aromas are of very heavy caramelized malts, smoke,vanilla and a very faint aroma of hops well in the back ground just where they belong taste is of a very powerful malt bomb,sweet smooth,sugar vanilla, this by far is the best I have had in this style even if magic dave says there is no such thing as scotch ale lives up to the hype and I’ m very jealous of all the fellow ratebeerians who can buy this at thier local bottle shops
boamr (112), Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 30, 2009 Pours a dark brown color with just a little white head to it. Has a amazing maltybutterscotch smell to it. Taste is more or less the same as the smell but with a smokey finish to it.
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