AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

Appearance: Pouring out dark, chestnut brown with a head reminiscent of frothed milk. Alright, this starts off my inaugeral AleSmith experience! Smell: Stongly sweet caramel malt aroma coupled with a limitless amount of peat and smoke. Touch of oak. Some dark fruits glazed in maple syrup. Taste: Starts off with a clean maltiness which blends effortlessly with the peat and dark fruit flavors. Again, a bit of oak in the equation. A bit like a nice tawny port. The hops, though present, are restrained and unobtrusive, allowing for the dark, wine-like fruits and sweetness to dominate (though, at no point is this beer overly sweet). A little time and warmth help to coax out some additional flavors of cocoa and toasted vanilla beans. A litte more time brings out some fusel qualities. Mouthfeel: Medium, and so very smooth. Drinkability: Quite so. I feel "very good" is an understatement. I think it’s an *outstanding* beer, and one I thoroughly recommend.

Clourdy, brown body with a medium sized, off-white head. The aroma is toffee, vinous, light roast and just a touch of cola. The flavor is sweet up front, lots of caramel and toffee, light sweet smoke, raisins and herbs. Medium/full body is soft with moderate carbonation and a rough, slightly astringent and warm finish.

2006 bottle pours a deep brown with hints of amber when held to the light. Smaller bubbly off white head that left some light lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, molassess, caramel, toasted malts, hints of smoke, almonds and hint sof honey. Flavor of cocoa, hints of smoke, latte, milk chocolate, some dark fruits, vanilla, nuts, very nice tasting Scotch Ale. Very smooth mouthfeel.

VVoVV, nose meet Wee Heavy> Awesome brew. Pours a murky dark amber. Great smell to it, a little smoky? with some malt. Taste is much of the same, with some caramel. Very good brew. :moneyL

The best scotch ale I’ve ever had. Poured a dark red with a good sized tan head that lasted. Aroma of sweet malt and hops. Mostly malt. Taste of sweet caramel malt with a hint of hops. Very smoothe and very sweet.

urs dark brown with small ivory head. Aroma is fairly weak with crystal and roasted malts coming through and some smoke. Flavor is pretty smokey throughout, caramel hits you first which then goes to the roasted malts, more chocolate as it withers away from your tongue with a big smokiness left in your mouth. This beer is smokier than I thought it would be although it goes well with the caramel and chocolate flavors and you can’t taste any hops. Big mouthfeel very chewy I had to really swish it on every sip and I kept smacking my tongue, it’s very lingering. Overall a very good example of the style.

Clear deep mahogany color with a medium head. Spare lacing. Aroma of brown sugar and toffee with just a hint of smoke. Taste is a bit warm, with caramel and all things sweet and malty. A bit of raisins and cherries, also. Rich and full bodied. Big and decadent.

Bottle. Deep red/brown color with a tall head. Amazing nose, lots of sweet malts, over ripe fruit. Tastes like smooth sweet malty, raisin, hint of vanilla?, datey goodness. I could enjoy a few of these in a row. Probably get quite smashed as well. This is my favorite scotch ale by far.