Arcadia Scotch Ale

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Dark brown and murky w/ thin cream tan head. Sour and meaty in aroma with caramel malt in the background. Smells a little like a Lambic. Uh-oh. Tart and sweet with meaty flavors. This bottle is off.

Poured pitch black with a decent sized tan head. Aroma - smoke and malt. Taste: Dark fruit - raisin - sweet malt and caramel. A little boozey.

Bottle from Beer Geek. Aroma of dark fruit and dark malt. A bit suggestive of an oporto. Deep garnet color with halogen, otherwise opaque black. A tan ring for head. The flavor is knock the socks off. Smoke, raisin, plum, malt and hop. This is heavy drinking material. Very full body with mild carbonation. They didn’t skimp on ingredients!

12oz bottle, no date. My label has a thistle instead of a shield. Nearly opaque reddish brown with a small beige head, fading to a ring before long. Aroma of some sweet raisins, scorched caramel and chocolate malts up front. Peated malt, salted nuts and light alcohol are a little more in the background. Flavor is saltier with some caramel and chocolate notes, a slightly off tang, and just a hint of the peat. Semi dry finish with bitterness around a 2. The alcohol is present, but not detracting at all. A little undercarbonated with a medium full body. One of the better Scotch ales that I’ve had of late.

Aroma has a nice malt, lots of hops, plums and smoke, burgundy, with a small toffee head. Flavour is cream toffee, malt, some caramel too. Full bodied, very well balanced, great mouth feel. Terrific! Thanks mds.

Pours deep red with a large off-white head. Interesting, candy-ish aroma: part cherry, part sweet malt, part root beer barrel hard candy. A bunch of anise in there, too, along with the more traditional smokiness and the CO2 of overcarbonation. The candy turns to black licorice as the beer warms. The flavor is nutty and fruity (plum, etc.), with that candy lingering in the background. Once the carbonation dies down, smokiness and a light hoppiness come out on the finish. Different, surely, but I’m not too sure about it.

Finally! Arcadia did better than average. I enjoyed the Scotch, it was smooth, suprisingly dark and quite tasty.

bottle from indra. pours a hazy reddish brown with a thin khaki head. faint aroma of yeast, brown sugar, malt, dried cherries and something acrid resembling smoke. flavor is a bit raisiny and sweet but not overly. there is a light smoky element that may be wood or peat along with toffee and a mildly bitter finish. dryness lingers a bit as the alcohol begins to show up. medium body and a nice smooth mouth feel.