Asheville Pizza Scottish Ale

Brewed by Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company
Style: Scottish Ale
Asheville, North Carolina USA

This Scottish Ale pours a medium amber color from the tap at the brewpub. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is mild malts with some breadiness. A light bodied Scottish Ale. The malts are caramel and sweet, touch of smoke. The hops are earthy. It a really light bodied Scottish ale, but I guess it was brewed that way. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

There was not really too much to this beer. Just an average everyday take on the style. This is just simple caramel malt, perhaps a light bit of honey sweetness, kind of grainey but very thin and watered down.

Sampled at ABC.Poured a dark brown color. Aroma was toasty and nutty. Flavors of malts, cereal caramel, and nuts.A nice sweet finish.

Appearance: Pours a clearish, medium brown body with a small, white head. Smell: Light aroma of malty caramel, though not much else. Can’t a hint of caramel be enough for once? I say yes. Taste: Soft flavor of toasted caramel with a very mild measure of sweetness. A fine dose of woody, spicy hops lasts into the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A satisfactory Scottish ale, and a nice way to kick-off the evening.

Draft at pub. Dark copper-brown with a lasting head and nice lace. Not much aroma, maybe some sourish notes? Flavor is sweet and sour malt, with a slight hop finish. Light, watery body. I think this one had seen some elevated keg temps and fermented out a bit more than planned.

Name: Scottish
Date: 09/13/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: Light brown, whispy head,
Aroma: light malt aroma,
Flavor: good malt flavor, a tad light, only a hint of bitterness
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Date: 03/31/2006

Appearance: opaque brown, big tan head, nice lace,
Aroma: light earthy malt aroma,
Flavor: still a light malt flavor, mostly dry, a touch of toasted character (?),
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Date: 08/16/2008
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
Score: 3.0 to 2.8

Aroma: light sweet caramel malt aroma,
Flavor: sweet caramel and butterscotch flavor, light peaty earthyness, dyactyl gets to be too much after a while,
Overall: is it a scotch or a brown as listed on the board? or a popcorn topping?

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4

on tap-pours a light tan head and copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-butterscotch. Taste is sweet medium malt-butterscotch, faint hops. Mild carbonation.

On tap at APBC. Pours dark reddish brown town. Off white to beige head. Very malty and sweet, almost too sweet from start to finish. The strong caramel flavor dominates the finish with just a faint hint of hops that is just barely discernable.