Atlantic MacFoochies 7+ Scottish Ale

Brewed by Atlantic Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

Name: MacFoochie’s Scottish Ale
Date: 11/16/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Pop’s

clear dark red, thin tan head, traces of lace, dry caramel malt and strong smokey aroma with lots of earthy character, creamy body, rich dry caramel malt flavor, lots of earthy bitterness, touch of smokey peat, a little dry chocolate comes through after warming,
-------- /> Name: MacFoochie’s Scottish Ale
Date: 02/03/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

sweet dark caramel malt aroma, same rich smokey caramel flavor but picking up some sweetness that dries out again once warm

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(22oz bottle) Large tan head atop a clear dark red-brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, roast, caramel, some herb, light chocolate, smoke. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, raisin, smoke, some grape, light scotch. Watery medium body, quite drinkable yet in need of a bit more heartiness.

Tasted from Growler. Poured a dark reddish / brown color with small sized off white head. Aromas of light peat / earthiness, toffee and roast. Tastes of chocolate, caramel, light peat and a little bready. Malty.

Pale amber with fair head thanks to a vivacious carbonation. In the nose, the unfocused flavours belong in a earthy, caramelly range. Dull malts and hard, salty water are a poor match and when the body feels watery on top of it, it’s even worse. Very dull on the palate and to top it all, covers an unpleasant grainy acidity. Poor for its strength.

(22oz. bottle) Pours a burgundy body with a small beige head. Aroma of peat, smoke, and caramel. Flavor of caramel malt, peat, toasted bread, some floral, and light smoke.

Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a thin, wispy-lacing light tan head. Has a sweet dark caramely malty nose with nice peaty notes. Body starts with a fairly full lightly sweet earthy caramel malty flavor with some slightly floral bitterness toward a drier earthy finish. A fairly nice scotch ale.

Bottle... Clear, dark mahogany ale with a small, fizzy, mushroom-colored head. Nose is of caramel, cola, mild raisin and light smoke. Sweet, caramel, cocoa flavor with very little hop bitterness... "hopped with heather", after all. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Sweet, chocolaty finish. Never becomes cloyingly sweet, but walks a fine line. Thanks so much, boboski!

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of caramel some dark fruit. Tastes sweet and caramelly with a light tea like finish.