Brau Brothers Scotch Ale

Brewed by Brau Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Lucan, Minnesota USA

ABR ’08 - Pours dark brown with a medium light tan head. The nose was strong in sweet butterscotch, notes of smoke which dissipated in minutes. Flavor was very butterscotch, very malty. It was decent; maybe a little sweet for my taste.

Pour was very dark golden/brown with a medium light tan head. Aroma was strong and sweet butterscotch with a hint of smoke which disappeared within 5 minutes. Flavor was very butterscotch and almost artificial. very malty with not enough hop balance. Decent but probably not worth a second buy.

Bottle pours a brown amber with surface haze. The aroma is of malt and some yeast. The flavor is quite malty, sweet, and peaty. The palate is fairly rich, not bad. Not a bad effort.

12 oz bottle. Pours a mild copper color with a frothy white head that loves to linger and lace. I get a fruity nose backed with almost a butterscotch at the end...? The taste is very sweet and flavors of burnt caramel fill the back of my mouth. I get some smoke flavor in the middle also. The smoke, once you notice it, plays a bit of a bigger role. Body is medium, easy drinker

Bottle courtesy of Oakbluff: Poured a medium copper color ale with a medium foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma is slightly sour which may indicate a small infection with some notes of caramel malt. Taste is dominated by lightly sweet caramel malt with no other discernable characteristics. Body is somewhat thin with a weird oily texture and no hint of peat malt. Overall, I thought this was quite bland.

Appearance: Pours a clearish, copper-orange body with a large, fizzy white head. Smell: Spoiled fruit juice with a hint of peat -- all very un-scotch ale-ish. Taste: Light caramel maltiness. Off-putting lactic tart character and a taste of rotted fruits. Hint of smokey peat. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin, lifeless body. Drinkability: I stuck by this beer all the way to the very last drop. I dunno why I had to do that, but I did. It never improved and remains a rather poor scotch ale.

best of the brau brothers that i’ve had, pours dark red with thin quickly diminishing head, aromas of sweet caramel, some fruit aroma, taste sweet with medium bodied feel on the palate. I like this beer and will have again.

Bottle: Pours a hazy deep amber with a tiny white head. Aroma, caramel, sweet toffee notes, some fruits, earthy hops. Flavor, sweet caramel malts, toffee, some smoke, some earthy notes, some tartness on the back end of it, fruity notes. Not bad up front but the after taste throws it off.