Central Coast Scotch Ale

Brewed by Central Coast Brewing
Style: Scotch Ale
San Luis Obispo, California USA

22oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a fizzy offwhite head. Smells smokey and roasty malty with some sour wine barrel characteristics, my buddy thought it was the smokiness. Tastes sweet malty, slightly roasty. Again with the sour grape/wine barrel character. Medium body, good carbonation.

Decent scotch here. Rich roasted malt flavors/aromas. Smoked flavors came into play but were not overwelming. A nicely balanced brew.

20061209 Party at Capt Lawrence. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is dirty, rotty wood, distant peat smoke. Thin body. Odd flavors, a bit of juniper?

North Raleigh Tasting. Thanks to JCB for this! Slightly sour. Not a great beer by an means Dark pour. Big smokey aroma. sour fruit flavor

22oz bottle. Pours beautiful dark brown color. Big white head. Flavor is sour. Monster energy drink. Hint of smoke flavor is far away from this beer.

Appearance: Pours an opaque, brown body with a small, off-white head. Smell: Powerful tartness reminiscent of spoiled fruits. Must I go on? Taste: No more than a hint of dark maltiness, then the flavor leaps to a tongue-pickling lactic tartness. This is followed by a big hit of Band-Aids. I’d recommend pairing this with a tall glass of cleansing water. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: Patently awful, so much so I’ll be greatly disinclined to try anything from this brewer in the future. A beer that throws your tastebuds under the bus.

Date: 03/15/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: dark brown, fine beige head,
Aroma: chocolate and dark caramel aroma with a lactic tartness,
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, lots of lactic tartness balances the sweetness, dark caramel tries to add more sweetness,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.7/5.0
Drinkability: 3/10
Score: -/4

Really muddy brown, coarse but long-lasting head. Aroma is smoky, but much more a wild funkiness. Pretty bretty with hints of acetone, etc. Flavor is quite thin seguing into some vague chocolatey malts, then medicinal characteristics, more slight brettiness, and a slight sourness. Very high carbo levels, quickly receding finish. Weird. Drinkable, but not much of a scotch ale and not all that good. Honestly, I might have liked this more if it were not pitched as a "scotch ale." I don’t know if what’s here is intentional or not. It’s not terrible, just...weird. Brett?