Cottonwood Scottish Ale

Brewed by Carolina Beer Company
Style: Scottish Ale
Mooresville, North Carolina USA

Had this at the Bier Garden in Portsmouth VA on 8-7-04. Reddish brown body with almost no head. Nose is malty and sweet with hints of caramel and brown sugar. Taste is, again, malty and sweet with some hints of chocolate coming out. Mouthfeel is a bit thin for the style but it is pleasant enough to be enjoyable. Not as rich as I’d hoped for, though. Finish is also sweet but there’s a weird paper-ish taste coming out in it.

dark red color with a head that goes away very quickly. smell is very malty and has a slight hint of chocolate. taste is also very malty, not much hop presence in this one. a very nice scottish ale, but this class is really not something i go for, because i am more of a hop guy than a malty guy. nice brew though.

Very smooth ale. Thicker than I wouldv’e liked for something in the summer. Had nice malt flavorings. Good brown color.

On tap at the brewery. Poured a deep brown color with a lasting off-white head. The flavor is a smoky, malty one with a nice hop hint that makes it interesting. A great beer from NC.

A nice Scottish ale from cottonwood. Doesn't have any real complex flavoring within, but a nice and simple beer.

Decent malty aroma and dark ruby color. Ivory head. Best feature of this beer was the smokey character in the flavor and to a lesser extent in the aroma. Too many Scottish ales lack this aspect.

Unique dark brownish-red amber color, that of cherrywood or mahgoney or even the color of the bottle it came in, and glows bright orangy highlights up to the light. Received a thin tight off-white head that faded in seconds flat. Has some spotty lace. Sweet tangy aroma of caramel and toffee, somewhat fruity, faint banana note noticed deep in the back on bigger wiffs. Taste is sooo smoooth, and lightly tangy with a slight sweet toffeeish covering through to the middle of mostly malts then thins out to nothing. Feel is medium-full bodied and slightly creamy-buttery smooth and some super light drying at the finish. This scotch ale is one super easy drinker, would make for a good session beer. Overall, it needs a bit more of a boost in flavor/taste and feel, its a little to light in both, but still good.

Dark Copper and a head that disappears quickly. Spicy, buttery aroma. A little peppery, and some smoke in the flavor, as well as a touch of fruitiness. Pretty not bad.