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Dark Horse Scotty Karate Scotch Ale 3.61 338

Dark Horse Scotty Karate Scotch Ale

Percentile
93
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3383.63/5.03.61/5.0Autumn9.75%85.3Thistle
Commercial Description:
For those of you who don't know who "Scotty Karate" is... He is a local one man band who plays an amazing slurry of honky tonk influenced, punk country songs. His voice is amazing as well as his high energy shows. (Check him out @ www.scottykarate.com) So, we decided to make a beer and name it in his honor. This beer is a big, full bodied Scottish ale. It is 9.75% alc. but it is very smooth and balanced. Since Scotty is also very passionate about beer I asked him to write a description for you, so from the man himself... Aroma: Smells like A fresh caramel apple with a hint of cinnamon inside of cranberry shortbread. Or maybe fresh home made hard candy (from home economics class-7th grade). Flavor: Tastes like a smokey chocolate chip cookie, wild roadside cherry-asparagus, woody, crispy leaf on a fall day.
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 Hudspart (371), Hudsonville, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Mar 30, 2008  
Bottle: Very good. One of the better scotches that I have had. Fruit, yeast and bourbon aroma and flavor. I would have this one again.


 Goodgrief (1161), Middletown, Delaware, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/517/20
Mar 29, 2008  
Oct. 2007 - Thanks to eaglefan538 for sharing. Dark pour, strong aroma of smoke. Flavor was wonderful balance of smokey sweet bacon, hints of chocolate and earthy peatiness, all balanced wonderfully. I was liking this one.


 ChainGangGuy (2597), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 29, 2008  
Appearance: Pours a medium brown body with a thin, beige head. Smell: Rich caramel maltiness with an intensely bready scent, akin to a fresh-baked loaf of multi-grain bread. Notes of dehydrated fruit chunks, some wood, and a lil’ peat. Taste: Dark caramel maltiness, a taste of sweet sugar. Then, you get your face smooshed into that loaf of bread. Slight peat character. Dried apricots and cherries. Medium earthy bitterness. Drying, wood-hinted finish. Mouthfeel: A hair above medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Plenty tasty! I certainly wouldn’t hesitate to have another.


 amishcaravan (237), Winona, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Mar 24, 2008  
i have the bell’s third coast olde ale in my fridge right now, and when i poured, smelled, and tasted this one, i thought i had poured a third coast. this beer is very simlar to third coast. nice thick pour with little head. taste of carmel and bourbon. finish is very smooth with little aftertaste. i prefer the bells over this, but it is a very nice beer.


 lampeno420 (321), Zeeland, Michigan, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Kind of a malty scent that looks thicker in the pour than it actually is. Some caramel and sweet flavors, and very easy to drink. No idea this was 9.75%. Not incredibly scotchy, but its there. Good overall. Could easily fill an empty spot in a 6 pack, or just grab 6 of them and enjoy a night.


 shp555 (1690), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 23, 2008  
Pours a hazy amber color with a white head. Aroma is malty, toasty, and bread. Flavor is malty, caramel, toast, and bread.


 npdempse (931), St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Mar 22, 2008  
Dark, cloudy red-brown, with a small off-white head that gives up the ghost pretty quick. Nose is fairly sweet, with some chocolate, plums, some cinnamon. Flavor is sugary-sweet, with some nice, subdued spicy notes (black pepper, coriander), a solid nutty bitterness, more plums or prunes. .


 Davinci (296), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 22, 2008  
Hazy brown with thin tannish head. Aroma is light roasty sugars, resinous wood, vanilla, maybe strawberry and grape hidden in there too. Starts out very boozy and raisiny. kind of harsh initially. Smooths greatly over ten minutes or so with growing raisin and malt characters. Alcohol follows the sweet low carbonation sips. There is a slight smokyness and woody character that add some dimension and balance.



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