Gearys Wee Heavy

Brewed by D.L. Gearys Brewing Co.
Style: Scotch Ale
Portland, Maine USA

12oz bottle. Small beige head atop dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, caramel/molasses, light alcohol/turpentine. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel/chocolate, alcohol/turpentine, some nut. Medium-full body, low carbonation.

12oz bottle. Poured a deeper reddish-brown color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of chocolate, caramel, some dark fruitiness, and some earthiness. Tastes of chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, toffee, earthy, and peaty.

(12oz bottle) Pours a mahogany body with a small beige head. Aroma of raisins, brown sugar, caramel, and plum. Flavor of raisins, brown sugar, plum, hops (floral, earthy), and toasted grain.

12oz bottle-pours a light brown head and deep red color. Aroma is sweet medium/dark malt, toffee/chocolate, earthy/peat, hint of hops. Taste is medicinal alcohol over top the sweet medium/dark malt, toffee/chocolate, woody/earthy/peat/smoky, hint of hops. Fruit-raisin/prune. Dry finish. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.

Burgundy pour, filtered and shy with the little head it initially bears. Sweet nose of interesting smoky character. Developping fruity flavour profile goes from grape to blackberry, while balancing leafy hops bring forth candied mint and herb tea notes. Otherwise, fairly typical toffee and mellow butterscotch foundations serve their purpose. Not too heavy and rather characterful, vinous example, of low carbonation that induces a stickiness after as little as 2-3 sips. Still a pleasant surprise.

Any first impressions?
-A ring of head crowns the mahogany obscurity.
-Fruity caramel notes first brush the nostrils.
-Berries galore adorn the caramel maltiness.
-Body is quite potent, even scrumptious at times, while remaining easy to drink.

What if you dig deeper?
-Refined roastiness complexifies the sweet maltiness.
-Earthy hop bitterness supports the well-carved malts.
-Plums, raisins, prunes can be so much fun.
-Roastier than most scotch ales I like, a very enjoyable success.

On tap at Redbones.

Pours light brown with an off white head. Smells of sweet malt, some peat, some pepper, earthy, dry. Tastes of dark fruit, molasses, brown sugar, some roasted malt, lightly smoky. Great beer!

Tap at Hop Devil Grill. Dark brown beer with a light brown head. Aroma of molasses, black pepper, some nutmeg, brown malt/caramel with a decent earthy hoppy aroma as well. A bit of toastiness. Nice maltiness in the nose. Flavour is also fairly toasty with molasses, brown sugar, and a long earthy finish. The body is a bit thin though and the ethanol really comes through. All the right notes are struck and yet it seems hollow.