Great Divide Claymore Scotch Ale

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Bottle Ours a deep brown with a tan head. The head is creamy and lasting. The head is producing nice lacing. Aroma is of caramel, malts, and nuts. Has a light carbonation. The flavor is on the lines of a light stout. Has good blending. Hints of a slight metalic taste. Has a medium body. A solid finish with a good aftertaste. This is a pretty good beer.

Thanks to Markwise for this one! Transparent brown pour with a thin tan head and minimal lace. Aroma is all peat. Caramel malts, roast, nuts and a slightly metallic finish

12 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a clear brown color with a one and a 1/4 finger thick light tan head. Nice lacing. Aroma is dark malt and dark esters and stewed veggies. Flavor is chocolate, caramel, and biscuit malt and esters. Medium body. I was expecting some smoked peat, but could detect any. Overall, a nice beer.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of blutt59) Pours a brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of peat, caramel, earth, and raisins. Flavor of caramel malt, peat, roasted malt, and nuts.

6 pack at Total Beverage in Westminster. Very deep dark brown, small foamy head. Dry dark malt, some chocolate, maybe some alcohol in aroma. Taste: smooth dark malt, sweet, roasty almost, but opened up in finish with some hops, more sweetness and alcohol. Interesting how it changes from first sip to finish. Terrific Scotch ale, add some smoke and it may be perfect.

bottle thanks to blutt59. poured dark brown with a beige head. aroma of grains, dark roasts, and dark fruits. flavor was dark fruits, alcohol, and some bitterness. light body. not bad overall.

The pour yields a really deep and dark mahogany brown body with glints of chestnut colored translucency at the outer reaches. A small, frothy, beige head settles in to a thin film with a pronounced, bubbly edge, while scattered micro-spots dot the glass. The nose shows pronounced dry cocoa malts and deeply roasted grains, with a decent scorched caramel and dark toffee component. Mild, earthen hops contribute hints of bitterness to the underlying sweet and toasty malts. Flavors show the same, with cocoa and scorched caramel leading the way. Roasted grain and traces of dark fruit come through, with lightly peppery hops kicking in on the finish. The flavor profile begs for some smoked peat, but it never really materializes, settling more on the earthy side of things. Medium bodied, the palate starts out creamy but quickly intensifies to a lively, fizzy finish. Good brew overall.

Bottle courtesy of markwise. Pours a hazy dark brown with reddish highlights and thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of earthiness, caramel, some hints of brown sugar, molasses, chocolate, and nuts. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, brown sugar, molasses, caramel, hazelnut, some hints of peat, smoke. Generally medium body with a pleasing malty finish.