Marzonis Scotch Ale

Brewed by Marzonis Brick Oven & Brewing Co.
Style: Scotch Ale
Duncansville, Pennsylvania USA

(Duncansville, 6.3%, called Scotch Ale) Clear blood red body with beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, molasses, light cherry. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, some cherry, light smoke/burnt. Light carbonation, medium body.

Half-pint @ the brewery. Moderately cloudy plum purple/brown colored body. Rich maple, dried fruit (plum, pineapple, raisins), some brown sugar and dough yeast notes, and a little bit of sweet bourbon or whiskey character as well. Texture is frothy and chewy, viscous but not thick, and it tastes on the sweeter side, but not too far... maple pancake syrup (and bacon? mmm bacon), candied scotch, wood, nuts, dried fruit, etc. A pretty good beer, the chewy and frothy texture is the biggest draw here.

Bottle via Bill. The beer pours to a dark brown body with a creamy light tan head. The aroma is malty with interesting sweet sugars. Light sweet chocolate and a dash of peat. The flavor is really malty and has nougat and chocolate in it. Really superbly balanced. Toasty malts. The palate is silken and moderately full bodied. Nice light tartness and caramel texture.

Light sweet roased malts, mild alcohol vapors. Tangy molasses notes, fruity hops. Dark brown clear with thin off-white lacing head. Medium watery body with light-medium carbonation. Starts with roasted sweet malt taste, brown sugar and molasses, mild acidity. Has some tanginess at the finish, lacking in bitterness. A bit sweet overall, but a nice ale.

On tap, Duncansville location. Pours a ruby tinged amber with a thin ring of beige head. Sweet rich malty nose with a touch of smokiness. Nice sweet dark malt flavor with a nice light smoky hint, on the thinner side, but I wouldn’t say watery. Mouthfeel is a little sweet with some clinginess on the finish. Light fizzy carbonation. Pretty good, but it could use a little more body.

Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a dark ruby chestnut color with a tan head. The aroma was dry, bitter, roasty and had a hint of sulfur. The flavor was malty, roasty, bitter and dry with a light sulfur element that grew as the beer warmed.

brownish redish color w/ a nice tan head and some thick lacing. Sweet aroma good amounts of brown sugar and carmel a light tangy almost smoky hint w/ touches of alcohol. Nice mouth feel, good coating lightly creamy. A quite warm swallow bringing the alcohol out w/ lots of sweet brown sugars, carmels, toffee’s and some roasted grains still that hint of almost a smoke like tange. Quite nice, I’d drink it again.

Draft at Allison Park. Aroma of sugary malts. Pours brown with an off white head. Flavor of dark caramel, maple, and light cocoa powder. Moderate amount of residual sweetness. Could use a bit more peaty traits to move this to the next level. This was very easy to drink, and rather simple (in a good way).