McAuslan Scotch Ale

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Scotch Ale
Montreal, Canada

Rich copper colour, frothy beige head that dissapates quickly. Nose; vanillan, toffee, sharp fruit, whiskey barrel. Mouth; slightly creamy, loooong whiskey like finish. Taste; low bitterness, very sweet and up front about it, very boozy. Very delightful.

Bottle 341ml.
Clear dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dark berry, notes of chocolate and nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet to heavy and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090404]

This is getting harder and harder to find... 7,17$ for a 341ml bottle! Quality and intense pleasure of drinking is expected at this price. I bought it today and the best before date codifies MO15 08:36. What the hell am I supposed to understand? Anyway, I’m sure it has at least a few years of aging because I bought it at a humanity-forgotten convenient store. I enjoyed it better than the one I had something like a year ago; aging is turning this malty beast into some kind of antique scottish goddess of caramel sweetness! Exquisite sweet aroma, there is also various interesting subtle notes in the taste that has become pretty complex (figs, tongue-tiingling hop bitterness, wood, vinous notes, others for sure). I will probably be the one who will buy the 4 or 5 bottles left a this store but I’ll take my time to see what it will still become...

12oz bottle. Bought in 2008. Some traditional Scottish caramel in the nose. Pours a medium brown. Slightly underwhelming on first blush with some fruitcake notes, not enough malt here to balance, and a finish that is subtle but lasting. A reasonable Scotch ale but not as big as I had hoped for. Perhaps the aging didn’t help it.

Bottle, 7.2%. Peppery and vinous aroma. Almost clear nut brown colour. Small tan head. The flavour is vinous with some thin, dry, caramelly note to it. Gets a little alcoholic in the finish.

Bottle 34,1 cl. Courtesy of Siroy. Clear dark amber golden with a small, off-white head. Aroma of overripe fruit and burned caramel. Quite full-bodied with roasted malts and burned caramel - but no real peatiness. The finish is dry with some alcohol showing. 040409

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden deep hazzlenut brown with a small off-white head. Dry, roasted and mild fruity aroma. Bitter and fruity to citric flavoured. Roasted malt flavoured finish with a nice fruity touch. Sweet and bitter finish with a lasting malt driven impression.

341mL bottle out of a tube. Poured translucent coppery-orange with pretty much nothing going on for head. The aroma picked up toasty notes of caramel, vanilla, and toffee with mild smoky whiskey-like accents. The flavor opened with some metallic-ness that also imparted some character to the caramel at the core.. a little sour from the smoky accents.. finished with a bit of caramel and brown sugar. Medium-bodied with low carbonation on the palate.. the sourness and metallic stuff kept it from flowing well.. rather uninspired.