McEwans Scotch Ale

Brewed by John Smiths (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Scotch Ale
Tadcaster, England

Thick dark pour, decent head, feel of single cream. Flavour is good, roasted malt, gravy, almost a meal in a glass! Pretty decent.

12oz bottle from Total Wine (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark reddish brown to black with a thin off-white head. LIttle glass lacing. Aroma is sweet malt, ripe fruit, hints of caramel, honey and ripe raisins. Flavor is very sweet and malty with notes of maple syrup, molasses. Generally medium body with a slightly carbonated sweet and bitter finish.

Bottle. Poured deep, dark chocolate in color, with a two finger beige head. Aroma was malty caramel coffee. Taste of roasted malt, sweet and bready, slightly bitter finish. Mouthfeel was creamy. I liked this brew a lot. One to return to on a cold winter’s evening after dinner.

(Bottle). Sweet malty aroma. Dark brown with off-white head. Flavor is sweet and caramelly, then fades to a somewhat watery sweet finish.

Poured a very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma was sweet and malty, but not too strong. Taste was great. Tons of scotch flavor. Much sweeter than other scotch ales, but it was pretty good.

Bottle at The Pub. Brown pour, small tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty. Flavor follows suit. Just a tad too sweet and too malty. Not enough balance. Smooth mouthfeel, but just not quite right.

Flashed on this one while thinking about an upcoming beer tasting. Why is it I don’t like scotch ale? This McEwans! It tasted like coca cola. Sweet. Syrupy. Not good.

When you go to drink this brown, hazy, thin headed, burnt flavored mostly sour ale, reach for a side of salt & vinegar chips to help you swill this down.