Mill Street Scotch Ale

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: Scotch Ale
Toronto, Canada

Amber-brown colour. Cereal, toffee, light peat and light fruit on the nose. Slghtly chewy, peaty and chocolatey palate with toffee and brown sugar accents. It’s a little bit watery in the finish, but also a little bit dry, which makes it more drinable but is slightly incongruous with the malty richness.

On-tap at the brewpub. Mahogoney brown with reddish tinge, and some white head. Almost neutral aroma, malt, faint barley. Mouthfeel is above average, i am getting a little roasted malt, low bitterness, maltiness carries it. Unoffensive yet not overwhelmingly drinkable. Had the black watch version a year later, and it would rate about the same,though looked and smelled better, and less roastiness.

Draught. At BeerBistro - 2008 Golden Tap Awards. Dry-hopped special edition. Cloudy brick coloured red-brown pour with an average frothy head. Tangy, medium-sweet roast malt aroma with a nice hint of chocolate toffee - there really is quite a lot of pungent green hops to this, I’m not sure it’s working well with that malt, but it’s lush. Taste - nope, the hopping is a mistake - no meshing at all between the dry herbal hop bitterness and the medium-roast sweet malt - the two sides turned their backs on one another on my palate and refused to interact. Average body, way too astringent for the style, and the sweet light malt body is totally overridden by fresh green hop acidity in the finish. I need to try the regular version, it’s probably quite pleasing.

On tap at Volo
Appearance: deep, dark ruby, touch of mahogany. Slightly tanned , creamy head.
Nose : Mild , yet not flat aroma. Warmth with caramel malts , bit of scotch. Gentle roasty notion ending session. 7+
Flavor/Palate : On lips slight citric bite , frontal clean roasted barley (well prepared). Some bitter bite in the midlle but not much. Scotch character slightly less exposed here if you compare to aroma. Dry, carbonated finish. Good ale.

2009-03-25. very dark brown body with a smallish beige head. (3+) Flavour is almost brown ale like with a dry toasty-roast malt character up front. Light metallic notes in the background grow as the glass goes on. Decent amount of bitterness throughout sneaks up on you, and grows throughout. Aroma is mild, touch of roasty-toasty malt as in the flavour, light metallic notes as well, touch nutty. (6+) Average plus bodied palate. (3+) Decent but a bit strange at times. 7/4/7/3+/14 - 3.4 On tap, Mill St. Brewpub, as Black Watch Scotch Ale

2008-08-23. Dry hopped version. Hazy dark brown body, headless. Dry lightly alcoholic malt in the aroma. (6+) Flavour has similar dry malty character with a touch of alcohol. Average palate is under carbonated. 6/3/6/3/13 - 3.0 Cask, Golden Tap Awards, Toronto

2008-05-23.Ruby touched brown body with a nice creamy tan head and light lacing. Aroma is of mild, lightly earthy malt (6+) . Flavour has sweet malt base, roasty earthy finish lingers long into the finish and aftertaste. Palate is slightly fuller bodied than average. Decent. 6/4/7/3/14 - 3.4 On tap at Mill St.

Draught at Mill St. Brewpub. Pours a very deep ruby-brown with a small diminishing frothy tan head. Aroma’s lightly roasty along with chocolate, a good amount of hops, some caramel and a hint of smoke. Flavour’s also roasty along with some chocolate, light green hops, light sweetness and a hint of smoke. I’m not loving the finish but it’s a minor thing. Average bodied. A well made, enjoyable Scotch Ale.

Candied malt nose with some mild chocolate, deep copper, tiny tan head. Flavour is a malty caramel, and a touch nutty. Light bodied, pleasantly bitter, easy drinking, nutty, bitter has a woody aftertaste. Very good.

At brewpub. Red-brown, a deep dark hue. Resinous, fruity, and malty aroma. Sweet prunes and dates, currants, and molasses. Roasted malt and crusty crisp finish belies the style but there is a hint of smokiness. Smooth, quaffable. Resinous sweet malts and fruits in palate just like aromas. Not a peaty scotch ale, rather sweet but not too sweet. Simple but enjoyable.