New England Wet Willy Scotch Ale

Cask at Chelsea Cask Fest. What the hell is this? Pure bubble gum aroma. Nothing else at all. Flavor has a touch of clove and spicy banana with a ton of booze. This beer sucks, and is not even close to a Scotch Ale.

Sampled at Manhattan Cask Fest - cloudy brown beer - aroma of scotch, oak, vanilla, coconut, roasted nuts - kind of boozy up front, but it mellows out, revealing coconut, oak, banana, some flowery notes, and background spices - notes of brown sugar makes things a little too sweet - alcohol is heavy in the finish, but the scotch flavors make it a little more tolerable - there are a lot of conflicting flavors going on that make this a confusing experience.

Cask at Manhattan Cask Festival. Amber beer, no head. Aroma is quite sweet, chewy and lightly sweet with a bit of brown sugary sweetness. Orange peel and a bit of black peppery booziness. Fairly fruity character with a bit of earthiness and caramelly sweetness. It tastes more like a pale barleywine than anything else to me. Chewy and sweet and strangely lagerish. It’s a very strange brew.

on tap-no head and gold color. Aroma is single malt, oak, spice, sweet, vanilla, slight alcohol, peat. Taste is single malt, oak, spice, sweet, vanilla, slight alcohol, peat, dry finish. Occasional.