Scotch Irish Alpha Dog

Formerly brewed at Scotch Irish Brewing Company (Heritage Brewing)
Style: English Strong Ale
Ottawa, Canada

Draught (cask). At October 2005 Winking Judge BeerFest, Hamilton. Poured very cloudy orange with a minimal off-white bubbly head. Aroma of orange zest, a medley of hops, some sharp, some almost sour, lemon pledge, alcohol and detectable sweetish malt. Taste follows nose closely, builds to a strong bitter sprucey hop crescendo, nice and strong. Mouthfeel is astringent and a bit watery, but that’s the cask, I guess. Really good, another interesting and appealing Scotch Irish offering, unlike any I’ve tried yet.

On cask at the Winking Judge’s fall BeerFest 2005. Pours a cloudy orange-brown with a small diminishing fizzy white head. Aroma is primarily hops -- it smelled a little strange to me but Goldings usually do, it’s a personal thing. Although I found the aroma only O.K. the taste I loved. Strong fresh flavour of hops which is quite sour and sweet at the same time. Overall I thought it was pretty good and even if it didn’t knock my socks off it sure was nice to have something totally different then everything else offered at the festival. Many thanks to Scotch Irish!