Smuttynose Scotch Style Ale

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Bottle purchased in Portsmouth, NH--Poured a deep cloudy mahogany-chestnut-brown with bright amber highlights. Nice small creamy beige hed with some good lacing. Sweet, boozy, malted, caramel nose. Richly carbonated with a mild dryness. Distinct yet subtle smoky peaty character that finishes beautifully. I love this brewery and this beer!

Draft. Very little going on here in the way of aroma, but the flavor is solid. However, the beer is not that substantial overall - it’s a little thin for a scotch ale, I thought.

Bomber from a trade long ago, thanks to you mystery trader. Shared with Bartzilla. Overall a kind of light scotch ale and for that reason it worked being around friends, though in general I like my scotch ales to be thicker and heavier.

pretty damned good beer! pours with a nice frothy textured head. dark mahagoney reddish brown. really good traditional smokey peaty malty flavor. bit thin in body, but not bad. drinkable, maybe a session beer. Decent finish. Had this on draft at Bodega Brew Pub downtown La Crosse, Wis, USA

2007 bottle poured a nut brown in color with a two finger frothy head that quickly subsided and light carbination. aroma is sweet malt, molasses, raisins, peat and smoke. taste is medium mouth feel, has some sweetness, definite smoked peat flavor that is not something i personally am a fan of but at least it is not too overdone, alcohol is on the strong side but it is a 7.8+%, and finishes with some bitterness that lingers for a few. not as sweet overall as i would expect from a scotch style, needs perhaps some caramel sweetness to help balance it a bit more, but the dark fruit portion of the taste is done well. just not my personal cup of tea on this one.

22oz bottle. 2007 vintage. pours ruby with creamy off white head. aroma of brown sugar and dark fruits. flavor notes of beets, raisins, and brown sugar, along with some smoke to it. med body, smooth carbonation. i prefer this style to be a bit stronger. why make a style that isn’t that drinkable to begin with only 6.2%. not the most complex scotch ale but drinkable nonetheless.

Bottle; poured a reddish brown with a nice light brown head; lacing. Aroma of sweet caramel malt, smoked malt, peat, with some fruit, toffee and oak. Smoke flavor was very pronounced compared to others in the style. However, it was not too overpowering. Other flavors included caramel, toffee, peat and a general meatiness. A lof of wood in the finish too. Not an amazing beer, but for 3.99 this is a great value.

Pour is a very deep, ruby red with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, smokey and spicy...interesting. Flavor follows suit with smokiness being upfront. Sweetness is in the backround, but easily identified. Medium bodied quite carbonated.