 iowaherkeye (1885), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 16, 2007 16oz bottle, no date. Pours a clear ruby brown with a minimal fizzy beige head that doesn’t really rouse much. Aroma is peated malt, some oatmeal softness (wtf?), a little bit of toasted and roasted malts, leather, and brown sugar. Flavor is more leathery with some peated malt, light acidity, smoke and light toasted malts, some brown sugar sweetness. I think I picked up woody hops. Alcohol is well masked. Body is light to moderate--either way a bit thin--with light carbonation. Was pretty good, but not amazing. I want to rate this one a notch or two higher, but can’t see where I’d add anything. Update--I moved the flavor from 7 to 8 because the flavors seemed a bit stronger as it warmed.
howie (549), DeForest, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 12, 2007 Big juicy malts, but a bit too sweet. I don’t get any smoke at all besides a faint sweaty sharp aroma. Some alcohol, lots of syrupy sweetness. Didn’t really enjoy this one.
Miksu (2241), Jyväskylä, Finland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 5, 2007 16 oz bottle. Hazy reddish brown color with small head. Sweet, malty, juicy, berryish, flowery and heathery aroma. Pleasant. Malty and sweet flavor with some alcohol, fruity maltiness and lots of toffee. Soft and mellow palate, a bit too sweet. Good Firm maltiness.
browner (34), Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 2, 2007 Rich mahogany color and a small white topper. If the likes of a smoky earthy islay is to your linking you will like the aroma of the Scotish Ale. Caramel, and a brown sugar overtone but difinitely a peattish theme. A bit thin in depth and bigger on the carbonation which subsides in a few minutes.
jewedekind (450), Middleton, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 31, 2006 This is true to style with the peat smoke malt that is off-putting and medicinal to many (think Lagavulin). I like it. The beer is not much to look at, however. Hazy and brown. Round as a billiard ball...well maybe a ping pong ball, because it lacks a lot - just doesn’t have enough umph for a quality Scotch.
WisconsinBeer (534), St Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 23, 2006 Slightly sweet with hints of smoked malt. Nice round mouthfeel, decent aroma. Definetely reminds me a bit of scotch, which is always a good thing. Pretty solid overall. Sprecher always has decent beers, this one included.
KingpinIPA (842), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 17, 2006 Dark reddish color. Smell of malt, leather, smoke, hints of hops and caramel. Taste of Leather chaps, smoke, licorice, malt, hops come in more and a sweet fishy bitterness at the end.
redlem (1155), Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 12, 2006 Dark ruby red color with a minimal head. Strong caramel sweet malt aroma. Alcohol, crystal malt s. Sweet after-taste. Fairly standard Scotch ale.
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