The Duck-Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Scotch Ale
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Copper in color a wee thin in the head. Strong spicey cloves and plums in the nose, pluots in the taste--nice warming sensation in the finish. Drinking in 100 + weather but imagining a cold night and a warm fire.

12oz bottle, thanks Emacgee, pours a nice color, with very small head, very sweet taste with mild smoke in it, spot on for a scotch ale, malt sweet smoke all are present. My first from DR hopefully not my last.

12oz bottle from TURDFERGUSON. Aroma: Lots of rich caramel, dried fruit, toffee, vanilla, and some light chocolate and smoke. Appearance: Deep reddish brown in color. Light beige head was full and foamy with good retention. Great lacing. Flavor: Rich bready maltiness that has a nice sweetness to it. Caramel, toasted nuts, raisins, chocolate, coffee, and a trace of peaty smoke. Alcohol peeks out as it warms. Palate: Medium-full bodied and creamy. Moderate carbonation. Light alcohol warming in back of mouth. Overall: I love this style, and this one hit alot of the things that I like. Rich caramel, light smoke, and some pleasant alcohol warmth. Good stuff.

12 oz. bottle, notched freshness date along the right side of label, sampled in a snifter. Poured a caramel candy brown, frothy tan head, settled into a thin creamy lacing, fair amount of laced sticking, a nice looking Wee Heavy. An estery alcohol nose of raisins and figs, caramel toffee, cocoa, caramelized sugar, traces of floral, citric hops. Velvety smooth medium body, moderate carbonation, cocoa and lightly roasted caramel malts, soft graininess, raisin and sweet fig fruitiness that meshes with the alcohol, a low grade warmth in the palate, mild citric hoppiness, easy sipping drinkability, overall, very nice.

Bottle. Slightly cloudy, amber colored, looks very similar to a barleywine. Small head. Aroma is very sweet with strong raisin smells and a hint of pine. A lot of booze on the aroma. The flavor’s a mixture of heavy fruits, caramel, and a ton of alcohol. Especially with the harsh finish and alcoholic smell, I would have guessed this had a lot more alcohol in it than it does. People seem to love this beer, but I sure didn’t...maybe Scotch Ale just isn’t my style, although this tasted quite a lot like a unbalanced barleywine. Perhaps better in the winter.

semi-murky brown with not much head.aroma is a blend of cinnamon,butterscotch,molasses,white sugar,cotton candy,and bubble gum.flavor blends up much of the same with a bit of grapefruit as well.tastes a lot more like a young hoppy barleywine than a scotch ale.

Bottle sample at Cincy Ratebeer Gathering. Poured dark brown color with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Solid smooth malty, caramel and alcohol aroma. Medium to full body. Heavy balanced bittersweet flavor with a medium smooth bittersweet finish of long duration. Solid standout brew.

Aroma is deep and dark, wine, alcohol. Flavor is the same really, salty, alcohol. "Scottish", says it all. Its a spring brew, but I think it would make a great winter warmer, or spring thaw. whatever.