The Duck-Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale

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

Beautiful deep red color with no head. Aroma is cherry coke and cough syrup. Taste is caramel, smoke, more cherry coke, and nuts. Alcohol is lightly detectable. Has a slightly tart finish. Full-bodied with low carbonation. A solid beer.

Bottle from Bob and Sherees. Think head over amber body. Caramel, mild fruit, etc. Very nice beer. Excellent seasonal from a great micro-brewery.

Pitcher pour at 2009 GABF. Pours a thin white head over a clear amber (SRM 10) body.....nose is sweet malts, toffee, caramel with mild dried fruits (bit of cherry, raisin)....taste is simple sweet malt to start with mild dried fruit flavors toward the end.....mouth fee is full, carbonation low. This is a nice attempt in " Wee Heavy" land, but is lacking in enough complexity in the malt back bone, which should dominate. Tasting of 9/26/09.

Pours from the bottle in a rich copper. A thin, off-white head floats on top, and leaves a little lacing on the glass. You can smell the heat and peat of scotch, with some apple and banana fruit. Lots of alcohol up front, but a toffee/caramel/coffee center and a tart peat finish. Palate is thick and slick. A nice sipper.

Brown pour. Light head. Aroma is malty and a bit nutty. Flavor is a bit hot and very malty. Light nuts. Ok but not my favorite scotch ale.

Pours a deep dark chestnut brown with golden ruby edges when held to a light source and a 2.5 finger frothy off-white head that very slowly fades into a lasting cap that leaves sporadic lacing. Sweet caramel malt aroma with hints of toffee, hazelnut, dark fruit and a surprising amount of hops for the style. Slightly roasty with some subtle cocoa. Sweet caramel malt flavor with hints of toffee, hazelnut, sweet dark fruit notes, brown sugar, cocoa and a pleasant bitter dry hop finish. Medium bodied but slightly watered down with some slight alcohol astringency even though the ABV is decently masked. There’s also an odd spiciness that I can’t quite recognize that gives it a funky aftertaste. Not the best representation of the style.

bottle, thanks to birdiebeagle, amber color with 1/2" foam, aroma of fruity malt with similar flavors of malt, fruit some cashews, caramel , no peat or smoke and very nice balanced finish

355ml bottle. Redish brown with a thin beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, dry fruit, sherry and alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt, dry fruit, some caramel, wood, alcohol and a bitter finish. Quite heavy and sweet body, still somehow balanced on the bitter side. Lovly.