The Duck-Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale

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

Pours a hazy brown amber color with an tan head. Malty aroma some somkyness with a little yeast. Flavor is malty with a yeasty hop bitter finish.

crystal clear copper with a tan head that settles into a thin film. aroma meaty roasted malt. caramel toffee and earthy with a bit of chocolate and smoke. sweet caramel toffee earthy roasted malt flavor with a touch of tart black currants and chocolate. tart medium dry fruity black currant finish with some nice warm alcohol. full thick mouth feel. great stuff. Thanks Magjayran! someone should send me some more!

12 oz bottle. Clear ruby brown with a tan head. Leaves some at the edges. Nose is quite fruity with dates, honeydew and faint smokiness. A different sweetness than other scotches I’ve tried. Melon barleywine? Grass hops enter to keep from cloying. Some toffee remains. Medium body and light carb make for nice sipping.

NorCal tasting Jan 07 - My first try at a Duck-Rabbit beer and what an impression. This was one seriously intense beer. An aroma of toffee, raisins, dark fruit, maple syrup, and a little boozy. Appearance was a deep brown/reddish color, hazy with a small head. Mouthfeel was medium bodied, slightly sticky but still excellent. Flavors were nutty, dark fruits, spicy, woody, earthy, a little smoky and just incredibly complex. This rates very high with me. Thanks so very much to JCB for sending!!!

malty, raisins, candy, oaky...great nose...barlyewine, bock...wonderful finish: fruity, alcoholy, sticky

A red beer with a nice brown head. The aroma is very sweet with spicy notes - especially cinnamon. The flavor is extremely sweet and with the alcohol biting in the throat, but also with notes of wood, cloves, and cinnamon.

Pours a menacing blood red, totally clear and appealing looking, with a thin tan head, mostly diminishing, but what’s left sticks around for the duration. Monstrous peat is foremost in the aroma, paired with taffy, dried apricot, cinnamon raisins, smoke and a hint of new oak, all becoming more apparent as this libation draws nearer room temperature. Peat aroma in this is outstanding, very straightforward and bracing. I doubt many unseasoned beer drinkers would enjoy, let alone appreciate these nuances. Flavor is just as heavy with the peat notes and adds signifigantly more smoke to this foray into a style I always find intriguing. I have yet to have two scotch ales that seemed remotely similar. The mouthfeel brings with it nice body, though thin, but unnecessary carbonation that seems to hinder the expression of subtle flavor. Palate otherwise is relatively pleasant. The finish negates that aspect with a long and somewhat dry peat blast, lingering smoke and pleasant fruity hops. Very nice, different indeed. Another great beer from this outstanding brewery. I love Duck Rabbit, I hope they have a long and successful future amongst so much worthy competition.

Malty, thick, caramel and an awesome smelling beer, taste follows the smell and it’s a damn tasty beer. Glad to taste it and I’m very pleased with this beer.