The Duck-Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale

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

Bottle. Nose-husky, hoppy, lightly peaty, sticky. Body-looks like a barley wine-thin patch of bubbles, medium ring of bubbles. Taste-lightly sour, medium sweetness, alcohol, hot, fruity, aluminum on the finish, grassy, hay/husk. Kind of sweet with little to no peaty, surprisingly. Amazingly hot, Sticky.

bottled, great looking dark brown/ruby , yet translucent, ale. Very sweet nose, can’t tell if its from the malts or sugar. Whatever, very soft & smooth mouthfeel. Mild alcohol warming, Tastes of instant choc. drink mix, maybe Ovaltine??? Not bad at all thou...

Pours dark copper with an ephemeral soapy light white head. Aroma is very sweet - apricot and caramel notes. There’s peat aromas in there, but they’re shouldered aside by the sweetness. Mildly carbonated with a medium-thick mouthfeel. Taste is sweet throughout with a faint suggestion of spice/peat in the finish. In general, the sweetness overwhelms this beer. I have a few, so I’ll re-evaluate it in a while.

Bottle consumed months ago and now finally rated: Pours a rich sunset brown topped by a small but lasting off-white head and left vg lace on the glassware. The nose detects a rich carmel and toffee sweetness over cashew and walnut toppings supported by a dose of heather, wild mountain honey, and fresh peat moss.

The taste is pure malty goodness with a finishing nip of alcohol and over ripened fruits. The aftertaste is smoky and oh so earthy. In the end there is a woody dryness that counterbalanced the heavy malts to some degree. I wish actually for more bite and nip to clean up the palate a bit better. Overall, one the better Scotch Ales I have had from the New World. I hope this is a positive trend.

Doughy, floral aroma has plenty of nutty marzipan malt sweetness and a hint of smoke. Clear brown body is topped by a low tan head that recedes to cover. Sweet marzipan nuttiness, chocolate, floral, earthy hops, light touches of alcohol and a hint of smoke round out the pleasant malt body. Medium full body is somewhat sticky despite strong carbonation (that is perhaps a bit over the top for the style). Bottle sampled with BeerPrince, CapFlu, frink and Oakes.

Nice clear reddish brown color with a pleasant sweet malt aroma. Flavor is an explosion of honey, malt, and a touch of earthiness. You can definitely taste the alcohol in this one, but it is not excessive. A powerful and upfront beer. The problem is that the sweetness quickly becomes overwhelming, and I found myself having a hard time finishing it.

Beautiful looking scotch. Complex aroma of malt with a bit of peatiness. The sweetness is just a bit cloying, otherwise I would have rated this higher.

(Bottle, BB 03/07) Pours a dark reddish body with a small beige head. Aroma of nuts, toffee, wet dried corn husks, wood, raisins, caramel and corn grain dust. Flavor of sweet fruit, caramel malt, and a hint of scotch. Seems a bit thin.