Vancouver Island Wolfs Scottish Cream Ale

Brewed by Vancouver Island Brewery
Style: Scottish Ale
Victoria, Canada

On opening a slightly spicey smell,mixed with a sort of "Cream of wheat"/ malt smellI ..love the colour.Like a dark tea in with a med off white head that disipates rapidly. The taste starts slightly spicy and very malty,and smooth.finishes with a light hoppiness,finish is clean and dry but takes about 3 seconds to kick in after the swallow,again very nice. Nice body,not mousey like some cream ales or tongue coating like others.

Pours an auburn colour. Weak nose of caramel . Taste has some bitter hop notes and a bit of caramel. Not a very good beer.

toffee-caramelly accented, but very light bodied and a weak thin head, not one of their better brews.

One of the better beers from Vancouver Island Brewery but that doesn't say much. Nice malty flavour with a bit of hoppiness. They use nitrogen taps for this if you get it on-top so it will come out all bubbly, probably a good thing for this beer but it settles quickly.

Dark orange amber colour with a creamy light tan head that lasts to the bottom of the glass. Spicy hop nose and some caramel malt. Flavour is well-balanced with an assertive hoppiness and some molasses and brown sugar sweetness. Lingering bitterness on the finish. One of the better products from this brewery.

It pours a nice copper hue, drinks easy, and finishes clean. All around good beer for a beef stew dinner. And it's a tiny bit stronger than some, at 6%. Very decent.

This beer has a great initial aroma and looks great from the initial pour, all the way to the end of the glass with it's nice lacing. Having tried many "Scottish" beers while in Scotland, I can't say it's authentic, but definitely captures the best parts of a good Scottish beer. The taste was nice but not overly strong. The alcoholic heat is very nice, gentle, and is done to perfection. Overall a great beer and definitely near the top of my list.

Good beer. No real head from my pour but a taste that had flavour of toffee and cream and a very nice finish. Not overly Scottish but a decent cream ale.