Bristol Laughing Lab Scottish Ale

Brewed by Bristol Brewing Company
Style: Scottish Ale
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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Dark amber. Nice malty-earthy aroma. Caramel on the plate - earthy and sweetish with mild brown sugar notes.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of BMan1113VR) Pours a clear amber body with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of herbs, caramel, earth, and toasted grain. Flavor of caramel malt, herbs, light sulfur, and nuts.

on tap-pours a tan head. Color is deep amber. Aroma is malt. Taste is malty, nutty, creamy.

12oz bottle labeled bottled in Jul. Poured a darker amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of peat, bread, light smoke and light caramel. Tastes of caramel, nuts, lightly roasted malts, and had a lighter earthiness to it. Tastes on the weaker side compared to the aromas (somewhat of a let down). Lacing left on the glass.

Bottle via a trade with jbye4334. Pours with a fading off-white head over a hazy brown body. Aroma of earth, tobacco, vegital and caramel. Taste is tea, tobacco, pepper and caramel. Light bubbles, dry finish.

Draft at Falling Rock. Huge foamy tan head, body is the color of dark purple/brown and mostly clear with red light at the bottom. Carbonation is far too high, and the body on this beer is far too weak. Has a distinct note of diacetyl, some mild, buttery scotch and some pale and pallid herbal spices. Vegetal at times, very pale and bland with a thin texture. Disappointing.

Pours a nut brown with a tan head. Malty and caramel aromas. Flavor is bitter with a buttery feel. The palate is metallic.

Pours brown with a thin ring of white bubbles. Smells of earth, tea, peas. Tastes of some tea, stray caramel. Pretty one dimensional.

Light copper, filtered and clear colored, topped by a timid off-white head that slowly becomes a memory. Despite the intense filtration, surprising banana notes make their way through the otherwise rather typical nutty, fruity (dried raisins, wood berries) nose in which malt aptly dominates. It never develops too far in its sweetness, betting on a nutty and cerealic combo backed by the necessary fruits and smoke hints for balance. In terms of palate, it is well constructed, light-medium body with mostly engaging carbonation that lasts. Hops are almost neglectable, barely providing a light herbal kick toward the finish, while a graininess grows from sip to sip. Forgettable, but clean.

Bottle poured a hazy amber with a minamal yellow head.Aromas of cocoa, carmel malts with notes of smoke and fruitiness. Palate was smooth and crisp. Flavors of carmel and toffee abit of cocoa and a hint of smokieness.