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Church Brew 140 Shilling Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

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RATINGS: 5   MEAN: 3.54/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.34   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 243   ABV: 8.1%
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It’s time for a hearty pint of 140 Shilling Wee Heavy to warm you for this late winter snow. We have had Scotch Ales in the past. This is a much bigger version. Our Wee Heavy is a big and robust Scotch Ale. It was brewed with Special Pale Ale malt, light caramel malt, and a variety of dark roasted malts and grains. It took over ½ ton of grain to brew 160 gallons of Ale (that’s ½ lb per 10 oz glass). We fermented with a special Scotch Ale yeast which leaves a nice clean beer with some sweetness and malty overtones. The aroma is clean, almost like a lager in character with the fruit-like esters subdued and also a fresh roasty nose. The body will be very full with a lingering sweetness and a very mild hop finish. Drink it slowly so you don’t miss any of the subtle flavors.


2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
muzzlehatch (4425) - Burlington, Vermont, USA - MAR 1, 2006
Draught pint at the Moan and Dove in Amherst, MA in the company of that hop-lovin’ sour-hatin’ ClarkVV, February 19 2006, part of their "bootleg" series. Score! A new Scotch ale I’ve not heard tell of, with only a few ratings, from a brewpub I’ll never visit. Cool....can it live up to the pressure? Served too cold in a pint glass, but drunk slowly so as to observe the following: lasting thick off-white creamy head, lots of lacing atop the deep molasses-tarry body....aroma is lightly yeasty, peaty and earthy but really pretty weak; cold there was nothing and even after 15 minutes it has little expressiveness....very, very sweet with loads of brown sugar and maple and just a touch of bitter greens, alcohol fairly prominent all the way through to the bitter, mineralic finish....slippery-syrupy body, somewhat worty and underfermented....don’t think I finished it without a struggle. Well, it looked good.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
CTwriter (34) - USA - NOV 16, 2005
Fantastic ale for winter, with fruit hints buried nicely by a rich caramel.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
beerluvindave (194) - Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 13, 2003
Very smooth dark and full of flavor. No aftertaste to speak of. Served in a smaller glass, but still worth the order.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
VENOM (941) - Connecticut, USA - APR 25, 2002
1/2 gallon growler. Murky dark apple cider appearance. Zippo head. Light carbonation. Toasty, caramel, Goldings aroma. Thick bodied, lightly crisp and popcorn toasty. Have they changed yeasts? Or started using popcorn Pale malts? This flavor is in all their brews lately. Anyway, nice body and heavily malted with a subtle burnt aspect, not peat just roasted caramel. Fruity sweet, caramelized popcorn aftertaste and a light alcohol spiciness. Nice sipping brew but the toasty aspect is killing me, as much as I love these guys. What gives?

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
ravidesai (916) - Bombay, INDIA - OCT 29, 2001
A dark brown scotch ale. dark brown beer with reddish highlights. big heavily malted tastewith a slight smoky taste and a pleasant hop finish. note this is only served in 10 oz. glasses not regular pints.


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