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Dark Horse Scotty Karate Scotch Ale

Dark Horse Scotty Karate Scotch Ale

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A Scotch Ale brewed by
Dark Horse Brewing Company

Marshall, Michigan USA

bottled
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2443.62/5.03.61/5.0Autumn9.75%80.2 Thistle P  Stats

Commercial Description:
For those of you who don't know who "Scotty Karate" is... He is a local one man band who plays an amazing slurry of honky tonk influenced, punk country songs. His voice is amazing as well as his high energy shows. (Check him out @ www.scottykarate.com) So, we decided to make a beer and name it in his honor. This beer is a big, full bodied Scottish ale. It is 9.75% alc. but it is very smooth and balanced. Since Scotty is also very passionate about beer I asked him to write a description for you, so from the man himself... Aroma: Smells like A fresh caramel apple with a hint of cinnamon inside of cranberry shortbread. Or maybe fresh home made hard candy (from home economics class-7th grade). Flavor: Tastes like a smokey chocolate chip cookie, wild roadside cherry-asparagus, woody, crispy leaf on a fall day.

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 Ungstrup (11075), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 26, 2008  
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. Both the aroma and flavor are sweet with over ripe fruit being the most dominant note.


 Papsoe (9999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 7, 2007  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of markgugs. Pours a hazy, dark, orangey brown with an off-white head. Distinct and very intense licorice aroma. Quite full-bodied with an intense and very solid malt base of roated malts as well as accents of nuts and again licorice. There’s a slight, perfumy edge and a weak, burned touch. The mouthfeel is a little tired. 041007


 yespr (6259), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Sep 21, 2007  
12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown/amber with little head. Bourbon and malty roasted aroma. Fullbodied. Sweet and malty, spiced and somewhat bourbon flavoured. Goes malty dry in the finish.


 joergen (6257), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 19, 2007  
Bottle. Hazy red brown coloured with an off white ehad. Sweet aroma of dried fruits and caramel with notes of whisky. Sweet flavour of ddried fruits, whisky and caramel.


 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Aug 13, 2008
Date: 06/06/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

Appearance: clear dark ruby red,
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma with a strong peaty earthy essence and lots of smokey character,
Body: very low carbonation almost to the point of being flat yet still a creamy body,
Flavor: rich dark caramel flavor, lots of smokey peat, light earthy bitterness, only a touch of sweetness from the caramel malts but the earthy peat keeps it dry,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4




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