Dark Horse Scotty Karate Scotch Ale

(Sampled 7-7-08) 12 oz. bottle poured into tumbler- poured non transparent murky brown, musky aroma of malt with notes of peat and hardwood in the background. Hits the mouth with heavy medium body, the malt comes through cleanly and very strong, an almost true scotch like quality to it, finish lingers around and makes you remember what you just had. I likey!!!

Bottle. Pours a dark red copper color and has an aroma of dry roasted malt. Flavor is slightly smokey toasted malts with a dry finish. Medium bodied.

12 oz. bottle - thanks to kryptic for the trade; pours orange-brown with suspended haze throughout; almost no head and aromas are musky, woody with sugar and alcohol obvious; rich and deep overall; lots of flavor and you can taste the bigness, but body is a little thin for my liking; sweet and dry finish; rich malts and sugars; very nice

(Bottle via trade with EithCubes, thanks Mike!, cellared for 10 mos. after trade) Pours slightly murky dark amber with less than a finger of biege head that recedes mostly to edges. Fairly rich malty aroma of toffee and caramel with pine, juniper and mint hoppiness. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth, lightly syrupy, a slight bit of fizziness, fairly low carbonation. Nice light webby rings of lacing. Taste is strong malt - caramel and toffee, slight licorice perhaps. The ABV is noticeable but not overpowering, so somewhat hot. Medium bitter with taste of pine and mint. There might be a slight hint of peat but it’s way in the background. Nice strong satisfying beer.

12oz bottle. Light brown color. Aroma of some freshly proofed dough. Sweet malt. Lots of dough + bread. Could be very balanced but just too much dough. Biscuity.