Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale

Tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. Reddish brown with a thin head, caramelized malty flavors, rich, earthy, somewhat sweet

At Three Cellars tasting Founder’s Brewery night. Reddish brown with a thin head. Sweet malty aroma. Sweet malty taste to go with dry hop finish. A little on the sweet side but still pretty good.

Caramelized malt aromas. Amber brown colors. Good bitter caramelized malty flavors, rich, earthy, somewhat sweet to balance. Fairly strong and solid palate. Bittersweet duration with a woody finish. Good.

Pours a dark amber with a small dark tan head. Aroma of caramel, smoke, and some brown sugar. Starts out with a nice sweetness, but there is a lingering bitterness that I don’t care for.

Poured a dark auburn color with a very small head that disappeared quickly. Mild aroma. Sweet carmel taste, but sweetness did not linger. Very smooth, belying strength.

Poured a brick color with a sweet nose of malts, caramel, peat and wood.The flavor was sweet and smoky. A very good Scotch Ale.Finishes of sweet.

Reddish brown body, dark, slightly cloudy at the end, almost no head. Nose of dark roasted malts, peat smoke, and warming alcohol. Taste of dark malts, an almost Bourbon like alcohol warmth, toffee, espresso, smoke, and more hops than I would expect in a Scotch ale. Mouth a little syrupy ... maybe more lively carbonation would help. But a good beer.

Bottle pours a deep garnet color with very little head or lace. The aroma is powerful malt, brown sugar, chocolate, vanilla, peat, and just plain excellent. The flavor is really is so well rounded from the sweet malt and peat notes. Some mild pear notes in the finish with the peat. The palate is fairly rich, but does not at all become sticky like ales like this can tend to do. Carbonation survives pretty well and is quite lively in fact. Overall, this is an awesome beer. I need to get more of this.