Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale

(Bottle) Pours a brown color with a nice looking tan head. Rich, smoky taste (which I really like) is balanced with some light spicy hops and a good dose of alcohol. Subtle notes of dark fruit and sweet earth as well. This is one of the better beers I’ve had from the style.

12oz bottle from EithCubes - thanks, Mike! Now this is my kinda Scotch ale. Big and bold, with malts just pouring out and a big peaty aroma. Very rich and smooth, with a strong butterscotch note in the middle, balanced by a bit of dry spice towards the very end. Quite fine.

Bottle: Dark amber, mahogany, light head and lacing. Nose of bright alcohol and earthy hops overshooting the sweet caramelly malts. Some chewy toffee. The flavor is nice and chewy, rich raisin and plum notes. Thick mouthfeel, creamy sweet, bright and fruit. Light hops, nice scotch.

Bottle. Poured a cloudy purplish-brown color with a medium light-brown head. Nice lacing. Aroma is very malty with a sweet fruitiness to it. Very nice mouthfeel. Flavor is very strong, with malt, alcohol, caramel, and an almost smoke flavor to it. Interesting and tasty beer. Strong Scottish Ale for fans of the style.

How could you not like the name of this brew? Short stubby 12 oz bottle that is certainly not a long neck. Has a twist off cap. No head. Cloudy root beer appearance. Chocolate rubbing alcohol aroma, really attractive. OOOH, smoothness makes you take a big swig then the malt alky impact whacks you in the palate. A rather strong alky brew and it tells you. It is so easy to confuse scotch ale with the milder Scottish ales. Simply just buzz making. What a brew, like somebody spiked this beer with whiskey. Strong, numbs up the old tase buds rather quickly. Yes, the taste is somewhat like the aroma; big bold and intoxicating. Really coats the back of your throat. Finish is medium long and malty alcohol bitter. Barely acceptable as a beer because of it’s style but it is on par with McEwans Scotch Ale, OB Chubb and 3F’s the bruce. Really is powerful as stated in the description. Quite an exceptional rude alky experience, these scotch ales.

12 oz. bottle from Gregis (via Corral Liquors in Granite City, IL). Pour is a clear reddish brown with a one inch off-white head. Aroma is caramel sweet malt and some hoppiness. Taste has a medium to full body with a really nice full bodied sweetness. Rounds out to a citrus hop finish. Very smooth and drinkable, I was quite surprised to see the ABV.

dark copper/brown colored with mild head. it smells like a Scoth ale, for sure.... touches of roasted malts with sour/soft echoes of vanilla and toffee. An ample bodied selection, but one that features a raisiny/malty quality, syrupy caramel malted, and a fruity smooth touch, with a touch of biting sour/dry hops. A nice offering

12oz Bottle Pours out a cloudy rust brown topped with a small head. A nice sweet aroma and tast. This was pretty tasty. I was thinking maybe A BW. Thanks Jake