Hoppin Frog Outta Kilter Wee Heavy Scotch Red Ale

Brewed by Hoppin Frog
Style: Scotch Ale
Akron, Ohio USA

Bottle. Brown color. Maltaroma with rye bread and butterscotch. Malty flavor with caramel, milk chocolate and rye bread. A wee bit of warming alcohol. Medium to full bodied. Sticky mouthfeel, but a pleasant beer.

Clear amber with a tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with overripe fruits, flowers and caramel notes. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, caramel, ripe fruits and alcohol notes. Finished sweet.

I did not like this one at all. It reminds me of a cherry ice cone with some cotton candy mixed in. Pours a murky amber with a nice lacing head. The aroma is right out of the carnival. Flavor is candy sweet with a very sticky mouth feel. I’ve really enjoyed their other stuff but this one leaves me lacking.

22oz bottle. Small off-white head atop clear copper body. Aroma is sweet, cherry, brown sugar, some alcohol astringency, light caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, sugar, caramel, some cherry, alcohol warming, light rye spiciness. Undercarbonated medium body, some stickiness.

Bomber from Orland Park Binny’s. Pours hazy reddish brown with light tan head. Aroma is malty with caramel, toffee, and some peat. Flavor is caramel, toffee, sweet malts, nut and some cereal. Has a weird bready flavor. Average at best scotch ale. Meh.

Bottle from Broudy’s in Jacksonville Beach brought back by the wife. Pours copper with as short beige head. Aroma is malty with caramel, light peat, and wet grains. Taste is big caramel, sweet malt, subtle peatiness, wet cereal and light toasted notes. Body is medium with a bubbly but creamy carbonation feel. Ends with more caramel and wet grains along with sweet malt and faint peat. Ok stuff but I wish the peaty notes were more pronounced.

Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin ring of white head. Has a soft caramel malty nose with some grainy notes and a touch of peat. Starts with good malty fullness and some light caramel flavor with a touch of light fruits and earthy peat beFore a drier grainy finish. An ok Scotch ale, but could use more sweetness and complexity.

Nose is sweet and malty. Lots of caramel, some green apple, and fruity sugars. A hint of earth is in there underneath the sweetness, as well as a very light rye note that is lightly tangy/spicy. Pours red amber with light foam and lace. Sweet and sugary. Lots of caramel, some toast, apple. Lingering sweetness coats the palate. Tons of residual sugars in here. Light earthy spicy rye notes deep down. Too sweet for me to enjoy all the way. Medium carb. Almost syrupy.