Marzonis Scotch Ale

Brewed by Marzonis Brick Oven & Brewing Co.
Style: Scotch Ale
Duncansville, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Thistle

Draft at Pints for Pets 2010. Pours Brown with red hues and a white head. Caramel nose with malt and slight chocolate, mild banana. Sweet caramel, chocolate, molasses, mild hop bitterness for balance. Clean and drinkable. Solid.

On tap, Duncansville location. Pours a ruby tinged amber with a thin ring of beige head. Sweet rich malty nose with a touch of smokiness. Nice sweet dark malt flavor with a nice light smoky hint, on the thinner side, but I wouldn’t say watery. Mouthfeel is a little sweet with some clinginess on the finish. Light fizzy carbonation. Pretty good, but it could use a little more body.

Brought back as a Brewer’s Choice. Growler from brewery in Duncansville. Pours a clear copper-brown with ruby highlights and a thin off-white head that leaves minimal lacing on the glass. Nice malty aroma, caramel and dark fruits. Flavor is moderately sweet, some caramel, slight toastiness, and a hint of bourbon. Nicely balanced. Medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet yet warming. Really nice.

Half-pint @ the brewery. Moderately cloudy plum purple/brown colored body. Rich maple, dried fruit (plum, pineapple, raisins), some brown sugar and dough yeast notes, and a little bit of sweet bourbon or whiskey character as well. Texture is frothy and chewy, viscous but not thick, and it tastes on the sweeter side, but not too far... maple pancake syrup (and bacon? mmm bacon), candied scotch, wood, nuts, dried fruit, etc. A pretty good beer, the chewy and frothy texture is the biggest draw here.

Draft at Allison Park. Aroma of sugary malts. Pours brown with an off white head. Flavor of dark caramel, maple, and light cocoa powder. Moderate amount of residual sweetness. Could use a bit more peaty traits to move this to the next level. This was very easy to drink, and rather simple (in a good way).

(Duncansville, 6.3%, called Scotch Ale) Clear blood red body with beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, molasses, light cherry. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, some cherry, light smoke/burnt. Light carbonation, medium body.

Pretty run of the mill. Marzoni’s certainly has better to offer than thius.

UPDATED: AUG 27, 2007 Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a dark ruby chestnut color with a tan head. The aroma was dry, bitter, roasty and had a hint of sulfur. The flavor was malty, roasty, bitter and dry with a light sulfur element that grew as the beer warmed.