McEwans Scotch Ale

At $1.89 a bottle this seemed like a good buy. Poured a rich red color with a tan head with pink tinges. Nose of caramel malts and some sweet chocolate. Rich creamy mouthfeel. Lots of rich flavors with more chocolate. A fairly simple beer that simply tastes good and drinks easily. A very good beer that would rank a a best buy for its type.

Bottled at the Big Sur Pub. Dark chestnut brown with a modest head. Malty aroma with some minerals. The flavor is quite sweet and malty, with a mineral bite and a very filtered, sterile feel. The body is kinda thick but also watery, with an abundance of carbonation. This one was hard to drink, with the excess of residual sugar that had nothing to stand up to it.

Dark brown with a small tan head. Notes of vanilla, alcohol, roasted malts, and wood. Sweet and malty on the palate. I’d like to see how this one ages.

(bottle): Very dark reddish body, brownish head, okay lacing, somewhat lasting. Fruity aroma, some malt. Malty nutty taste, a little alcohol. Dusty. Hotter as it warms up.

Sweet malty caramel with touch of vinous fruitiness and peat. Slightly cloudy dark amber brown with small fine tan head. Deep sweet malty flavor with touch of fruit. Fairly full body and mouthfeel with sweet finish and low bitterness.