3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a 12 fl. oz. bottle maarked: 31038 L083 07. Pours an opaque dark mahogany-brown with a bit of beige head. Aroma of yeast, malts, and caramel. Decent mouth feel. Flavor is both sweet and bitter with a good mix of malts and yeast. Very flavorful actually and always one of my favorites.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark brown, with a tan head. Aroma is caramel, malt, and chocolate. Flavor is caramel, malt, fruit, and chocolate. Not bad.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Dark brown pour with a nice beige head. Has a very nice aroma, smells like a combination of sweet caramel, cherries and cured tobacco leaves. Flavor is much of the same, seet malt with a fruit presence and a nice smoky finish. I just became a big fan of scotch ales.
1.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
Will have to re-rate based on the numerous good ratings here and age of my first rating (~2 years ago). But this was not to my liking at all. Poured fine with a dark brown color and the aroma was fine with the malts expected but the taste was just dreadful. Honestly had trouble finishing 12 oz. Might have also had a bad bottle.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
What a beer! McEwan’s Scotch Ale is delcious and comes highly recommended by me, so you know it must be good! I think that McEwan’s is the Log Cabin syrup of beers. Scratch that, Log Cabin is the McEwan’s of syrups.
1.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20
Pours a mahogany black/brown with a light brown head. Smells lightly fresh, some hops and chocolate. Taste is super-sweet, sugary syrup, molasses Burnt flavors, roasted chocolate malt finish the flavor. Tastes like a sherry to me, way too sweet. This could be useful for sipping in 2-3oz portions, but drinking 12 oz is impossible. Terribly unbalanced, sweet beer. Had out of a 12 bottle purchased at Bailey’s Pub in Arlington, VA.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very enjoyable. I wasn’t sure about this....at first. It pours really dark. I wanted something new, and I knew this would be a darker beer....but it doesn’t fill my mouth like other darks...it almost has a crisp taste...like a lager. Really crisp....Almost carbonated....but very sweet. You can taste and smell a caramel flavor immediately. I didn’t pick up on the chocolate, but there is sweetness here. I’m excited about this....the first glass went down smooth....I can’t wait to tap the other five!!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
smells like caramel and malt. dark with a bit of head. tastes malty, heavy taste of alcohol honestly a bit reminiscent of the 40 high alcohol taste, sweet, and even one more time wow that is a heavy heavy alcohol taste.. not extremely sweet but enough to notice, slightly too much carbonation, i eventually did notice a slightly smoky "scotch whisky" flavour.. but its alright overall.. 8% and the price is a pretty ok deal sort of...
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