McEwan’s Scotch Ale

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Scotch Ale
Bedford, England

Serve in Thistle

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Bottle. Dark brown color with small white head. Malty aroma, rather sweet, burnt, caramel. Smouth palate, little sweet. Finish is light sweet-bitter, roasted. Very enjoyable.

A dark nutbrown beer with a fine but fast diappearing lightbrown head. The aroma is very sweet with no complexity. The flavor is malty sweet with notes of roasted malt but no bitterness. It is very strong and very sweet for a Schottish ale. Too sweet and simple for me.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dakr brown and clear with a slowly collapsing light tan head. Mild spiced, breadish and light fruity aroma. Flavour is dark fruity and roasted malty. Light fruity and roasted malty finish. Nice and smooth.

UPDATED: OCT 23, 2005 (Bottle 33 cl) Version found in Sweden. Very dark brown, sweet and very malty. Lovely full body. A beer for long winter nights. 260801

(Bottle 25 cl) Version for John Martin in Belgium at 7,2% ABV. Pitch black stout-like appearance, brownish head. Very roasted - almost burned - malt. Sweet with a licorice-like sharp finish. Very full-bodied, but far from as refined as Belgian strong, dark ales. 6/3/5/3/12=2,9 311097

Dark amber. Thick, rich and malty and flavourful strong Scottish ale. Perhaps not the most complex example of the style.

Bottle. Trade with TheWolf. Amber/brown with a off white creamy head. Sweet roasted aroma. Caramel & dark fruits. Medium bodied. Low carbonation. Sirupy/sugary...

Bottle, 8.0%. Peppery and yeasty aroma. Clear and beautiful very dark brown colour. Small frothy light brown head. Creamy and vinous flavour, good alcohol level. Some vanilla. Nice and sweet with warming alcohol, I like it.

UPDATED: JUN 28, 2012
2012-06-24, draught at Cockney Pub, Århus, 7.2% ABV, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Brown color, with small compact beige head. Light caramel and malt aroma, sweet, with notes of apple brandy and chestnut honey. The flavor is quite sweet, with malt and caramel, light fruity touch and low bitterness; good round mouthfeel. Sweet caramel final.
Probably judged too sweet by many, and not complex, but pleasant.

2003-12-15, bottle, 5 years old, 8% ABV, 8-4-8-4-15=39
This beer has probably been the starter of my crazy beer adventure, 14 years ago; thanks Gaia!
Tan color; thin head. Strong aroma: malt, liquorice, tar, phenol, roasted malts. Good malt flavor, light liquorice, caramel, maybe too much phenol, still quite sweet in the front. Sweet final dominated by some caramel and a more hidden bitterness.

Tap at Cockney pub. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, fruits, hops and caramel.

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a large beige head. Sweet malt aroma. Creamy texture; soft mouthfeel. The 8% alcohol was not evident. Flavor of sweet malt and raisins.