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Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale

Score
9591
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Renaissance Brewing
Style: Scotch Ale
Blenheim, New Zealand
Serve in Thistle

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 198   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.58   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This is the big, hearty ’red wine’ of our range. Nine malts are blended to produce layers of caramel, coffee, liquorice, chocolate and roasty flavours and these are balanced by a tart, raisiny fruitiness that gradually gives way to a lingering dry finish. Rich, full bodied. warming and moreish. Stonecutter pairs well with venison, roast beef or lamb, or the heartiest casseroles and stews. For dessert try with a creme brulee or, of course, Scottish shortbread.


most recent ratings

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
GothGargoyle (605) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - JUN 8, 2013
Good hazy brown with a large beige head. Aroma is toffee, grain, brown sugar, dates. Creamy mouthfeel, malty on the palate with a little dry booziness on the finish. Taste is toffee, honey, dates.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
andrewturba (479) - Alberta, CANADA - MAY 8, 2013
Pours a slightly hazy darker brown with a thick soapy very light brown head which leaves behind some lace. Aroma is caramel, chocolate, sweet dark fruits, and lightly peaty. Flavour Is peaty, toffee, chocolate, roasted malts, raisins, other dark fruits, mildly bitter, nutty and earthy. Fantastic rich malty beer.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
alectron (30) - - APR 20, 2013
Lovely nose! Keeps a great balance between the darker licorice & chocolate, malt and some fruitier notes in the background as well as some smoke.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Crit (3089) - New Westminster, British Columbia, CANADA - APR 18, 2013
Brown,small tan head.Nose of malt & brown sugar.Sweet start,medium smoke. Light lasting hop finish. Full bodied

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
ComradeK (749) - Blue Mountains, AUSTRALIA - APR 18, 2013
500ml bottle. Pours a hazy ruby chestnut, with a large light beige head, which lasts well and leaves good lacing. The aroma offers floral hops, hazelnut and treacley toffee malt. Floral hops up front lead into a sweet mix of drinking chocolate, hazelnut and a touch of toffee. There is a touch of Turkish coffee in the finish, which adds a hint of bitterness. This is quite a pleasant sweet and thick Scotch ale.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
DylansDad (201) - NEW ZEALAND - APR 11, 2013
Very smooth, interesting flavour. Different notes seem to be more or less dominant with each sip, eg first sip for me I was struck by the raisins (and some other fruit) in the middle, next it was all about the malts at the front then the sourness, then the bitter... the sip I just swallowed finished in a blaze of citrus zest, yet all the time the coffee and chocolate is there, almost like a carrier signal for the other flavours. This is more like a food than a drink.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
CapFlu (4021) - Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA - MAR 25, 2013
(500ml bottle) Purchased from Hillside Liquors for $8.90. Pours a thin, white creamy head atop a reddish brown body. Nose of roasted malt and minor soap. Flavour is very toasty, good wooden earthy base... Gets more smokey as it warms. All in all a very nice ibeer. --- reviewed on RateBeer.com

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
joetheobald (4) - Bethel, Ohio, USA - MAR 22, 2013 does not count
Poor man’s Dark Lord. Tasty, split one with a friend. Head quickly dissipates, leaving sweet, smoky ale.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
stoutnick (181) - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - MAR 16, 2013
Dark red. Aroma is malt toffee. Taste is big malt, sweet and slight peat. Palate is sweetness followed by mild bitterness. Good scotch ale.

1.1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
AndreasJaeger (504) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAR 8, 2013
***Kanske fel på flaskan*** Brun i färgen med litet vitt skum. Doftar sur/sött med choklad malt och vanilj. Tyvärr riktigt syrlig och grönsakig.


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