Smuttynose Scotch Style Ale

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

22oz bottle poured a deep brown and ruby color with an off white head that dissipates to a ring around the glass. Aroma is nothing but a sweet smell and a whole lot of smoke. Toffee, caramel, and a light coffee flavor dominate the taste. There is smoke flavor is very aggressive. The closest thing I put my finger on for the smoke is sitting by a campfire and tasting the smoke. Mouthfeel leave a stickiness in my mouth. Not bad, but a bit much on the smoke in my opinion.

22 oz bottle. Amber/dark orange with bubbly head. Aroma musty, blue cheese, wet fur. Flavor semi-sweet, metallic, tar, brown sugar, molasses, caramel. Smokey peat in brewer’s description is quite noticeable. Finishes slightly sour. Mouth feel is liqueur-like.

22 oz bomber. Pours a dark muddy amber caramel with a medium bubble laced beige head. Aroma of malt, burnt sugar, beef jerky and smoke. Taste of beef jerky, malt and liquid smoke. A bit of a letdown from Smuttynose.

Bomber. Clear orange/copper color with a medium head. Aroma practically screams PEAT; big, smoky peat with bready malts and earth. Dry and smoky taste. Incredibly dry compared to most other Scotch’s.

bottle thanks to andrew.....pours a semi-transparent amber brown with a frothy white head....nose was made up of malts and dark fruit. no peaty smoke for me as far as the nose is concerned....flavor consisted of a lot of sweet malt with some hoppy bitterness/spiciness in the finish. the sweetness takes over the bitterness as the beer warms and some smoke comes into play a little bit more.

was fairly unimpressed here, i didn’t get much of the peat smoke some people have noticed. A bit too sweet and generally ho-hum. perhaps a bad bottle?

22 oz bottle - pours a ruddy amber light bubbly foam. Aroma of wet leather and peat smoke. Flavor initially hints at sweet malt with a wisp of caramel/toffee that gets steamrolled by the peat smoke, peat and more peat. As the beer warms, some of the peat smoke subsides but still remains a dominant flavor. Mouthfeel is spot on, medium/medium heavy palate.

22 oz Bomber-pours a clear amber color w/a slight tan head. Sweet Malt aroma. Easy drinking brew, Flavors of roasted malt, toffee, brown sugar, & just a touch of spice. Earthy, woodsy flavor w/a touch of peat & carbonation. This was pretty good stuff.