Smuttynose Scotch Style Ale

Bomber. Reddish brown with a thick khaki head. Earthy, sweet nose, caramel and light molasses. Rich toffee and earth flavors, lightly smoky peat. Body could be a bit more dense, but overall a nice brew.

Bottle from mkgrenwel. LIght caramel malt. Super murk, deep brown body. Medium palate. Solid caramel malt up front with very light hops. Fairly one dimensional.

Huge malt and some caramel in the aroma.Pours a very deep murky copper with a medium off white head.Flavor is dominated by tons of malt.Full mouthfeel with a huge malt finish.

Extremely malty aroma, popped right out of the glass. Very dark brown color with almost no off white head. Flavor is malty but a heavy bready taste at the end. Very enjoyable, but not the best Scotch Ale I’ve ever had.

Bottle. Nice looking pour with a nice fluffy head on top of a clear mahogany body. Decent enough aroma with shades of quite a few aspects, but nothing too overpowering. Caramel, semi-sweet chocolate, raisins, alcohol and some vanilla shows up late. When fresh from the fridge, I pick up a little bit of a hoppiness, but that goes away once it warms. Caramel, dark chocolate and alcohol are present throughout the mouthfeel. The alcohol detracts a bit from the overall experience. Not as earthy as I’d expect from a scotch ale, but not bad.

Bottle. Dark caramel coloured body with a white soapy head. Rich chocolate and caramel in the aroma along with alcohol and brown sugar. Some hop character in the flavour with notes of caramel and burnt toast. Alcohol is definitely felt throughout the experience.

Tasted at YeHA! 2006 in Montreal. App.: muddy brown with reddish hues. Aroma: strawberries, dried fruits, chocolate, vanilla, a little smokey and woody. Palate: med.-full body, a little chalky, med. low carbonation. Flav.: chocolatey, vanilla, berries and coffee, much like the nose again. It’s a bonnie beer....but it’s NOT oatmeal!!!

Cloudy brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma has some toffee and surprisingly some alcohol (at only 6.2%?). Taste is typical scotch ale with plenty of roasted malts, caramel/toffee, a little bit of dark fruits, lightly to moderately hoppy. More alcohol flavour than it should and I really doubt the exactitude of the 6.2%. By-the-book scotch ale but nonetheless a good example of the style. Good for peace on earth, if it wasn’t for sober peoples we wouldn’t have nuclear weapons.