Smuttynose Scotch Style Ale

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

22oz bottle. Pours a super clear mahogany. Awesome looking beer. Nice lacing. Nose is lots of caramel and cherry with some light biscuit aromas. Flavor is tons of nutty caramel flavor up front with a backend of cherry and prune. Finishes very smooth with a bit of chocolate. Pretty good beer but its no Belhaven or Cigar City.

[Draft @ EB+B] Poured a clear, brown color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, smoke, nuts, roast, toast, and toffee. Taste of toffee malts, caramel malts, some roast, nuts, smoke, and a bit of chocolate, with some alcohol in the finish.

22oz brown glass pry-top. Bottled conditioned in 2008. Appearance: Pours with lots of carbonation. 3 inch head takes minutes to come down leaving nice lacing. Cloudy tawny/mahogany. Tan head. Nose: Toasted malts, slight biscuit, cream. Palate: Medium-bodied and crisp with some acid from the hops. Lightly smokey and pleasantly sweet. Toasty notes and the alcohol shows at midpalate giving the beer an evaporating feeling. Notes: Pretty well balanced and not as sweet as I had expected. Great edges from the hops and alcohol. A little boozy, but a nice beer. Very drinkable and "smooth." (Wow, I can’t believe I just used the word smooth!)

Bottle, nice beer. Pours a reddish brown wtih a very small head. Aroma has caramel, nuts, bread, and a hint of smoke. The smoke is also in the flavor, very interesting. It goes well with the nuttiness and the malts. Fun beer to try.

Pours to a dark brown body with a medium, but dense sheen of creamy light beige head. Nice lacing. The aroma is really caramelized toffee and nice walnuts. Deeply malty. The flavor is really creamy milk chocolate, subtle smokiness, lots of caramelized malts. The palate is roasty and medium bodied.

22oz bottle. Pours a brown color with a big foamy tan head. Nose is roasted nuts with caramel malt notes. Palate is full with some light carbonation notes. Flavor is roasted nuts, some dark caramel flavors, and a full finish.

Very malty with little hops bitterness to counterbalance it, which I love. The malt combined with the candy sugar give it a pleasant, sweet taste. If you’re not careful, you’ll finish this one quickly. Note: I’m a little biased when it comes to a Scotch Ales, especially a good one like this.