Smuttynose Scotch Style Ale

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

Bottle: This one caught me off guard with the clinical aroma of cloth band-aids and perhaps an open bag of beef jerky that’s been sitting in your glove box for a couple days because you forgot about it at DLD. Fortunately the smoky taste is more peaty than meaty. Pretty mild flavor, some caramel, but finishes dry.

bottle: pours a good brown colour with a small lasting off white head. some oilyness on the side of the glass. aroma is good with signs of smokey peat and dep caramel malts. i also get some bright fruit smells (even thouh solan says it si from the picture) a very nice aroma with what i am looking for in a scotch ale.flavour is apeaty, sweet caramel adn finishes with touches of spioce adn a good dryness. . very nice.

This poured dark caramel in color with an off-white head of medium-bubbles. The nose was sweet and candied with aromas of bubble gum, sweet caramel and a smokiness in the back. In the mouth it was medium-bodied with a sweeness in the mid-palate before finishing dry.

Pours reddish copper with one finger beige head. Aroma mostly lemony citrus with a hint of malt and hops- nothing super impressive. Flavor was suprisingly fufilling with malt backbone present, as well as nice integration of spice. Nice bodied mouthfeel while still being quite refreshing. This is suprisingly good.

appearance is a dark cherry with an ivory colored head, fairly quickly dissipating with minimal lacing. subtle but nice aroma of malt, some spice, and a sweetish candy aspect to it as well. taste is very interesting- malty with some bitter smokiness complimenting the sweet traits nicely. pretty solid mouthfeel, another really good offering from Smutty.

Draught. Pours a dark brown color. Aroma was roasted with hints of vanilla. Very roasted taste.

Bomber from MrBendo - thanks, Todd! Looks like a typical quality Scotch on the pour, except for the very active carbonation. Impressive, and a nice head to boot. The aroma is pleasantly sweet, promising malty goodness. But I was unprepared for the smokiness, a lovely dry addition to the candied malts that round out the middle. It’s really quite solid, peat and firewood with a trace of molasses in there. Another kickass beer from Smutty.

Pours dark amber brown with minimal head and a little lacing. Aroma was smoke. Flavor was super smokey, almost Aecht Schlenkerla smokey, with lots of sweet brown sugar. It was good, but not great. Maybe a tad too sweet and sugary.