Scotch Ale
Meantime Brewing Company Limited

Scotch AleScotch Ale
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From:
Meantime Brewing Company Limited
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
ABV:
8%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.99 | pDev: 11.53%
Reviews:
73
Ratings:
105
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 19, 2021
Added:
Mar 01, 2007
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by oberon:
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Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina

4.28/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
This is the best Scotch style ale I have had yet hands down.Poured into a 22oz nonic a deep dark brown with a tight formed one finger off white head head that settled into a creamy mass atop,big malt profile somewhat sweet smelling very fruity with notes of caramel and and raisin with a hint of alcohol.Iam a hophead but when a malt gem like this comes you have to love the flavors and complexity a beer like this gives,deeply fruity mainly dark like raisin and prune maybe a hint of candied orange,caramel and brown sugar are both very pronounced along with lingering wood and smoke.Very smooth and rich a great great Scotch style ale here,well done.
May 15, 2008
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Reviewed by mikeg67 from New Jersey

4.3/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750 ml bottle. Pours light brown with tall, long lasting, fluffy off-white head, nice lacing and lively carbonation. Aroma is of bready malt, sweet cherries, toffee and earthy hops. Body is medium and crisp. Taste is of caramel malt, cherries, brown sugar, some honey and herbal hops. Finish is long and spicy. Great brew.
Jul 19, 2021
 
Rated: 4.09 by Brandonparrent from Michigan

Feb 09, 2016
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

3.68/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours tea brown with a frothy head (despite the weak pop when the cork was released); dots of lacing hang around

Smell: Toffee, stone fruit, tobacco, brown bread and vague peat tones

Taste: Toffee, brown bread and stone fruit flavors, up front, with tobacco and ann acrid character developing, in the middle; after the swallow, the acrid bitterness builds and overwhelms

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: I discovered this is an older bottle (BBE 20/07/13) so a fresher example may well be better but this really lacks the big malt and peat character that I expect out of a better Wee Heavy
Sep 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by goast8127 from Michigan

Dec 16, 2014
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.86/5  rDev -3.3%
From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #69 (October 2012):

A thinking person’s beer, so much depth it really takes a good while for this one to open up entirely. Originally brewed for the “Rare Beer Club”, now it is brewed on occasion. If you hear of another release it is certainly worth seeking it out, consider grabbing a couple of bottles as well … a bit of age on it, say six months, does it well.

STYLE: Scotch Ale
ABV: 8.0%
AVAILABILITY: Rotating

LOOK: Glowing garnet, very healthy lacing

SMELL: Chicory, dark bread, blackberry jam, faint caramel, spice, toasted wood, rose water, peppery, dried grass

TASTE: Creamy, smooth, full bodied, treacle, toasty, faint coffee, bread crust, green figs, browned apples, jam, faint leather, ghost-like smoke, musk, peppery backend, slight alcoholic warmth, semi-dry finish
Oct 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by david18 from New York

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by zestar from California

Sep 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by amalburg from Michigan

Aug 31, 2014
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Reviewed by seedyone from New York

3.76/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
02/20/14 On tap. Great body and texture. A touch of caramel and just the right amount of hops on the front side (which makes me happy). This is a solid beer. If it wasn't for the 8% ABV I would drink it all day. I'll be looking out for more from Meantime Brewing.
Jun 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by FilumDee from North Carolina

Jun 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by mush from Illinois

Apr 18, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by afsdan from Colorado

Mar 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by zenithberwyn from California

Feb 24, 2014
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Reviewed by thagr81us from South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Served from bottle into a Bruery tulip. Poured reddish brown with a one finger light tan head that subsided to a minimal amount slowly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet malt, caramel, dark fruit, bread, and plum. The flavor was of sweet malt, bread, dark fruit, plum, and earth. It had a medium feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a pretty decent brew. The aroma on this one was more on the sweet and dark fruit aspect rather than the usual peat aspect. This I really enjoyed as peat and I have a bitter love/hate relationship with each other. The flavor was more of the same. Tons of dark fruit going on. A fairly well done brew for the style.
Feb 18, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Phishagonia from Connecticut

Feb 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by DruC4 from Michigan

Feb 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 14, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by dknight75 from California

Dec 01, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by kristougher from North Carolina

Jul 07, 2013
Scotch Ale from Meantime Brewing Company Limited
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 105 ratings