Scottish Pale Ale
South River Brewing Company
- From:
- South River Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Scottish Ale
Ranked #88 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,487 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 9.12%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 15
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 22, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Bright copper colour; toasted malt, a hint of caramel and a touch of fruit aromas; Medium body, with coffee and dark chocolate notes, nice hop balance and nutty finish.
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Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I have upgraded my review of this beer from the first samples I had some 3 years ago - the reworked recipe is a decent cross between a Scottish pale ale with micro brew attitude...rich copper-red color, big puffy cap, aroma is demure with toasted cereal tones fruity esters - taste is roasty-toasty-caramel malty in front with good hop bite - goes to a clean drying finish punctuated by a nutty-toasty maltiness. A great session ale. I will have a few in the fridge when it is available
Jan 09, 2018
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.96/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
650ml bottle, 5.4% ABV. Nice coat of arms imagery depicted on the label.
This beer pours a clear, medium copper amber hue, with two fat fingers of tightly foamy, chunky, and near-creamy off-white head, which leaves some decent layered dissolving cloud lace around the glass as things bleed away.
It smells of bready, crackery caramel malt, a bit of sourdough, mild earthy yeast, soft drupe fruit esters, and leafy, somewhat floral hops. The taste is quite malt-forward - caramel, toffee, and a touch of molasses - more sourdough and dark wheaty breadiness, weak grassy peat notes, and mild leafy, earthy hops.
The carbonation is fairly stilted, hardly exhibiting a bare frothiness, the body a pleasantly plump medium weight, and smooth, I suppose, though a sort of steely flintiness lingers from its just out of the fridge state. It finishes well off-dry, the malt still the headliner, but moderated well enough by the lesser biscuit and hop essences.
A flavourful and enjoyable Scotch-tinged pale ale, the malt complex and well drinkable. That's four for four (and yet I'm not on the floor) for this brewery, who seem to have a predilection for traditional UK styles (if their name didn't give it away) - and that's a-ok by me, especially when they are this proficiently turned out.
May 03, 2014This beer pours a clear, medium copper amber hue, with two fat fingers of tightly foamy, chunky, and near-creamy off-white head, which leaves some decent layered dissolving cloud lace around the glass as things bleed away.
It smells of bready, crackery caramel malt, a bit of sourdough, mild earthy yeast, soft drupe fruit esters, and leafy, somewhat floral hops. The taste is quite malt-forward - caramel, toffee, and a touch of molasses - more sourdough and dark wheaty breadiness, weak grassy peat notes, and mild leafy, earthy hops.
The carbonation is fairly stilted, hardly exhibiting a bare frothiness, the body a pleasantly plump medium weight, and smooth, I suppose, though a sort of steely flintiness lingers from its just out of the fridge state. It finishes well off-dry, the malt still the headliner, but moderated well enough by the lesser biscuit and hop essences.
A flavourful and enjoyable Scotch-tinged pale ale, the malt complex and well drinkable. That's four for four (and yet I'm not on the floor) for this brewery, who seem to have a predilection for traditional UK styles (if their name didn't give it away) - and that's a-ok by me, especially when they are this proficiently turned out.
Reviewed by ckollias from Maryland
3.59/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Enjoyed this beer out a Belgian tulip glass.
A: Pours an amber brown hue with a solid white lace that lasts for awhile before ending in a wispy lace.
S: Malty caramel aroma
T: Similar to the aroma there is a malty caramel flavor that finished slightly dry
M: Medium body and medium carbonation
O: Decent brew - good flavors and aromas.
Oct 03, 2013A: Pours an amber brown hue with a solid white lace that lasts for awhile before ending in a wispy lace.
S: Malty caramel aroma
T: Similar to the aroma there is a malty caramel flavor that finished slightly dry
M: Medium body and medium carbonation
O: Decent brew - good flavors and aromas.
Reviewed by andrenaline from Canada (ON)
3.53/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A random score at the local LCBO...
A - Pours a nice dark amber colour, thin layer of head with no retention or lacing.
S - Loads of bready malts, sourdough, rye and a hint of peat. Sweet caramel and buttered bread come through on the finish.
T - Peat notes are subdued by the heavy breaded malts, hints of smoke and leather come through on the finish alongside burnt caramel, toffee and some leafy greens.
M - Medium bodied, smooth and wet.
O - A tasty scotch ale, decent flavour profile and worth a try. I would probably buy it again, but I doubt it will see the shelves of Northern Ontario again.
Jun 15, 2013A - Pours a nice dark amber colour, thin layer of head with no retention or lacing.
S - Loads of bready malts, sourdough, rye and a hint of peat. Sweet caramel and buttered bread come through on the finish.
T - Peat notes are subdued by the heavy breaded malts, hints of smoke and leather come through on the finish alongside burnt caramel, toffee and some leafy greens.
M - Medium bodied, smooth and wet.
O - A tasty scotch ale, decent flavour profile and worth a try. I would probably buy it again, but I doubt it will see the shelves of Northern Ontario again.
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