Scottish Ale
Rail House Restaurant & Brewpub

 

 

dark brown with hints of red. thin layer of white head. Peaty smoky sweet odor. Nice sweet peaty flavor. They say its brewed with several malts and I can taste smoked malt and chocolate malt both. Sweetness melds well with the malt without being cloying. Full bodied, slightly syrupy. Best beer I tried at Railhouse. Very good interpretation of the style.

Great scotch ale. Beautiful purple brown color with a decent off white head. Pumped up ABV and wine like sugars make me almost want to compare it to Louie’s Reserve. Malt profile is fairly typical caramel and roastiness. Loads of raisin flavored sugars and even a little squash enter into play. An alcohol sweetness is so dominant throughout that I keep thinking this is a barley wine or strong ale. Mild spiciness in the finish. Unbalanced. Medium to heavy bodied. Mild carbonation. Moderately drinkable.

A decent American version of a Scottish Ale. The ale has a nice creamy tan head on top of a dark brown body. The aroma is malt-dominated, caramel sweetness, with hops in the background. The taste is very sweet, appropriate for the style, but not cloying. There is a nice hop finish, but the sweetness lingers. It tastes like domestic malts are used in this beer, most likely Briess, so the beer lacks some of the character that a beer using British malts would have.