Scottish 70 Schilling
Blue Stallion Brewing Co.

This is a very light beer, great flavor nevertheless. Not terribly hoppy, but has a very warm profile. Living up to its name, it has the taste of a sweeter scotch whiskey. I would definitely get this ale again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With big flavor and low gravity, the Blue Stallion beer guru's step away from the patient lager making in order to dip their toes into the world of ale.

Their Scottish 70 pours a dark brown hue with bright clarity. Its chestnut highlights keep the beer's body looking gentlemanly and charming. A creamy khaki head floats on top and easily retains through the duration of the session and trails with broken collars of lace all the while.

Deep malt aromas start with molasses but then stem into chocolate, walnuts and charred toast. Stopping shy of roast, the scent of fresh ground coffee, grape esters and a hint of dates provide a depth of complexity. But the unmistakable scorched earth aroma of peat-smoked character waft about- just under the surface of malt.

Its dry molasses sweetness is hearty. Heavy toast, cocoa, coffee, and roasted nuts all align for a masculine taste that's not dependent on hop flavor or bitterness. Instead, its the drier taste, kettle caramelization and roast-type bitterness that balances the malts. As the taste buds explore further, that's when the fruitier grape, fig, dates and light raisin character emerges. All this rests on that savory light scotchy sweet mesquite taste that's virtually void of alcohol.

Medium-light on the palate, its robust taste makes the mind want to think its a heavy beer. But its actual weight on the tongue is light and all those robust tastes seem to float above the tongue and dissolve into an arid toastiness. It's an absolutely effortless ale that drinks like dark lagers.

Designed for having multiple beers in one sitting, the "session" police will be perfectly happy in acceptance of Blue Stallion's Scottish Ale.

 

 

 

Darker brown color has a silky, lush hue. The head was fizzy, loose and quickly dissipating.

The scent is light but diverse with caramel sweetness, maple syrup, molasses, toasted grain and nut.

The taste had many of the characteristics of the nose and then some. The caramel malt provides the backbone to a molasses or sorghum, roasted grain, Graham cracker, toasted nut and maple sweetness. The feel is full and thick but nicely smooth.

Blue Stallion milked a lot of flavor out of a low gravity situation. This is the second time I've had this and was less impressed the first. I'm really glad to have had it again.