Wee Beastie
Blue Owl Brewing
- From:
- Blue Owl Brewing
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
Ranked #156 - ABV:
- 9.3%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #27,198 - Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 11.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 05, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 12, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Our take on a Wee Heavy or Scotch Ale, this small-but-feisty little beastie packs a punch.
Balanced malt-forward Wee Heavy with a warming, nutty and toasty finish.
SU: 73
Balanced malt-forward Wee Heavy with a warming, nutty and toasty finish.
SU: 73
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.56/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
RB transfer
Sep 05, 2025
Reviewed by ilikebeer03 from Texas
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pour is a see Amber / brown. Nice a khaki head.
Nose is sour cherries, lemony tartness, light peat malt.
Taste is light peat, sour cherries, toasted bread, caramel malt.
Feb 17, 2021Nose is sour cherries, lemony tartness, light peat malt.
Taste is light peat, sour cherries, toasted bread, caramel malt.
Rated by JohnDon from Texas
3.67/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A little too sour for my taste.
Dec 31, 2019
Reviewed by imnodoctorbut from Texas
4.09/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
bottled 2018; poured into tulip
A: a murky brown body with a thick frothy tan head with medium-low retention that laces the glass as it settles into a thin foamy halo
S: sweet and sour cherry tinged malt with a light hint of booze, sharp scotch/peat bitterness and rich earthy wooden notes ground the sour beginnings
T: sour funk immediately hitting the senses; regaining focus brings notes of cherry, stonefruit, rich caramel malt sweetness, scotch-like earthy bitterness and leather; ends with a lush sour fruit sweetness on the tongue.
F: medium-low carbonation, heavy bodied. mostly lush mouthfeel that coats the mouth
Overall (personal opinion):
this brewery's tagline should be: "weird but works" - and in that sense it does the ATX proud. idk how this brew works. idk how most of blue owl's brews "work" honestly. but they do, and this is certainly no exception. this one in fact sticks out more than the previous entries as far as expectation-to-delivery ratios go. this shouldn't really work: sour up the classic wee heavy style and then add peat for legit credibility. it's strange and delightful and weird and delicious.
mission accomplished.
Nov 10, 2019A: a murky brown body with a thick frothy tan head with medium-low retention that laces the glass as it settles into a thin foamy halo
S: sweet and sour cherry tinged malt with a light hint of booze, sharp scotch/peat bitterness and rich earthy wooden notes ground the sour beginnings
T: sour funk immediately hitting the senses; regaining focus brings notes of cherry, stonefruit, rich caramel malt sweetness, scotch-like earthy bitterness and leather; ends with a lush sour fruit sweetness on the tongue.
F: medium-low carbonation, heavy bodied. mostly lush mouthfeel that coats the mouth
Overall (personal opinion):
this brewery's tagline should be: "weird but works" - and in that sense it does the ATX proud. idk how this brew works. idk how most of blue owl's brews "work" honestly. but they do, and this is certainly no exception. this one in fact sticks out more than the previous entries as far as expectation-to-delivery ratios go. this shouldn't really work: sour up the classic wee heavy style and then add peat for legit credibility. it's strange and delightful and weird and delicious.
mission accomplished.
Reviewed by detgfrsh from Texas
3.93/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap. Brown color with off-white head. Sweet malt smell with some sourness. Medium feel. Sweet, earthy malt flavors mixed with sour fruitiness. An interesting mashup and not what I expected but it works.
Oct 19, 2019
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
4.34/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This is a surprisingly good beer!
Had it from draft into a tall tulip glass. Sort of a reddish murky brown with good head and decent lacing. Slightly sour smell with a pleasant sweetness.
Odd tasting beer, but for the good. Sourcherries along with a rich malty sweetness that combined well together. A beer I would buy again. Great beer before a nice meal with a friend.
Aug 09, 2019Had it from draft into a tall tulip glass. Sort of a reddish murky brown with good head and decent lacing. Slightly sour smell with a pleasant sweetness.
Odd tasting beer, but for the good. Sourcherries along with a rich malty sweetness that combined well together. A beer I would buy again. Great beer before a nice meal with a friend.
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.23/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Half pint on-draught @ the brewery for ~$3.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Oct 27, 2017C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
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