Seven Gables
Mountain Rambler Brewery

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From:
Mountain Rambler Brewery
 
California, United States
Style:
Scottish Ale
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
+3 ratings needed
Avg:
3.77 | pDev: 4.51%
Ratings:
7 | reviews: 3
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 03, 2025
Added:
Mar 05, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Gold at 2021 Great American Beer Festival
Malts: California Select 2-Row Pale, Munich, Melanoidan, Crystal 60, Chocolate, Roasted Barley
Hops: German Magnum
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Rated by Pete_Simpson from California

4/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a really nice Scottish Ale.
Reminiscent of Founders Dirty Bastard.
I quite enjoyed it!
Jan 03, 2025
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Reviewed by RyanK252 from California

3.99/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On tap at Mountain Rambler Brewery

A: Pours copper amber with a frothy khaki head that'll settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.

S: Big toasty bready malt, a touch of smoke, dried fruit, kinda nutty and earthy, a little molasses, and toffee sweetness.

T: Toasty bready malt, nutty, dried fruit, date stands out, subtly roasty, faint hints of chocolate and coffee, a touch of molasses, and a little toffee sweetness.

M: Full body, moderate carbonation, kinda chewy.

O: Great flavor, drinks heavier than I was expecting for 6.5%. Really cool that it brought home a GABF gold.
Sep 04, 2022
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Rated by Mugman8 from New York

3.77/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Drinking this on tap tonight in Lone Pine, CA. Smooth creamy flavor with nutty finish. A good one!
Oct 18, 2019
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Reviewed by 2beerdogs from California

3.73/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the brewery.
Pours a deep burnished amber. Very slight, fleeting head. Almost no lacing.
Smell begins with an oh so slight roasted caramel, then becomes slightly floral in a gentle malt meets lemon verbenia tea kind of way. Taste is more of a toasty caramel, rather than roasted. Almost buttery in its sweetness. Quite good. Only the slightest hint of smoke comes through. Feel is slick, inactive, but a tad thin.
Overall, a beautiful tasting beer, only a tad thin in the mouth for my personal preference.
Jul 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by tbone1384 from Wyoming

Jun 27, 2016
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Reviewed by Phil-Fresh from California

3.58/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: Moderate malt sweetness with a light smokey, with a faint noble hop aroma.

A: Deep Red color, almost opaque with a thin white head that quickly recedes.

T: Moderate malt sweetness, light estery character with a noticeable melanoidin character and light smokey finish.

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation, slightly viscous.

O: Pretty solid; the beer has a pretty solid aroma and clean malt sweetness. However the interplay between the melanoidins and light esters and smoke presence could be improved.
May 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Gobzilla from California

Mar 05, 2016