The Wolf Of Glen Moray
Windswept Brewing Co
- From:
- Windswept Brewing Co
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 10.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 20, 2019
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by octortus from Canada (ON)
3.96/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
330 mL Bottle. ABV 9 %.
Appearance: Dark brown/black, One finger of wispy/float-like beige head, Lots of visible sediment, Great retention, Cap remains.
Aroma: Chocolate, Dried dark pitted fruit (plum), Caramel malt, Treacle, Yeast funk, Whiskey, Slight alcohol.
Mouthfeel: Very smooth, Medium body, Alcohol warmth, Low carbonation, Off-dry finish.
Flavour: Smoky, Chocolate, Dried dark pitted fruit (plum, raisin), Spice, Caramel malt, Whiskey.
Overall: I was expecting a bit more depth to this beer, but it was still very enjoyable. I'd definitely drink it if it was offered to me. Pour very slowly.
Review: 79
Oct 22, 2019Appearance: Dark brown/black, One finger of wispy/float-like beige head, Lots of visible sediment, Great retention, Cap remains.
Aroma: Chocolate, Dried dark pitted fruit (plum), Caramel malt, Treacle, Yeast funk, Whiskey, Slight alcohol.
Mouthfeel: Very smooth, Medium body, Alcohol warmth, Low carbonation, Off-dry finish.
Flavour: Smoky, Chocolate, Dried dark pitted fruit (plum, raisin), Spice, Caramel malt, Whiskey.
Overall: I was expecting a bit more depth to this beer, but it was still very enjoyable. I'd definitely drink it if it was offered to me. Pour very slowly.
Review: 79
Reviewed by OttawaBrent
4.59/5 rDev +19.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +19.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bought this at local LCBO in Oct 2019. Plenty in stock. Excellent taste. Brewed on Scotland. Finished in whisky casks, it imparts a light fruity flavour , with a bit of dark chocolate finish. Definitely will buy again.
Oct 20, 2019Reviewed by Jmouldx
3.64/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Beautiful packaging, in a elongated box and a beautifully labeled 330ml bottle.
Pour: a dark brown
Head: off white
Smell: largely of plum and caramel with barrel aged whisky undertones
Taste: english ale with plum, caramel, with not overpowering whisky flavours
Further: I found this beer’s packaging and labeling the major selling point. Upon uncapping, the smell was not overpowering, and had obvious plum and caramel notes and hints of whisky (i personally enjoy the hints rather than an overpower of whisky flavours). At first taste, I was sadly unimpressed. For being a beer at 9.0%, I expected stronger flavour and a deeper finish. It has obvious tastes of caramel and plum and had lesser taste of aged whisky barrels. Upon comparing this beer to more popular bottles, such as Innis and Gunn, I appreciated the lesser whisky taste; however, I found for a strong alcohol beer, the overall flavour lacked. I would hope in future would be more robust.
Enjoyed with: Asylum 13 cigar
Oct 17, 2019Pour: a dark brown
Head: off white
Smell: largely of plum and caramel with barrel aged whisky undertones
Taste: english ale with plum, caramel, with not overpowering whisky flavours
Further: I found this beer’s packaging and labeling the major selling point. Upon uncapping, the smell was not overpowering, and had obvious plum and caramel notes and hints of whisky (i personally enjoy the hints rather than an overpower of whisky flavours). At first taste, I was sadly unimpressed. For being a beer at 9.0%, I expected stronger flavour and a deeper finish. It has obvious tastes of caramel and plum and had lesser taste of aged whisky barrels. Upon comparing this beer to more popular bottles, such as Innis and Gunn, I appreciated the lesser whisky taste; however, I found for a strong alcohol beer, the overall flavour lacked. I would hope in future would be more robust.
Enjoyed with: Asylum 13 cigar
Reviewed by T-34-85 from New York
4.34/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nice twist on the barrel aging approach with a traditional scotch ale versus a stout, and fittingly aged in a scotch barrel from a distillery in the region.
Purchased at a bottle shop in Inverness, Scotland.
Attractive deep mahogany color with a light, slightly off-white head. Rich malt forward aroma and flavor with a nice presence from the whiskey barrel aging and only a subtle kick of booziness.
Really nice brew.
Jun 05, 2017Purchased at a bottle shop in Inverness, Scotland.
Attractive deep mahogany color with a light, slightly off-white head. Rich malt forward aroma and flavor with a nice presence from the whiskey barrel aging and only a subtle kick of booziness.
Really nice brew.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle, which comes in a nice cardboard sleeve. You know, I just can't wrap my head around Scotch Whisky being aged in Bourbon barrels. And never having had a Glen Moray dram, I don't really know what to expect here - wolves?
This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick tinted brown colour, with a near teeming tower of puffy, loosely foamy, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves some low-lying sea cove lace around the glass as it lazily subsides.
It smells of plum pudding, figs and dates, bready and doughy caramel malt, some muddled Yuletide spices, cafe-au-lait, brown sugar syrup, a weak earthy nuttiness, ephemeral peat smoke, and a touch of boozy barrel astringencies. The taste is grainy and bready caramel malt, a lesser biscuity toffee thing, some mixed Mediterranean and domestic dark fruitiness, fading confection-friendly spices, subtle medium cocoa powder notes, and still hard to parse or really detect woody and sauced-up whisky cask essences.
The carbonation is adequate in its merely supportive frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and sort of smooth, as the wowee sauce contingent starts to really sense its own druthers. It finishes off-dry, but moderated well enough by spice, wood, and alcohol alike.
Overall, this is a pleasant and more or less engaging barrel-aged brew, the wood in question not particularly Blue Grass state oriented in impression, which is no big surprise, as it has been filtered through the distilling prowess of the Speyside. Easy to drink, given its strength, but not all that worth the lofty limited bottling run price, here, or anywhere else that they ship this stuff.
Jan 03, 2017This beer pours a clear, dark red-brick tinted brown colour, with a near teeming tower of puffy, loosely foamy, and somewhat fizzy tan head, which leaves some low-lying sea cove lace around the glass as it lazily subsides.
It smells of plum pudding, figs and dates, bready and doughy caramel malt, some muddled Yuletide spices, cafe-au-lait, brown sugar syrup, a weak earthy nuttiness, ephemeral peat smoke, and a touch of boozy barrel astringencies. The taste is grainy and bready caramel malt, a lesser biscuity toffee thing, some mixed Mediterranean and domestic dark fruitiness, fading confection-friendly spices, subtle medium cocoa powder notes, and still hard to parse or really detect woody and sauced-up whisky cask essences.
The carbonation is adequate in its merely supportive frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and sort of smooth, as the wowee sauce contingent starts to really sense its own druthers. It finishes off-dry, but moderated well enough by spice, wood, and alcohol alike.
Overall, this is a pleasant and more or less engaging barrel-aged brew, the wood in question not particularly Blue Grass state oriented in impression, which is no big surprise, as it has been filtered through the distilling prowess of the Speyside. Easy to drink, given its strength, but not all that worth the lofty limited bottling run price, here, or anywhere else that they ship this stuff.
Reviewed by Vader444 from Scotland
3.2/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.2/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle pour into tulip.
Windswept's Wolf "wee heavy" ale aged in Glen Moray whisky casks. In my opinion, Glen Moray is a very low echelon single malt with very little character to distinguish it from other scotch whiskys and this is reflected in this beer. There's nothing wrong with it; we have here a reasonably solid example of a whisky barrel aged dark ale. There is just nothing unique at all about it. For the same price (£8.00 UK) I can find a bottle of Founders KBS and this is simply nowhere near a beer of that caliber. Disappointing.
Nov 14, 2016Windswept's Wolf "wee heavy" ale aged in Glen Moray whisky casks. In my opinion, Glen Moray is a very low echelon single malt with very little character to distinguish it from other scotch whiskys and this is reflected in this beer. There's nothing wrong with it; we have here a reasonably solid example of a whisky barrel aged dark ale. There is just nothing unique at all about it. For the same price (£8.00 UK) I can find a bottle of Founders KBS and this is simply nowhere near a beer of that caliber. Disappointing.
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