Best Scotch ale?

I really like Dieu du Ciel's Equinoxe du Printemps.

 

Dirty Bastard is a good one but I like Backwoods Bastard better if a BBA beer fits in as an answer to your question. Arcadia's Loch Down is also a good one.

 

Old Chub is one of my favorite beers

 

I'd have to agree with you on Dirty Bastard (fresh), though for #2 I'd shade towards Backwoods Bastard. I know some people have had mixed experiences cellaring their backwoods, but I find it a bit too hot when fresh, at least the most recent release.

 

I have a 2-year old bottle in my cellar... so good. I couldn't resist and drank all my others Another great one from Quebec that I tried recently is Le Castor's "Wee Heavy Bourbon". If you like a lot of barrel flavor, this one does the trick.

 

More love for Founders Dirty Bastard. I really enjoyed that one. Also, Old Chub was nice.

 

Not a style I drink to often but one of my favorite beers is Alesmith's Wee Heavy, great great beer that I'm sure would age very well, although I've never tried it my self.

 

Backwoods Bastard for me, also Arcadia's loch ness is pretty good. But BB is one of my favoeite beers, period.

 

Finally, a fucking thread right up my alley. I'm so tired of BCBS, Heady Topper, Pliny bull shit around here...
My favorite Scotch Ale is Great Divide's Claymore. I think it's a really spot on example of what a Scotch Ale should be. I've yet to age any Claymore, because it's too good to ignore drinking. I've aged an Old Chub, Bagpiper's, and Dirty Bastard and really only found that the Bagpiper's (Pennichuck c.2007: retired; brewery closed in 2009) was the only one that actually got better for the real value of a Scotch Ale. The others just sort of mellowed out from the insane levels of maltiness. The Bagpiper's (which was aged for 5 years) exploded with peat and smoked, sprouted barley which is what a real Scotch Ale drinker wants. God damn fan-boys these days don't even appreciate Wee Heavy's anymore.
Dark Horse Scotty Karate is really awesome, too. It basically tastes like whiskey, which is cool. Really smooth with no bite at all.

 

Wee Heavy does age very well. I tried a 2 year old one a while back and it was money.

 

You sir... you are a great man.

 

I might have to try that, not sure if I can wait two years but better to start aging it sooner than later. Definitely will do...

 

Traquair House Ale is my favorite. Smuttynose Scotch Style Ale and Equinoxe du Printemps would be my other faves. All age well.

 

Dark Horse Scotty Karate >>>>

 

This happens to be my fiancee's favorite style and therefore I have had a lot of them. Backwoods Bastard, Bellhaven's, Wee Muckle and Robert the Bruce are all house favorites.

 

Wee Heavy was life changing for me

 

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Alesmith in case that wasn't clear

 

As unimpressive as Lake Louie's beers are, their Reserve Scotch Ale is some of the best I've had. It is awesome.

 

This.

Scottish Ales don't get a lot of love, but they are one of my favs.

Did a blind test recently with Scotty Karate, Dirty Bastard, Robert the Bruce, and Tyranena Sheep Shagger. Scotty was the consensus winner.