AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

On Tap @ Brewery. Dark brown color with creamy tan head. Aroma of rich caramel and molasses malts. Wow, full flavor maltiness from caramel, molasses, some chocolate malts and vanilla. In spite of this and the high gravity a surprising amount of piney hops remain from midway to the finish. The best Scotch Ale I’ve tried to date by a wide margin. I thought I’d had a couple of really good ones too. I really like Pike’s Kilt Lifter on tap and the Wee Heavy blow it away. It’s not even close. Excellent brew!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Again, thanks to footbalm for sharing this bottle
Appearance: Dark brown with red tint. Small off-white head leaving no lacing in the glass
Aroma: Roasted malts, smokey and raisins
Taste: Dark malts, smoke, dark fruits
Very nice beer. Enjoyable to drink and well balanced.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours opaque coffee brown with light tan head. Roast malt aroma has molasses overtone. Flavor has molasses, licorice and roast malt notes, a bit on the sweet side. Firm texture has OK fizz and leaves a chocolaty finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

750 ml bottle. Pours dark brown with a big creamy light tan head that retains well and laces the glass some.

The aroma is sweet smokey peat malts.

The flavor is sweet caramel and toffee malts with a little dark fruit and some smokey peat in the finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with light carbonation.

Overall, nice scotch ale - a little too sweet.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

By far the best wee heavy I have ever had outside of pfoxyjohn's Wallace Wee Heavy. The nose is slightly smokey, with boozy notes and maybe some soy. A big, big beer that hides it well with all of the balancing of the flavors. The peated malts are heavier than other examples and I think for me that is what really made this great.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Extremely well crafted from all angles. Amber brown body with a lasting 1/2" tan head and a heavy coat of lacing that blankets the glass. Medium to heavy bodied, luscious, rich and silky. An abundance of sweet malts providing notes of bran cereal, raisins, burnt toast, dark fruits/berries and an ever so slight peaty earthiness. I had no issue sipping on the entire bottle throughout a couple hours, and it peaked my interest the entire time.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

750 ml bottle, kindly shared by abemorsten. ABV is 10%. Very dark ruby colour, nearly black. Low beige head. Aroma of malts, dark dried fruits / prunes and caramel, maybe a hint of smoke. Very rich and malty flavour, again with caramel and prunes, and maybe a hint of smoke. Powerful stuff.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottled (thanks stoutlover72). Dark ambery brown colour with mediumsized beigeish brown head. Quite big maltyness along with some toffee and alcohol. Quite strong on the chocolate and nuttynesss as well. Flavour is quite much the same in a very fullbodied way. The alcohol is a bit too strong even though this has been kept since I got it in 2006.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Dark brown body with a thin tan cap but given the 10% that’s ok. Roasted malts, molasses, hints of soya sauce, burnt sugar and I even hit some coconut but that doesn’t seem correct. Taste is much the same with burnt sugar heavy dark malts, hints of peat, plum, mild soya. I also get burnt marsh mellow. Very tasty, complex, and high quality. The 10% was completely hidden.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

A very good interpretation of the Scotch Ale style but falls short of the Scottish versions I've tried. A very dark pour, with a thin ring for a head. The aroma is roasted malt, with a lot of coffee and chocolate. The flavour is more of the same. Where is the molasses flavour that Scotch Ales in Scotland are noted for?