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Hooligan
Catawba Brewing Co.
- From:
- Catawba Brewing Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 6.99%
- Reviews:
- 8
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2019
- Added:
- May 09, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 9
This robust, deep mahogany ale is brewed in the classic Scottish "wee heavy" style featuring a profound maltiness and a restrained hop character Six different brewing grains layer on caramel and toffee sweetness, but the beer seems magically balanced when it reaches your palate. Use caution though. This Hooligan will blow your bagpipes!
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Reviewed by Tucquan from Pennsylvania
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Had this on 2019-06-10 in Columbia, PA from a 22oz bomber from 2018
A - Opaque dark brown with a short light tan head and mild lace
S - Toffee and cherry cough syrup
T - Toffee, caramel, toasted raisin bread, earthy spice, citrus zest bitterness in the finish.
M - Medium-heavy body and light-medium carbonation. Substantial. Not cloying. Finishes dryer than I expected.
O - A decent take on the style. On the sweeter side but satisfying none-the-less.
Jun 10, 2019A - Opaque dark brown with a short light tan head and mild lace
S - Toffee and cherry cough syrup
T - Toffee, caramel, toasted raisin bread, earthy spice, citrus zest bitterness in the finish.
M - Medium-heavy body and light-medium carbonation. Substantial. Not cloying. Finishes dryer than I expected.
O - A decent take on the style. On the sweeter side but satisfying none-the-less.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.8/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz can into a lager glass. Canned near the end of Dec. 2015, if I am reading the coding correctly.
Pours clear dark brown but nearly opaque in the glass. Good head and decent lacing initially, but weak retention.
Aroma: Dark roasted grains and dark dried fruits.
Flavor: largely follows the aroma; nicely rich; a touch of smoke.
Feel: medium+ body with near medium carbonation.
Jun 20, 2016Pours clear dark brown but nearly opaque in the glass. Good head and decent lacing initially, but weak retention.
Aroma: Dark roasted grains and dark dried fruits.
Flavor: largely follows the aroma; nicely rich; a touch of smoke.
Feel: medium+ body with near medium carbonation.
Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.72/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2014 vintage.
Aroma is very caramel laden, with nutty, toasted malt countering dark fruit notes of cherry and plum. There's a hint of smoke/peat.
Flavor is similar, with an overly bitter finish. The dark fruit barely dominates. Malt is a bit hollow in the finish.
Jan 29, 2016Aroma is very caramel laden, with nutty, toasted malt countering dark fruit notes of cherry and plum. There's a hint of smoke/peat.
Flavor is similar, with an overly bitter finish. The dark fruit barely dominates. Malt is a bit hollow in the finish.
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.83/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a slightly hazy opaque deep mahogany in color with light to moderate amounts of active visible carbonation along the edges of the glass and moderate ruby red highlights. The beer has a finger tall foamy beige head that reduces to a medium to large sized patch covering a little less than half the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of dark fruits (plums and figs), caramel malts, and earthy hops.
T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of dark + caramel malts with a moderate amount of dark fruit (plum + fig), caramel, and toffee sweetness. That is followed by light flavors of earthy hops which impart a hint of bitterness which fades away pretty quickly.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: This is a pretty easy drinking, albeit quite malty scotch ale with well hidden alcohol. Nice complexity and richness of flavors/aromas in a fairly sweet brew. I'd have another one of these for sure.
Dec 23, 2015S: Moderate aromas of dark fruits (plums and figs), caramel malts, and earthy hops.
T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of dark + caramel malts with a moderate amount of dark fruit (plum + fig), caramel, and toffee sweetness. That is followed by light flavors of earthy hops which impart a hint of bitterness which fades away pretty quickly.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: This is a pretty easy drinking, albeit quite malty scotch ale with well hidden alcohol. Nice complexity and richness of flavors/aromas in a fairly sweet brew. I'd have another one of these for sure.
Reviewed by mlockman from Indiana
3.64/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Absolutely no head, even on a hard pour, despite some abnormally large CO2 bubbles, which dissipate then leave the brew with little carbonation. Definitely a sweeter brew, but not cloyingly so.
Jul 09, 2015
Hooligan from Catawba Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
37 ratings
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