Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Griffey012

3/5  rDev -19.8%

03-27-2012 00:03:31 | More by Griffey012

taez555

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

05-19-2013 12:07:56 | More by taez555

PeteRiz

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

05-18-2013 13:10:51 | More by PeteRiz

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

3.79/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

2012 vintage

LOOK: Pours a brownish amber, mostly clear, with a chill haze. Head is short lived and leaves without a trace

SMELL: Brown sugar, caramel, toasted malt and bread.

TASTE: Well rounded flavor of everything malty. Here we have toast, caramel, toffee and mild alcohol flavor. Hops provide a light bitterness around the edges, but come off a bit processed and medicinal. Finishes on the sweet side, but this is a decent ale here.

FEEL: Full bodied, well carbonated, with a malty finish of highly kilned malts.

OVERALL: Color me impressed. Most leinenkugels beers have no character and taste horrible. This is a nice departure from the norm.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 01:50:23 | More by Stinkypuss

foureyedgeek

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

05-14-2013 13:41:18 | More by foureyedgeek

kscaldef

Oregon

4/5  rDev +7%

05-03-2013 04:51:32 | More by kscaldef

tbryan5

Louisiana

4.5/5  rDev +20.3%

05-02-2013 11:27:26 | More by tbryan5

jdhilt

New Hampshire

4.33/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Pours a three finger light tan head that fades quickly leaving no lace. Nice clear ruby color. Light carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Dark fruit and caramel nose, flavor is dark fruit and caramel, hints of the higher ABV. Decent scotch ale. $3.29 for a 12oz bottle from Julio's Liquors Westborough, MA.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 22:09:51 | More by jdhilt

Rand_ale_Thor

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +7%

04-30-2013 03:07:04 | More by Rand_ale_Thor

bump8628

Oklahoma

3.78/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Clear mahogany, thin khaki head. Big dark fruit flavors - plum, grape, and cherry. Thick toffee, biscuit, and a faint roastiness. Alcohol is rather strong in the nose. Mild bitterness that leaves just a ghost of astringency on the finish. A pretty decent shot at the style, worth a try to get your malt fix.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 00:19:04 | More by bump8628

KevSal

California

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

04-29-2013 20:03:51 | More by KevSal

Rekrule

Massachusetts

1.75/5  rDev -53.2%

04-28-2013 22:34:28 | More by Rekrule

facundoCNB

New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

brown almost black in color, finger of head which quickly dissipated.. barely any head.
smells of peat smoked grains, charcoal, bandaids, wheaties. the flavor is of bandaids, plastic, smoked peat up front. then sweet malty backbone and choclatey somewhat, smokey and somewhat boozey. medium to full body with a modest amount of carbonation.

this is a nice one by them, one of the few. usually this line is hit or miss, (i do mean the big eddy), so it's nice to have a hit!

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 02:38:02 | More by facundoCNB

cmoses

Ohio

4/5  rDev +7%

04-23-2013 14:56:55 | More by cmoses

YeastEnthusiast

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

04-19-2013 21:36:12 | More by YeastEnthusiast

DruC4

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

04-18-2013 04:05:29 | More by DruC4

losdizzel

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev +7%

04-17-2013 23:26:23 | More by losdizzel

tigg924

Massachusetts

3.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Appearance: clear, orange-brown in color, 1/3 inch head, high carbonation

Smell: alcohol, toasted malt, peat, and brown sugar

Taste: follows the nose--alcohol, toasted malt, peat, and brown sugar

Mouthfeel: sweet with alcohol burn at the end, heavy body, high carbonation

Overall: I really loved Big Eddy RIS so I was really looking forward to the Scotch Ale. Unfortunately, I found the alcohol to be a bit overbearing and the rest of the flavors to not come together as well here as in other Scotch ales. I will finish up more four pack, but will not rush out to get this again.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2013 13:46:06 | More by tigg924

BrownAleMale

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

04-15-2013 04:20:06 | More by BrownAleMale

CMUbrew

Michigan

4.06/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz bottle into a Founders snifter
2012 bottle date

A: A nice dark brown-bronze with deep ruby highligts in the light. Poured with a very thin yellow-brown head that lasted about 5 seconds. Not much carbonation rising to the top.

S: First and foremost I pick up some thick syrupy prune and raisin aromas. Then there's a scent that took me a while to pick out of there. After a minute I realized it's smoke. Peaty smokiness that I never expected to find in this Leine's rendition of a wee heavy. I can't really get much else with the heavy dark fruit presence though.

T: Inititally there is a quick wash of that dark fruitiness from the nose, then the peat and smoke notes. Following this is a mash-up of malts. No hops to detect in this year old brew. Alcohol is just not there with the first sips, and barely shows itself even with several minutes warming. At 9.5 percent that quite impressive.

M: Pretty good body here. Slightly touching on a slippery and slick feel, yet it comes off the palate nicely.

O: I'm really glad Leine's surprised me with this one. This is a great example of the style IMO because it really has all the elements it should, particularly the peat and smoke. If they had ramped up the malt profile a bit, maybe with bigger caramel, toffee, and sweet notes, this would have been an out of this world beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2013 01:10:58 | More by CMUbrew

Fatehunter

Oregon

3.85/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Poured a half finger of head on a deep amber colored body.
The aroma is a wonderfully rich caramel, licorice and cotton candy.
The taste delivers with a high sweet rating dominated by caramel with the mildest lemon bitter. A fairly short finish with some alcohol heat, which is nice.
Smooth texture with moderate carbonation.
Enjoyable and good.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2013 00:36:56 | More by Fatehunter

Dizzy242

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

04-07-2013 21:41:34 | More by Dizzy242

Casterbridge

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%

04-07-2013 03:48:18 | More by Casterbridge

Birdlegs

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +13.6%

04-05-2013 04:47:08 | More by Birdlegs

DaveSchultz

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%

04-02-2013 23:29:55 | More by DaveSchultz