Fat Scotch Ale - Silver City Brewing Co.

ClavisAurea

New York

4.3/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Served on tap in a pint glass at the brewery.

Appearance: deep brown with a thin head

Smell: malts, peat, sweet bread

Taste: malty with a smoked peat flavor, sweet honey and bread

This is an ale that hides its strength. Always a favorite of mine.

Serving type: on-tap

09-28-2008 00:52:45 | More by ClavisAurea

LXIXME

New Mexico

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

05-17-2013 18:48:36 | More by LXIXME

UCLABrewN84

California

3.51/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.

Pours a clear copper with a foamy khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, caramel, and slight smoke aromas. Taste is much the same with caramel and toffee flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with some solid aromas and flavors.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 01:30:20 | More by UCLABrewN84

DenverLogan

Colorado

4.13/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured from 22 oz bottled ordered through Letspour...into Corsendonk chalice.
Pours a root beer brown with amber head.
Aroma of Dr Pepper soda, sarsaparilla (root beer), malt sweetness.
Moderate carbonation and strong mouthfeel.
Flavors of a funky soda, alcohol, brown malts, burnt malts, peat, sarsaparilla, a touch of chalk, oak, pepper, field greens. Overall bold and full bodied, quite a bit of a soda flavor but also strong or burnt malts, sweet malts and some astringency. Letting the beer sit for 20 or so minutes removes much of the bitterness and burnt notes.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2013 04:18:35 | More by DenverLogan

Hoppy_McMalt

Washington

4.5/5  rDev +10%

04-16-2013 04:06:25 | More by Hoppy_McMalt

510a

Washington

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-30-2013 15:55:34 | More by 510a

foxyaardvark27

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

03-14-2013 06:16:48 | More by foxyaardvark27

Rudes

North Dakota

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

03-11-2013 03:01:18 | More by Rudes

msubulldog25

Oregon

4/5  rDev -2.2%

03-04-2013 00:10:15 | More by msubulldog25

mdaschaf

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

03-02-2013 19:03:36 | More by mdaschaf

twelveinches

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

03-02-2013 06:54:23 | More by twelveinches

Bonis

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -14.4%

02-04-2013 16:17:59 | More by Bonis

irishgreensoda

Washington

3.25/5  rDev -20.5%

02-03-2013 12:50:47 | More by irishgreensoda

kemoarps

Washington

4/5  rDev -2.2%

12-23-2012 07:44:30 | More by kemoarps

jmccraney

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

12-08-2012 05:23:36 | More by jmccraney

BrienVoll

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

11-07-2012 22:48:19 | More by BrienVoll

adkieffer

Washington

4/5  rDev -2.2%

10-05-2012 23:04:44 | More by adkieffer

Exiled

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -8.3%

09-03-2012 03:48:32 | More by Exiled

avaldivia

California

4/5  rDev -2.2%

08-10-2012 18:52:10 | More by avaldivia

deedric

Wisconsin

3.35/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Courtesy of Paul Stutzman...

Pours a beautiful, dark brown with ruby highlights. Creamy tan head - a slightly aggressive pour yielded a thick head that bubbled like a pancake batter, then fell quickly. Relatively little in the way of lacing.

Smells of sweet malt, perhaps a little maple syrup with a slight hint of vanilla.

Tate's as it smells - malty followed by a hint of booze - as one would expect from a 9.2% Scotch Ale. Taste follows through all across the tounge with Hints of hops on the back end of the swallow.

Mouthfeel is good, perhaps thinner than I expected, but rather nice.

I enjoyed this Scotch Ale, not what I expected, but the surprise was not unpleasant.

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2012 00:47:37 | More by deedric

Kspoon

4.5/5  rDev +10%

07-31-2012 23:59:52 | More by Kspoon

sanford_and_son

Washington

4.25/5  rDev +3.9%

07-25-2012 19:34:43 | More by sanford_and_son

Mahars22643

New York

1/5  rDev -75.6%

06-24-2012 04:24:07 | More by Mahars22643

strongaf

Washington

4/5  rDev -2.2%

06-20-2012 07:38:26 | More by strongaf

NEO68710

Washington

3.5/5  rDev -14.4%

06-13-2012 17:44:45 | More by NEO68710