Reddish copper glow, sweet barley waft, and candied butterscotch mouthfeel introduce caramelized medium-bodied merriment. Cracked wheat-peat backdrop corrupts sullied apple-dried banana midst and herbal-clove conflux to buttery hazelnut chocolate finish.

Mildly sweet Scotch malt-dominated nickel-hued 80 Shilling Ale with billowing fleshy head integrates rustic smooth-watered mineral grained sharpness with rising fig-date overture. Approaching grape-nut parch and dry rye tease befit herbal honey tea finish. Needs thicker texture to subjugate tinny flow.

Alcohol-fueled pearly-headed mahogany-hued ale suffuses ashen black chocolate bitterness with caramel-grained sweetness. Heavy hop eruption outlines Scotch malt thickness, increasing syrupy texture of fine alternative to Sam Adams Scottish Ale.

A beautiful mellow ale highly recommended. Resounding 9% alcohol thrust provides sweet caramel-burnt Scotch warmth enhancing black chocolate-toffee eruption to rich fig-prune depth. Barley-hop bed secures mocha, praline, and pecan illusions to imperious smooth whiskey finish.

Brewers since 1719, Belhaven offers subtly charming ales, but this one’s somewhat bland for frothy mocha-scented Scottish-styled Ale. Moderately bitter hop herbage grazes pithy roasted malts and peaty dewiness. But polite earthen grain finish diminishes quickly, smoked nuttiness fades and ripe berry nuances scatter.

Smooth buttery caramel malt sweetness and dry powdered chocolate variance inform fine light-to-medium-bodied Scottish ale.

Poured into the glass, this 6.5% alcohol-fueled Wee Heavy maintains a fuzzy head and creamy body. Peculiar mocha-grained brown-sugared raisin murk thickened by buttery caramel malt residue before bourbon-port finish flutters away.

Musty medium-bodied amber-toned Scottie barely overcomes nebulous nature. Fizzy chocolate malt graze, scattered floral-fruited spicing and resinous hop plod lead to uninterestingly slim peat-grained finish, becoming sulfuric. Brewer’s best selling flagship beer is strictly for lunkheads.

Spice-hopped wheat chaff essence of tangy-fruited medium body levels off to pervasive nutty bitterness juxtaposing candied caramel sweetness. Toasted malts inform spruce finish as smoky grain-peat influence swells. Brewery defunct: 2007.

Watery light-bodied Scottish Ale brings harvested wheat and raw oats to vegetal opening. Phenol hops create vapid acidic acridity, shrinking tea-like midst, tart fig meander, oily pecan-walnut roast, and fungi-like mushroom chasm.

Pleasant tobacco leaf opening absorbed by sour coffee beans, syrupy molasses malts, and dried fig-raisin confluence of prune-hued dark ale. Debonair spiced hop sentiment quells baker’s chocolate bitterness, rye-pumpernickel braze, and honeyed pecan-hazelnut glaze. Too tamely turbid for heavyweight Scottish class, yet wholly satisfied.

Sweet iced tea entry gives way to fleeting wood-burnt barleywine elegance, impacting prune-soured sugar plum finish. Despite ‘red’ labeling, perhaps inspired by hop-spiced fruiting and toasted barley malting, resembles less nutty brown ale.