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Scottish Courage: McEwan's Scotch Ale

This wee heavy is/was brewed by Scottish Courage in Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland. It's achieved an overall score of 69.11%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 8.00%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

UPDATED: MAR 4, 2003 Re-rate 3/4/03: came back to this when I received a bottle as a gift. It is interesting how one's opinion's change over time. A fresh sample never hurts either. **Original rating on 3/12/02** - 8 4 7 4 15. A bottle of this was my introduction to Scottish Ale. This brew pours a murky medium hued ruby brown. The mostly last
Nothing wrong with this. Dark reddish-brown appearance, kind of like Pepsi, and a sweet red wine nose to it. Sweet malty flavour thats not overpowering, a bit like toffee. Actually quite refreshing when cold, if you let it warm up a bit the sweetness is more apparent, as is the acidic aftertaste. Not as thick as some malts, either.
warm with decent look , but cmon is so over rated . Almost 4 tars for that drink ? Aroma is off , and does not give any positive impresions . Its dark , so what ? Normal scottish ale that is mas produced ....

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
16th Oct 2003 at 3:35 pm draft The Elephant and Castle, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 8.00 dark Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 44.44%
Clarity: 100%
 69.105% sweet 72

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Other Beers (etc.) by Scottish Courage

Apart from McEwan's Scotch Ale, Hop Horizons lists 16 others by Scottish Courage. These are:
Bulldog Strong Ale
Directors Bitter
John Courage Amber
Light Ale
McEwan's 80/-
McEwan's 90/-
McEwan's Amber
McEwan's Champion Whisky Edition
McEwan's Export
McEwan's Headspace
McEwan's India Pale Ale
McEwan's India Pale Ale (4.7% US draught version)
McEwan's Levy
McEwan's No. 1 Champion Ale
McEwan's Signature
Slalom Strong

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